El súper (TV series)

El súper, also known as El súper: Historias de todos los días, is a Spanish soap opera. Aired from 1996 to 1999, it was the first daily television series produced in Spain broadcast at the national level.

El súper
Genre	Soap opera
Country of origin	Spain
Original language	Spanish
No. of seasons	4
No. of episodes	738
Production
Running time	20–30 min
Production companies	Zeppelin Diagonal TV Estudios Picasso
Original release
Network	Tele 5
Release	6 September 1996 (1996-09-06) – 31 December 1999 (1999-12-31)

Premise

The fiction follows Julia, a woman working as a cashier in a supermarket. After Julia finds out she is a member of the Bernal family and thus the rightful heir to the supermarket chain she works in, she becomes the main foe of Alfonso Torres, a villain figure responsible for most of the crimes happening in the series.^[1][2]

Cast

• Natalia Millán as Julia Ponce^[1]
• Andrés Resino [es] as Alfonso Torres^[1]
• Paca Gabaldón [es] as Maika Bernal^[1]
• Lola Marceli as Mercedes^[1]
• Manuel Navarro as Ernesto^[1]
• Mónica Estarreado as Leticia^[1]
• Miguel Ortiz [es] as Agustín Rueda^[1]
• Teté Delgado [es] as Mari Carmen^[1]
• Chisco Amado as Santiago^[1]
• Miguel Hermoso [es] as Miguel^[1]
• Juan y Medio [es] as Carlos^[1]
• Juncal Rivero as Verónica^[3]
• Karla Sofía Gascón as Guillermo^[4]
• Manuel Bandera^[5]

Production and release

El súper was the first daily national television series produced in Spain.^[6][7] A regional daily series, the Catalan Poble Nou, predated the series.^[8] Filming started in August 1996 in a Tele 5 set located in Villaviciosa de Odón.^[9] Some prominent screenwriters such as Orestes Lara, Rodolf Sirera, Jaume Banacolocha, Virginia Yagüe, and Adolfo Puerta were part of the scriptwriting team.^[10] Boris Izaguirre also worked as screenwriter.^[2] The series was a mash-up of elements from US soap operas (such as Falcon Crest), the thriller genre and the telenovela.^[10]

The first two seasons were produced by Zeppelin and Diagonal TV whereas the following two seasons were produced by Estudios Picasso.^[10]

Aired from 6 September 1996 to 31 December 1999,^[11] The broadcasting run comprised 4 seasons and 738 episodes,^[10] broadcast at late afternoon. The running time was 20–30 minutes.^[12][11] The series' main tune (initially an instrumental sax theme to which the vocals of Natalia Millán added in the second season) became very popular in Spain.^[5]