Los hombres de Paco (English: Paco's Men) is a Spanish television series that originally aired from 9 October 2005 to 19 May 2010 on Antena 3. Created by Daniel Écija and Álex Pina, it stars numerous actors; primarily Paco Tous and Pepón Nieto. The fiction primarily focused on a group of clumsy yet good-hearted police agents.
General
The fiction focused on a group of police officers in San Antonio, a fictitious neighborhood in Madrid, originally following a trio of clumsy yet good-hearted police agents: Paco, Mariano and Lucas,[2] overseen by Don Lorenzo Castro Riquelme. The "forbidden" love story between Lucas and Sara (Paco's daughter) was another of the main storylines of the series,[3] later turned into a love triangle with the addition of Aitor.[4] Season 6 featured a big jumping the shark moment, by retconning the non-death of Lucas.[5]
The series had seasons six through eight centered on a lesbian relationship between officer María Jose "Pepa" Miranda Ramos and forensic scientist Silvia Castro León. Season 8 ended with a finale, "Todos los planes de Lucas Fernández", that brought the wedding of Pepa and Silvia, which resulted into a blood bath and the tragic death of four main characters (Silvia, Montoya, Nelson and Quique).[6]
In season 9, dubbed as Los hombres de Paco 66.6, the series jumped the shark again, taking a supernatural turn by bringing Silvia back from the dead as a phantasmagorical apparition and pitting the lead characters against Satan.[5][4]
On 22 April 2020 it was announced that Atresmedia was preparing a return of the series after a decade-long hiatus and that filming would begin in the summer of that same year if the COVID-19 crisis allowed it. The return of Paco Tous, Pepón Nieto, Carlos Santos and Neus Sanz was reported. On 24 June 2020, actors Hugo Silva and Michelle Jenner announced that they would return to the series in their respective roles.[18] New additions to the cast included Amparo Larrañaga, Amaia Sagasti and Juan Grandinetti.[19]
The new episodes were produced by Atresmedia TV in collaboration with Globomedia [es] (The Mediapro Studio).[20] Montse García, Marc Cistaré and Javier Pons were credited as executive producers.[21] Direction was tasked to Alejandro Bazzano, Sandra Gallego Christensen, Víctor García León, David Molina, Marc Vigil, Jesús Rodrigo, Marc Cistaré, Jacob Santana and Tom Fernández.[21]
Season 10 premiered on Antena 3 on 10 May 2021, with subsequent episodes slated for an exclusive original release on Atresplayer Premium.[14][22] The episode earned 2,691,000 viewers and a 19.5% audience share.[23]
^The first episode of Season 10 also premiered on Antena 3.
Citations
^Carrasco Campos, Ángel (2010). "Teleseries: géneros y formatos. Ensayo de definiciones". MHCJ. 1 (9): 192. ISSN 1989-8681.
^López, Francisco Javier; Guarinos, Virginia; Cobo, Sergio; Durán Manso, Valeriano (2012). "Las masculinidades histriónicas en la ficción televisiva española: Los hombres de Paco (Antena 3 tv). En La Construcción de género en la ficción televisiva" (PDF). Universitat de Girona, Servei de Publicacions.
^Zorrilla, Mikel (10 May 2021). "'Los hombres de Paco' vuelve por la puerta grande con la estupenda química entre Paco Tous y Pepón Nieto como mejor baza". Espinof.
^ abPozo, José Carlos (18 April 2021). "Los hombres de Paco 66.6, cuando la serie se volvió satánica". Hobby Consolas.
^ abTorrado Peláez, Daniel (2017), La falacia dramática en la ficción televisiva nacional y su relación con los índices de audiencia. Análisis del medio televisivo en términos de mercadotecnia. El caso de Los hombres de Paco(PDF), Universidad de Sevilla, pp. 262–263, 305
^"Sangrienta despedida de 'Los hombres de Paco'". Rioja2. 16 July 2009.
^"'Los hombres de Paco' vuelven a Atresmedia para una secuela con Paco Tous a la cabeza". vertele (in European Spanish). 22 April 2020.
^"Amaia Sagasti y Juan Grandinetti se incorporan a 'Los hombres de Paco". Audiovisual451. 28 July 2020.
^Puig, Francesc (10 May 2021). "'Los hombres de Paco' regresan este lunes diez años después". La Vanguardia.
^ ab"Lo nuevo de 'Los hombres de Paco' se estrenará el 10 de mayo". Heraldo de Aragón. 6 May 2021.
^Robaina González, Paula (11 May 2021). "'Los hombres de Paco' regresan a Antena 3 con el beneplácito del público: "Gracias por volver"". FormulaTV.
^"'Los hombres de Paco' (19.5%) hacen valer el poder de la nostalgia: líderes en su vuelta ante 2.6 millones en Antena 3". Vertele!. eldiario.es. 11 May 2021.
^2010-2012. Removed from the programming schedule; truncates
^""Cuéntame" y "Buenafuente", vencedor y vencido en los ATV". Vertele!. eldiario.es. 22 November 2007.
^"Juan Diego logra un "Fotogramas de plata" por su papel en "Vete de mí"". La Nueva España. 6 March 2007.
^""Volver" y "Así es (si así os parece)" son las favoritas en los premios Unión de Actores". Diario de Mallorca. 3 January 2007.