Victoria (Colombian telenovela)

Victoria
Created by	Bernardo Romero Pereiro Mónica Agudelo Tenorio
Developed by	Telemundo RTI Colombia
Written by	Jimena Romero Lina Uribe
Starring	Victoria Ruffo Mauricio Ochmann Arturo Peniche Andrea López
Theme music composer	Miguel de Narváez
Opening theme	Desde que te conoci Alejandro Fernández y Rocío Banquells
Country of origin	Colombia United States
Original language(s)	Spanish
No. of episodes	171
Production
Executive producer(s)	Hugo León Ferrer
Producer(s)	Oscar Guarín
Location(s)	Bogotá, Colombia
Camera setup	Multi-camera
Running time	42-45 minutes
Release
Original network	Telemundo
Picture format	SDTV, 480i
Audio format	Stereophonic sound
Original release	December 4, 2007 – August 1, 2008
Chronology
Preceded by	Zorro: La Espada y La Rosa
Followed by	Doña Bárbara (Telemundo series)
Related shows	Mirada de mujer, Señora Isabel
External links
Website

Victoria is the title of a Spanish-language telenovela about a woman who falls in love with a dashing younger man, when her marriage collapses around her. It is produced by the United States-based television network Telemundo and RTI Colombia. This limited-run series debuted in the U.S. on December 4, 2007, after La Esclava Isaura finished. Filmed in Bogotá, it stars Victoria Ruffo, Mauricio Ochmann, Arturo Peniche and Andrea López.

Story

In her 25th wedding anniversary party, Victoria Mendoza (Victoria Ruffo) finds out her husband Enrique Mendoza (Arturo Peniche) has a mistress, Tatiana López (Andrea Lopez). Suddenly Victoria's whole life crashes around her as she realizes her marriage is wrecked. As she tries to heal the pain of her husband's adultery, she meets the 33-year-old Jerónimo (Mauricio Ochmann) out of the blue.^[1]

Victoria falls for this younger man, giving her a second chance at the true love and passion missing in her loveless marriage. Many of her loved ones oppose her relationship, including her daughters Paula (Geraldine Bazán) and Mariana (Laura Perico), her mother Mercedes (Margalida Castro) and her ex-husband. They blame her for the breakup. On the other hand, her son Santiago (Ricardo Abarca) offers unconditional support.^[1] Victoria has many problems but does she know she has those problems? Can she solve them? So Victoria faces a difficult decision: either fight to keep true love alive or surrender and let it slip away.

Production

Victoria is a remake of Mirada de mujer (The Gaze of a Woman) [which is a remake of the lost 1993 Colombian telenovela Señora Isabel] and of its sequel, El Regreso. This show's working titles were Tiempos de Victoria (Victoria's Times), Señora Isabel and The Mauricio Ochmann Project.

The show's premiere on Telemundo reached 782,000 core adult (ages 18–49) viewers, according to NTI, and over 1.5 million total viewers overall.^[2] The expanded the series' run to about 160 chapters from the standard length, 120 shows. There was no question of announcing any plans to remake Mirada's sequel, El Regreso (The Return) as Victoria covered El Regreso (both in one).^[3] Géraldine Bazán won a Latin ACE Award for "Best Inspiring Young Actress" during her role as Paula.^[4]

Broadcast

Victoria airs on Caracol TV in Colombia, on Telemundo in the United States, on Fox televizija in Serbia, on Nova TV - September 26, 2008 and Diema Family - January 5, 2009 in Bulgaria, Televisa (on Galavisión) in Mexico, on POP TV in Slovenia, on NTV Hayat in Bosnia and Herzegovina, on Acasǎ in Bucharest, Romania, from August 2009 in Slovakia on TV Doma, on Shant TV in Armenia and from August 2009 on Farsi1 EutelSat Satellite TV Channel (Farsi1 later confirmed censoring some scenes including kisses and sexual actions in order to adapt the serial to Iranian culture).

Alternate ending

On August 4, 2008, Telemundo broadcast the alternate ending of Victoria through Yahoo! Telemundo. It was the first alternate ending of a Spanish Telenovela ever aired by Telemundo in the United States. The first ending was romantic; the second was realism. Victoria let Ochmann leave; then we saw her talking about how she's got everything (and doesn't need him): like her business, her grandchild, her amigas sinceras, etc. There was an off-stage third ending wherein Ochmann made a pareja with Adriana Campos ("Yumelay from Zorro"—cute little Indian), who played his middle-story girlfriend (Penelope) in Spain whom he eventually left to go back to Victoria.^[5]

Advertisements

Product placements in the US version of this show include: JCPenney, T-Mobile Scrubbing Bubbles, Budweiser, Bud Light, Windex, Oust, Lysol, State Farm, Visa, Lowe's, The Home Depot, Walmart and Pledge. In some cases, Telemundo news programs can be seen or heard while characters are watching TV, even though this show is set in Bogota, Colombia.

Cast

(in order of appearance)

International releases

Country	TV Channels	Local Title	Series Premiere	Series Finale	Weekly Schedule	Timeslot
Romania	Acasa TV	Victoria	April 14, 2008	September 19, 2008	Monday to Friday	9:15 pm
Slovenia	POP TV	Victoria
Armenia	Shant TV	Victoria
Uruguay	Monte Carlo TV	Victoria
Slovakia	TV Doma	Viktória	August 31, 2009	May 25, 2010	Monday to Friday
Paraguay	SNT	Victoria	March 16, 2009 September 3, 2012	July 3, 2009 March 8, 2013	Monday to Friday	7:00 pm (in 2009) 1:30 pm (Replay)
Argentina	Telefe	Victoria	March 23, 2009 (1st Part) September 17, 2012 (2nd Part)	July 10, 2009 March 22, 2013	Monday to Friday	5:30 pm (in 2009) 3:15 pm (Replay)
Ecuador	RTS	Victoria

References

External links

• Telemundo Website
• Official "Victoria" Website