5.18.12

UPFRONT 2012: Estrella TV

On Wednesday, Estrella TV introduced its new programming slate which includes a variety of genres.

• Milagros, a weekly one-hour drama for primetime re-enacts miracles real people experience after praying to a saint for help.  Well-known actors like Alejandro Avila, Luis Fernando Pena, Marisol Santa Cruz and Arlet Pacheco will star and production will take place throughout Mexico and Latin America.
• Chalino is a scripted drama miniseries profiling the life of singing icon, Chalino Sanchez who was a pioneer in the regional Mexican music world and considered the father of the Banda movement of the 1980s.
• A2D3 is a new comedy based on the world of professional wrestling and follows Elverio Gudino who strives to be a pro wrestler using the name "El Veri Gud."  He is actually opposite his name, not so very good and also rather old to launch a wrestling career. 
• La Supermodelo Latina from Hollywood producer Michael Ohoven is a reality series shot in Los Angeles.  The series will have 16 beautiful contestants living together in the same mansion for 13 weeks and each week the participants compete in challenges from hosting a TV show to editing a fashion magazine to walking the catwalk.

Estrella TV is also developing a new sitcom starring and produced by Hector Suarez and his real life son.  The comedy will be about an immigrant family living in L.A. and facing all the challenges of life in a foreign country.  Furthermore, Estrella TV's news department will launch a weekly investigative news magazine show hosted by veteran journalist Enrique Gratas.