Signos (TV series)

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Signos
GenreTelenovela
Created byAdrián Suar
Written by
  • Leandro Calderone
  • Carolina Aguirre
Directed byAlejandro Barone
Starring
Opening theme"Todo hombre es una isla" by Daniel Flores and The Rumba Box
Country of originArgentina
Original languageSpanish
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes16
Production
Executive producerAdrián Suar
Production companiesPol-ka Producciones and Turner Broadcasting System
Original release
Networkeltrece
Release2 September (2015-09-02) –
16 December 2015 (2015-12-16)
Related
  • Tiempos compartidos
  • Silencio en familia

Signos is an Argentinian 2015 TV series, co-produced by Pol-ka Producciones and Turner Broadcasting System,[1][2] aired by eltrece and by the American network TNT. The show first aired on 2 September 2015.[3][4] The main actors are Julio Chávez, Claudia Fontán and Alberto Ajaka. Originally, Signos aired at 11pm, but starting from the third episode, it airs at 10:30pm.[5] The series concluded on 16 December 2015, with an 11.1 audience rating average.

Premise[edit]

Antonio Cruz (Chávez) is an ordinary doctor who lives with his sister, Laura (Fontán), and her family in San Rafael de los Penitentes, a quiet town where nothing of interest ever happens. He is a clever and worshipful person, who is unhappy because of something which occurred in his childhood to his mother. He wants to revenge this situation, killing one or more people in each episode according to their astrological sign.

Cast[edit]

Main[edit]

Recurring[edit]

  • Leonor Manso as Beatríz Félix
  • Pilar Gamboa as Florencia Barón
  • Héctor Bidonde as Óscar Siri
  • Cristina Alberó as María del Carmen
  • Roxana Berco as Mónica
  • Miriam Odorico as Cecilia
  • Luciano Cáceres as Ricardo
  • Roberto Carnaghi as Miguel Abdala
  • Luis Luque as Darío Castelani
  • María Merlino as Silvina
  • Adriana Aizemberg as Nelly
  • Naiara Awada as Manuela
  • Guadalupe Manent as Sofía Agüero
  • Tomás Wicz as Martín Agüero
  • Noemí Frenkel as Graciela Fuentes
  • Luz Palazon as María José
  • Marcos Montes as Carpaneto
  • Carlos Rivkin as Rubén
  • María lujan lamas como candelaria

Guest start[edit]

  • Franco Pucci as Young Antonio Cruz
  • Alexia Moyano as Antonio's mother
  • Adriana Balbo as Young María del Carmen

Awards[edit]

Awards Ceremony Category Nominee(s) Result
2015 Tato Awards[6] 2 December 2015 Best miniserie Signos Nominated[7]
Best Lead Actress Claudia Fontán Nominated[7]
Best Lead Actor Julio Chávez Nominated[7]
Best Supporting Actor Roberto Carnaghi Nominated[7]
Alberto Ajaka Nominated[7]
Best Directing (on Fiction) Daniel Barone Nominated[7]
Best Original Screenplay (on Fiction) Carolina Aguirre
Leandro Calderone
Nominated[7]
Best Art (on Fiction) Mariela Pita Nominated[7]
Best Editing (on Fiction) Alejandro Alem Nominated[7]
Best Cinematography (on Fiction) Guillermo Zappino Nominated[7]

Reception and audience[edit]

Signos first aired before Binbir Gece, and had a 17.1 average rating, being the third most-viewed TV programme of the day (for Sifema, made 11.8 and was the seventh most-viewed). The following table shows Signos' audience average in each episode, in Argentina, at El Trece, according to both firms that measures media audiences, Ibope and PASCAL Sifema.

Ratings[edit]

# Episode[n 1] Argentine ratings[n 2]
Original air date
at El Trece
IBOPE PASCAL
Sifema
Won?
[n 3]
Rating Rank Rating Share Rank
1 Mes de Géminis (Gemini month) 2 September 2015 17.1[9] #3 11.8[9] 29,9%[9] #7 Yes
2 Cáncer con ascendente en Piscis (Cancer with Piscis descents) 9 September 2015 11.0[10] #7 11.3[10] 30,1%[10] #7 No
3 Sol en Leo (Sun on Leo) 16 September 2015 10.5[11] #7 9.4[11] 26,1%[11] #7 No
4 Una sorpresa para Virgo (A surprise for Virgo) 23 September 2015 9.3[12] #6 9.3[12] 20,4%[12] #9 No
5 Virgo interceptado (Virgo intercepted) 30 September 2015 9.8[13] #7 10.6[13] 27,0%[13] #6 No
6 Luna de Libra (Libra's Moon) 7 October 2015 10.3[14] #7 11.2[14] 28,2%[14] #6 No
7 La muerte lenta de Escorpio (Scorpio's slowly death) 14 October 2015 9.1[15] #9 9.8[15] 28,8%[15] #6 No
8 Sagitario, en evidencia ante todos (Sagittarius, in evidence to all) 21 October 2015 10.7[16] #6 10.1[16] 32,8%[16] #5 No
9 Capricornio en casa I (Capricorn at home, part I) 28 October 2015 10.6[17] #6 8.4[17] 26,1%[17] #11 No
10 La naturaleza de los signos, la muerte arruina la familia (Sign's nature, death arruined the family) 4 November 2015 10.9[18] #5 8.0[18] 20,5%[18] #9 Yes
11 La frontera entre Acuario y Piscis (The boundary between Aquarius and Pisces) 11 November 2015 11.7[19] #3 11.1[19] 33,5%[19] #3 Yes
12 Aries, la rueda zodiacal está a punto de completarse (Aries, Zodiac wheel is nearing to complete) 18 November 2015 11.4[20] #5 12.7[20] 33,8%[20] #3 No
13 Dos hermanos enfrentados a muerte (Two brothers facing death) 25 November 2015 12.5[21] #3 10.5[21] 28,9%[21] #3 Yes
14 El asesino no se detendrá hasta completar su venganza (The killer won't stop until finish his revenge) 2 December 2015 10.9[22] #3 11.5[22] 32,7%[22] #2 No
15 Rueda completa (The round is complete) 9 December 2015 10.3[23] #2 [n 4] [n 4] [n 4] Yes
16 El final: Castor y Polux (The Final: Castor and Polux ) 16 December 2015 11.7[24] #3 [n 4] [n 4] [n 4] No

Notes

  1. ^ Original title in Spanish and English translation.
  2. ^ In Argentina, PASCAL Sifema and IBOPE provided ratings and audience information. The information is based on the day the TV programme is aired.
  3. ^ If Signos was more viewed than their direct TV programme comepetence (Historia de un Clan, from Telefe). After 13th, the direct competence change.
  4. ^ a b c d e f By unknown reasons, PASACAL Sifema doesn't show rating and share information since 8 December 2015.

Episodes[edit]

Signos has 16 episodes,[25] and the main character, Antonio, kills someone each episode, according to his astrological sign. Originally, it aired on 2 September at El Trece, exclusively for Argentina, and one day later, it aired at TNT (at 10 pm.), for Latin America. It is also available at TNT GO, on "catch up" system, when the original airing ends.[26][27]

It was filmed at different places from Buenos Aires Province and Autonomous City of Buenos Aires.[citation needed]

References[edit]

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  3. ^ "Se viene Signos, la nueva miniserie de Julio Chávez". El Trece. 15 May 2015. Retrieved 24 July 2015.
  4. ^ "Signos con fecha de debut". television.com.ar. 22 August 2015. Retrieved 22 August 2015.
  5. ^ "¡Agendalo! Así serán las noches de El Trece tras el final de Las mil y una noches". El Trece. 10 September 2015. Retrieved 10 September 2015.
  6. ^ "Se vienen los Premios Tato 2015". infobae.com. Retrieved 3 December 2015.
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  8. ^ "Martín Fierro 2016: todos los ganadores" [Martín Fierro 2016: all the winners] (in Spanish). La Nación. 15 May 2016. Retrieved 16 May 2016.
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  17. ^ a b c "October 28, 2015: Wednesday ratings". television.com.ar. television.com.ar. Retrieved 29 October 2015.
  18. ^ a b c "November 4, 2015: Wednesday ratings". television.com.ar. television.com.ar. Retrieved 6 November 2015.
  19. ^ a b c "November 11, 2015: Wednesday ratings". television.com.ar. television.com.ar. Retrieved 12 November 2015.
  20. ^ a b c "November 18, 2015: Wednesday ratings". television.com.ar. television.com.ar. Retrieved 21 November 2015.
  21. ^ a b c "November 25, 2015: Wednesday ratings". television.com.ar. television.com.ar. Retrieved 1 December 2015.
  22. ^ a b c "December 2, 2015: Wednesday ratings". television.com.ar. television.com.ar. Retrieved 2 December 2015.
  23. ^ "December 9, 2015: Wednesday ratings". television.com.ar. television.com.ar. Retrieved 9 December 2015.
  24. ^ "December 16, 2015: Wednesday ratings". television.com.ar. television.com.ar. Retrieved 18 December 2015.
  25. ^ ""Signos", el unitario que protagonizará Julio Chávez". primiciasya.com. 24 August 2015. Retrieved 26 August 2015.
  26. ^ "Signos, la nueva serie de Pol-ka con Julio Chávez". MDZ online. 25 June 2015. Retrieved 25 July 2015.
  27. ^ "Chávez y Suar presentan "Signos", un thriller marcado por la astrología". Agencia Télam. 22 August 2015. Retrieved 26 August 2015.

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