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| Genre | Mystery |
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| Country of origin | Spain |
| Original language | Spanish |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 9 |
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| Original release | |
| Network | Telecinco |
| Release | 20 July – 5 September 2011 |
Punta Escarlata is a Spanish mystery television series that originally aired on Telecinco from 20 July to 5 September 2011.
Premise
[edit]Two girls disappeared after attending an open-air dance in the fictional sea-side village of Punta Escarlata. 8 years later a girl from Madrid experiences a vision about the murder of the girls that leads her to the location of the corpses. Two police officers from Madrid arrive to Punta Escarlata to solve the mystery.
Cast
[edit]- Carles Francino as Bosco Ruiz.[1]
- Antonio Hortelano as Max Vila.[1]
- Nadia de Santiago as Lucía.[1]
- Elena Ballesteros as Eva.[1]
- Kira Miró as Carla.[1]
- Fernando Cayo as Reyes.[2]
- Álvaro Cervantes as Marcos.[2]
- Macarena García as Raquel.[2]
- Javier Coll as Doctor Rozas.[2]
- José Sánchez Orosa as the priest.[2]
- Chema Ruiz as Lucía's father.[2]
- Juan Díaz as Rudy.[2]
- Daniel Holguín as Jero.[2]
- Carla Díaz as Patricia Rozas.[2]
- Ana Rujas as Vir.[3]
- Víctor Elías as Ximo.[3]
- Andrea Guasch as Itzíar.[2]
- Carlotta Cosials as Anabel.[2]
Production and release
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The executive producers were Pablo Barrera and Manuel Valdivia.[4] The series was produced by Cuatro and Globomedia,[5] and it was intended to air on the former TV channel. The series was filmed in 2009 in Altafulla, province of Tarragona.[2][5] However, after the merging of the Cuatro and Telecinco's operators, the series was shelved for a while.[6] The first episode eventually aired on Telecinco on 20 July 2011,[2] at 23:26, attracting an audience of 2,054,000 viewers (18.6%), becoming the best fiction release on the channel since Sin tetas no hay paraíso in 2008.[3] The broadcasting run ended on 7 September 2009, averaging a 12.8% share, slightly below the channel's average.[7]
It premiered in the US market on 20 September 2012, aired on VME.[8]
| No. in season | Title | Viewers | Original air date | Share (%) |
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| 1 | "Soñé que despertaba" | 2,056,000 | 20 July 2011 | 18.6 |
| 2 | "El pasado vuelve hoy" | 1,719,000 | 27 July 2011 | 16.7 |
| 3 | "El adiós" | 1,650,000 | 3 August 2011 | 12.6 |
| 4 | "El bosque" | 1,470,000 | 10 August 2011 | 12.4 |
| 5 | "La sombra" | 915,000 | 17 August 2011 | 6.1 |
| 6 | "Los bailes de Marte" | 1,305,000 | 24 August 2011 | 10.7 |
| 7 | "El monstruo que habita en los hombres" | 1,628,000 | 31 August 2011 | 12.8 |
| 8 | "La duda" | 1,810,000 | 6 September 2011 | 10.9 |
| 9 | "La maldición del fin del mundo" | 1,940,000 | 7 September 2011 | 14.2 |
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e "'Punta Escarlata', despunta este verano en Telecinco pero... ¿Sabés quién es quién en esta serie?". ¡Hola!. 4 August 2011.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m Corrales, Guillermo A. (5 September 2011). "Se acerca el final de 'Punta Escarlata', ¿quién mató a las chicas del camping?". Bekia.
- ^ a b c Álvarez-Duque, Guillermo (21 July 2001). "'Punta Escarlata' triunfa y se convierte en el mejor estreno de ficción de Telecinco desde 2008". Bekia.
- ^ Blanco, Elisa (29 September 2009). "Comienza la grabación de Punta Escarlata". Telelocura.
- ^ a b "Cuatro completa el reparto de su serie de intriga 'Punta Escarlata'". Vertele. eldiario.es. 18 October 2009.
- ^ J., P. Roberto (8 September 2011). "'Punta Escarlata': Cuando el enemigo está en tu propia casa". Espinof.
- ^ a b Álvarez, José (8 September 2011). "'Punta Escarlata' se despide con un 12,8% de media y no logra superar la media de la cadena". FormulaTV.
- ^ ""Punta Escarlata" (Telecinco) entra en el mercado hispano de Estados Unidos". El Periódico de Aquí. 25 September 2012.
- ^ "Punta Escarlata. Capítulos". FormulaTV. Retrieved 14 March 2021.