El Día Menos Pensado

El Día Menos Pensado (Spanish for The Least Expected Day) is a Chilean television program broadcast on the screens of Televisión Nacional de Chile, directed by journalist Carlos Pinto, under the Chilean producer Geoimagen.^[1] The series recreates stories based on real life that do not have a scientific explanation and are attributed to paranormal events, two-dimensional encounters and life after death.^[2] The main music of the program was composed by Sergio Ruiz de Gamboa.^[3] The first season was broadcast in 1999 and the last during 2011.^[1] The series was broadcast again in 2020, on Fridays at 1:30 pm and Saturdays at 1 pm (Chilean time).^[2]

El Día Menos Pensado
Title card
Genre	Supernatural horror Thriller Mystery Drama
Created by	Carlos Pinto
Directed by	Carlos Pinto Jaime Canales Marcelo Bernous
Narrated by	Carlos Pinto (host)
Theme music composer	Sergio Ruiz de Gamboa
Opening theme	El Día Menos Pensado Theme Song (Cortina de Mea Culpa)
Country of origin	Chile
Original language	Spanish
No. of seasons	13
No. of episodes	118
Production
Production location	Chile (many places)
Camera setup	Multi-camera
Production company	Geoimagen
Original release
Network	TVN Chile
Release	1999 (1999) – 2011 (2011)

Cast

The cast of the series was very varied in its nearly 12 years of broadcast, with the following actors appearing in at least 3 episodes.

• Loreto Moya^[4]
• Pedro Vicuña^[1]