Como dice el dicho | |
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Genre | Anthology series |
Created by |
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Directed by | Emmanuel Duprez |
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Opening theme | "Como dice el dicho" by Mané de la Parra and Mario Bautista |
Country of origin | Mexico |
Original language | Spanish |
No. of seasons | 10 |
No. of episodes | 684 (aired) ( list of episodes) |
Production | |
Executive producer | Genoveva Martínez |
Production locations | Mexico City, Mexico |
Running time | 60 minutes approx. |
Production company | Televisa |
Original release | |
Network | Las Estrellas |
Release | February 1, 2011 present | –
Related | |
La rosa de Guadalupe |
Como dice el dicho (translation: As the saying goes) [1] is a Mexican anthology drama series produced by Genoveva Martínez for Televisa. The series premiered on February 1, 2011, on Las Estrellas, and is currently airing its eleventh season. [2]
The series covers a variety of stories in which a proverb (usually of Mexican origin) is selected for each episode and applied to real-life situations such as family violence, economic crisis, personal growth, the dignity of women, homosexuality, and drug addiction, among others. [3]
The series is set in present-day Mexico City, mostly at a café named "Café El Dicho" owned by Don Tomás, who is helped by his granddaughter Isabel and his employees. [4] Episodes usually center around the customers who, most of the time, are dealing with a problem. [4] Throughout the episode a proverb is written in one of the white walls of the café, either by Don Tomás, one of his employees, or by a customer. [5] The saying that is written usually describes the situation of what is happening in the particular moment it is written. [5]
Unlike many Televisa productions, Como dice el dicho is filmed on location in various parts of Mexico City. Six episodes are shot per week; two episodes are filmed simultaneously. [6] The coffee shop scenes in Season 1 and the first episodes of Season 2 were filmed in the colonia Condesa in the borough of Cuauhtémoc. [7] Since Season 2, coffee shop scenes have been filmed in the colonia Anzures in the borough of Miguel Hidalgo. [8] [9] The crew usually films at the coffee shop once or twice a week. [6] The first two episodes of the fourth season were filmed in Zacatlán, Puebla, which was the first time the series filmed episodes outside of Mexico City. [10] The first two episodes of the fifth season were filmed in ultra-high-definition 4K resolution. [11]
The series' original theme song is called "Como dice el dicho". It is performed by Mexican singer Mané de la Parra in Seasons 1 and 3. [12] The same theme song is used for Season 2 but is performed by singer Jass Reyes. For season 4 a new song performed by Marco Di Mauro was used as the show's theme; this song is also called "Como dice el dicho". [13] For seasons 5 and 6 the original theme song returned and was performed by Mané de la Parra and Margarita Vargas. [14] For season 7, the song is performed by de la Parra and the Mexican band La Original Banda El Limón. [15] In season 8 the song is performed by de la Parra and Mario Bautista.
Actor | Character | Season | |||||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | ||
Sergio Corona | Tomás León [16] | Main | |||||||||
Wendy González | Isabel León [17] [18] | Main | Flashback | ||||||||
Michael Ronda | Poncho | Recurring | Main | Recurring | |||||||
Héctor Sandarti | Ramón León | Guest | Guest | Main | |||||||
Brisa Carrillo | Marieta | Recurring | Main | ||||||||
Benny Emmanuel | Pato | Main | |||||||||
Fernanda Sasse | Lupita | Main | |||||||||
Alan Slim | Miguel | Recurring | |||||||||
Mario Bautista | Mario | Recurring | |||||||||
Pepe Valdivieso | Pepe | Main |
Year | Category | Result |
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2013 | Best Unit Program | Nominated |
2014 | ||
2015 | Won [19] [20] [21] | |
2016 | ||
2017 | ||
2018 | Nominated [22] [23] | |
2019 | ||
2020 | Nominated [24] |