{"id":12241,"date":"2019-11-04T10:07:57","date_gmt":"2019-11-04T15:07:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev2.worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/mediapro-studio-directvs-side-games-debuts-season-2\/"},"modified":"2019-11-04T11:13:13","modified_gmt":"2019-11-04T16:13:13","slug":"the-mediapro-studio-directvs-side-games-debuts-season-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/the-mediapro-studio-directvs-side-games-debuts-season-2\/","title":{"rendered":"The Mediapro Studio &amp; DIRECTV\u2019S Side Games Debuts Season 2"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Side Games<\/em>, a drama series set in the world of football co-produced by The Mediapro Studio and DIRECTV, has premiered its second season.<\/p>\n<p>Based on the novel <em>El f\u00fatbol no es as\u00ed<\/em> by Javier Tebas, president of Spain\u2019s La Liga de F\u00fatbol Profesional, and Pedro Torrens, <em>Side Games<\/em> tackles real estate corruption, political intrigue, illegal gambling and organized crime. Centering on Leon\u00e9s, a modest club recently promoted to the First Division, the series shows how the network mars the sporting essence of football.<\/p>\n<p><em>Side Games<\/em> premiered in Latin America on DIRECTV and in the U.S. via the Spectrum Originals platform.<\/p>\n<p>For season two of <em>Side Games<\/em>, veteran filmmaker Daniel Calparsoro was back behind the camera. Abraham Sastre led the writers\u2019 room, which also featured Germ\u00e1n Aparicio, Tom Fern\u00e1ndez and Alejo Flah. Roberto Enr\u00edquez, Patricia Vico, Pedro Casablanc, Mariam \u00c1lvarez, Mar\u00eda Molins, Jos\u00e9 \u00c1ngel Egido, Andr\u00e9s Gertrudix, Mar\u00eda de Nati and Joaqu\u00edn Abad star.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Side Games, a drama series set in the world of football co-produced by The Mediapro Studio and DIRECTV, has premiered its second season.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1033,"featured_media":12242,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pmpro_default_level":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[70],"tags":[251,3149,3098],"class_list":["post-12241","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-top-stories","tag-directv","tag-side-games","tag-the-mediapro-studio","pmpro-has-access"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>The Mediapro Studio &amp; DIRECTV\u2019S Side Games Debuts Season 2 - TVDRAMA<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/the-mediapro-studio-directvs-side-games-debuts-season-2\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"The Mediapro Studio &amp; DIRECTV\u2019S Side Games Debuts Season 2 - TVDRAMA\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Side Games, a drama series set in the world of football co-produced by The Mediapro Studio and DIRECTV, has premiered its second season.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/the-mediapro-studio-directvs-side-games-debuts-season-2\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"TVDRAMA\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2019-11-04T15:07:57+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2019-11-04T16:13:13+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2017\/07\/Side-Games-MEDIAPRO-1019.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"640\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"360\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Chelsea Regan\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Chelsea Regan\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/the-mediapro-studio-directvs-side-games-debuts-season-2\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/the-mediapro-studio-directvs-side-games-debuts-season-2\/\",\"name\":\"The Mediapro Studio &amp; DIRECTV\u2019S Side Games Debuts Season 2 - TVDRAMA\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2019-11-04T15:07:57+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2019-11-04T16:13:13+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/#\/schema\/person\/2a2c6d8fb3c7c8b4220b8877ecffb79a\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/the-mediapro-studio-directvs-side-games-debuts-season-2\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/the-mediapro-studio-directvs-side-games-debuts-season-2\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/the-mediapro-studio-directvs-side-games-debuts-season-2\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"The Mediapro Studio &amp; DIRECTV\u2019S Side Games Debuts Season 2\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/\",\"name\":\"TVDRAMA\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/#\/schema\/person\/2a2c6d8fb3c7c8b4220b8877ecffb79a\",\"name\":\"Chelsea Regan\",\"description\":\"Chelsea Regan is the managing editor of World Screen. 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