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Company type | Privately held company |
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Industry | Production company |
Founded | February 26, 2016; 8 years ago (2016-02-26)[1] |
Founder | Patricio Wills [es] Fernando Restrepo Suárez[2] |
Headquarters |
Miami, Florida
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United States
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Area served | United States Mexico |
Key people | Carlos Bardasano [es] (CEO and Executive producer)[3][4] |
Products | Telenovelas Television series |
Parent | TelevisaUnivision[1][5] |
Website | corporate |
W Studios (Wills Studios) is an American production company based in Miami, Florida owned by TelevisaUnivision, was founded in 2016 as a joint venture between Univision and Colombian producer Patricio Wills [es] (who worked at the Colombian programadora company RTI Producciones).[1][6] The current CEO is Carlos Bardasano [es] since 2018.[4]
On February 26, 2016, the Colombian producer Patricio Wills, Fernando Restrepo Suárez and Univision Communications, Inc. (currently TelevisaUnivision), would create a low-cost production company. It was originally created to produce television series and programs for UniMás in the United States and production of series and short formats for Televisa in Mexico.[1][2]
On March 26, 2016, Carlos Bardasano becomes the Executive Senior Vice President of Content (who was also the Executive Vice President of Original Content of Univision), in turn, the foundation and name of the company is made official.[3] On May 6, 2016, the recordings of the telenovela La Piloto began, being its first production[7][8] and being co-produced with the Mexican production company Lemon Films.[6][9]
On March 5, 2018, Wills becomes the corporate vice president of content, replacing Mexican producer Rosy Ocampo and also becoming president of Televisa Estudios, leaving Carlos Bardasano in charge of W Studios.[10][11][12]
# | Year | Production | No. Eps. |
First/last aired | Author/creator | Executive producer | Ref. |
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1 | 2017 | La piloto | 162 | March 7, 2017 (2017-03-07) – October 7, 2018 (2018-10-07) | Jörg Hiller María Cecilia Boenheim |
Patricio Wills (season 1) Carlos Bardasano (season 2) |
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2 | La fuerza de creer | 7 | September 3, 2017 (2017-09-03) – January 11, 2019 (2019-01-11) | Jimena Romero | Patricio Wills | ||
3 | 2018 | Descontrol | 7 | January 7 (7-01) – February 4, 2018 (2018-02-04) | Various | ||
4 | La bella y las bestias | 82 | June 12 (12-06) – September 10, 2018 (2018-09-10) | Juan Camilo Ferrand | |||
5 | Amar a muerte | 82 | November 5, 2018 (2018-11-05) – March 3, 2019 (2019-03-03) | Leonardo Padrón | Carlos Bardasano | ||
6 | Las Buchonas | 81 | November 30, 2018 (2018-11-30) – April 6, 2019 (2019-04-06) | Andrés López López | Patricio Wills | ||
7 | 2019 | El Dragón: el regreso de un guerrero | 82 | September 30, 2019 (2019-09-30) – January 20, 2020 (2020-01-20) | Arturo Pérez-Reverte | Carlos Bardasano | |
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8 | 2020 | Rubí | 27 | January 21 (21-01) – February 27, 2020 (2020-02-27) | Leonardo Padrón | Carlos Bardasano | [4] |
9 | Como tú no hay 2 | 85 | February 24 (24-02) – June 2, 2020 (2020-06-02) | Ximena Suárez | [13][14] | ||
10 | 2021 | Si nos dejan | 83 | June 1 (1-06) – October 11, 2021 (2021-10-11) | Leonardo Padrón | [15] | |
11 | 2022 | Los ricos también lloran | 60 | February 21 (21-02) – May 13, 2022 (2022-05-13) | Esther Feldman Rosa Salazar Arenas |
[16] | |
12 | La mujer del diablo | 26 | July 21, 2022 (2022-07-21) – January 6, 2023 (2023-01-06) | Leonardo Padrón | Patricio Wills Carlos Bardasano |
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13 | Travesuras de la niña mala | 10 | November 8, 2022 (2022-11-08) – present | María López Castaño | [19][20] | ||
14 | 2023 | Pienso en ti | 75 | March 13 (13-03) – June 23, 2023 (2023-06-23) | Ximena Suárez | Carlos Bardasano | [21][22] |
15 | El gallo de oro | 10 | October 20, 2023 (2023-10-20) – January 12, 2024 (2024-01-12) | Lina Uribe Darío Vanegas |
[23] | ||
16 | La hora marcada | 9 | October 27, 2023 (2023-10-27) | Laura Wills Dávila | Patricio Wills Carlos Bardasano |
[24] | |
17 | 2024 | El extraño retorno de Diana Salazar | 10 | May 17, 2024 (2024-05-17) | Patricio Wills Carlos Bardasano |
Esther Feldman Carlos Algara |
[25] |
18 | La historia de Juana | TBD | June 3, 2024 (2024-06-03) – present | Perla Farías Verónica Suárez Basilio Álvarez Felipe Silva |
Patricio Wills | [26] |
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