Televisa Unveils New Offerings

MEXICO CITY: A host of reality competitions will be on offer at NATPE from Televisa Internacional, which will also be touting a catalogue of sports, entertainment formats and telenovelas. 

The Show of Dreams is a dancing and singing competition with two installments and a grand finale. In the first one, there are eight dreams to be fulfilled and eight celebrities willing to give their all to make these dreams come true. In the second installment, teams will consist of two friends who will share the stage with seven celebrities. In the grand finale, the best two teams of each season will compete for $1 million. Another reality contest, Hit the Bottom, features five contestants who will need to give the right answer to video questions in order to accumulate money and win. At the end of each round, the contestant with the highest score will pick two of their contenders to face each other in a fast question challenge. Clippers watches as an amateur video has the chance to compete against the clips taped by five professional producers in a TV studio. Each week, a different subject will be presented, and the amateur producers can produce and upload a 90-second clip based on the subject. 

Among the licensed products that Televisa will be presenting at NATPE is the third season of the successful animated series El Chavo, available now in HD. The 26×30-minute animated series is based on the top comedy show in the history of Spanish-speaking television. The Mexican adaptation of Mujeres Asesinas (Killer Woman), a production by Mediamates, includes international telenovela stars such as Veronica Castro, Lucia Mendez, Leticia Calderon and Itati Cantoral. In sports, Televisa is now distributing Lucha Libre AAA (Professional Wrestling AAA League), the most-viewed wrestling league in Mexico and Hispanic U.S. Televisa is also presenting a format by DDI, Heroes Desconocidos (Unknown Heroes), which is a talk show about everyday heroes. Produced by Ideas del Sur, Atracción x 4 (Attraction x 4) is a telenovela for kids and teens filled with music.