Niños Ricos, Pobres Padres (''GenerationY'' ) is a Colombian
telenovela
A telenovela is a type of a television serial drama or soap opera produced primarily in Latin America. The word combines ''tele'' (for "television") and ''novela'' (meaning "novel"). Similar drama genres around the world include '' teleserye'' ...
produced by the United States-based television network
Telemundo
Telemundo (; formerly NetSpan) is an American Spanish-language terrestrial television network owned by NBCUniversal Telemundo Enterprises, a division of NBCUniversal, which in turn is owned by Comcast. It provides content nationally with pr ...
. It debuted on July 7, 2009 at 9:30 pm Eastern Time, taking over the second half of
El Rostro de Analía
''El Rostro de Analía'' (; ''The Face of Analía'') is a Spanish-language telenovela produced by the American-based television network Telemundo. It stars Elizabeth Gutiérrez, Martin Karpan, Maritza Rodríguez and Gabriel Porras, with the spec ...
until Friday, July 17, when it completely replaced it in the 9–10 pm slot.
The story revolves around Alejandra Paz, a beautiful 17-year-old girl and her mother, Lucía, an undocumented US immigrant who is deported from Miami back to Bogotá, Colombia; desperate and broke, they are forced to move in with Lucía's hostile sister, Verónica. On the first day, Alejandra is invited to Isabela's party, Esteban's girlfriend. After putting a drug in Alejandra's drink, Alejandra is suddenly raped by Matías, Esteban's friend. Suddenly Alejandra and her mother are submerged into a world of intrigue and betrayal where money is no object and people are not who they seem to be. High school drama soon ensues as Esteban and David fight to win Alejandra's heart. While Esteban and Alejandra date, they are then separated by lies and betrayal made by Mónica and Isabela. Soon Isabela gets pregnant by Gabriel, Rocio and Martha's brother. Later, Isabela lies to Esteban that she is pregnant by him in order to separate him from Alejandra. Suddenly, David learns that he has the opportunity to be with Alejandra, while Alejandra can't forget Esteban and still loves him.
As with most of its other soap operas, the network broadcasts
English subtitles as closed captions on CC3.
The number of episodes aired on Telemundo was 131 due to first 2 weeks 20 minutes episodes, 1 hour timeslot was shared with
El Rostro de Analía
''El Rostro de Analía'' (; ''The Face of Analía'') is a Spanish-language telenovela produced by the American-based television network Telemundo. It stars Elizabeth Gutiérrez, Martin Karpan, Maritza Rodríguez and Gabriel Porras, with the spec ...
, the international version has 125 episodes.
Cast
Main Cast in Order of Appearance
Broadcasting
External links
*
{{DEFAULTSORT:Ninos Ricos, Pobres Padres
2009 telenovelas
2009 American television series debuts
2010 American television series endings
2009 Colombian television series debuts
2010 Colombian television series endings
Colombian telenovelas
RTI Producciones telenovelas
Spanish-language American telenovelas
Telemundo telenovelas