''Papás por conveniencia'' (English title: ''Conveniently a Family'') is a Mexican

telenovela A telenovela is a type of a television serial drama or soap opera produced primarily in Latin America. The word combines ''tele'' (for "television") and ''novela'' (meaning "novel"). Similar Drama (film and television), drama genres around the w ...

produced by

Rosy Ocampo Rosy Ocampo (born on November 11, 1959, in México City, D.F., México Mexico, officially the United Mexican States, is a country in North America. It is the northernmost country in Latin America, and borders the United States to the nor ...

for

TelevisaUnivision TelevisaUnivision (formerly known as Univision Communications) is a Mexican-American media company headquartered in Miami and Mexico City that owns American Spanish language broadcast network Univision and free-to-air channels in Mexico such as ...

. It stars

Ariadne Díaz Ariadne Díaz (; (born Ariadne Rosales Díaz) (Born August 17, 1986, in Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico) is a Mexican actress and former model. Biography Díaz was born on August 17, 1986, in Guadalajara, Jalisco. She is of Spanish and French de ...

and

José Ron Édgar José Ron Vásquez (born August 6, 1981), is a Mexican television actor best known for his roles in telenovelas such as '' Juro que te amo'', '' Los exitosos Pérez'', ''La que no podía amar'', '' La mujer del Vendaval'' and '' Muchac ...

. It premiered on

Las Estrellas Las Estrellas () is a Mexican television network owned by TelevisaUnivision. Its first official broadcast took place on 21 March 1951. It airs free-to-air through affiliate stations throughout Mexico, based on XEW-TDT in Mexico City. It is con ...

on 21 October 2024. In February 2025, the telenovela was renewed for a second season, titled '' Papás por siempre''.

Plot

Tino Guevara is going through difficult times, struggling with unemployment, mounting debts and the full-time responsibility of caring for his mother and two children. He runs into Guzmán Muriel, the now successful executive of Aidé Mosqueda, owner of an important online sales company, both of whom are former high school classmates of Tino. Tino is invited to a school reunion, and to avoid feeling overshadowed by the achievements of his former classmates, he convinces them that he met all the criteria for a successful adult. However, the biggest surprise comes when Aidé, the formerly shy nerd who was bullied, reveals that Tino is the father of her rebellious teenage twins, the result of the night they spent together following the graduation party. Despite his disbelief, Tino sees this as an opportunity to fix his financial problems at home and takes on the new parental responsibility by working at Aidé's company. When Tino and his family move in with Aidé in an attempt to integrate into their new life, the household becomes a battleground as their children have trouble adjusting, and to make matters worse, a torrid romance begins to develop between Tino and Aidé, who at first only agreed to act as co-parents. Thanks to the same school reunion, friends who share a past with Tino and Aidé also end up working in her company. They are: Clara Luz, a talented musician who works as a security guard at concerts, Rudolf: a former child star who now sings his only hit in a bar; and Chano and Lichita, high school sweethearts who got pregnant in high school and now have three children; despite their daily arguments, they want to achieve the goals that were left on the back burner when they had their first child. Just as Tino begins to find his footing, two obstacles appear: Facundo, Aidé's ex-husband, who seeks to regain the luxurious life he lost after the divorce, and Guzmán himself, who, behind a friendly facade, plans to swindle Aidé. Tino discovers Guzmán's intentions, but is trapped in blackmail when Guzmán threatens with revealing a painful truth to Aidé. Tino is faced with the choice of keeping quiet and allowing Guzmán to continue with his plans or revealing the truth but risking his newly reconstituted family.

Cast

Main

as Aidé Mosqueda *

as Tino Guevara *

Ferdinando Valencia Ferdinando Martínez Valencia (born on April 15, 1982) also known as Ferdinando Valencia is a Mexican Mexican may refer to: Mexico and its culture *Being related to, from, or connected to the country of Mexico, in North America ** People * ...

as Guzmán Muriel *

África Zavala África Ivonne Lechuga Zavala (; born 12 August 1985 in Mexico City) is a Mexican actress. Biography 2000s Graduated from the Centro de Educación Artística, CEA of Televisa, she began her career at age 21 starring in the telenovela ''Peregri ...

as Federica *

Daniela Luján Daniela Luján (; born Daniela Barrios Rodríguez, 5 April 1988) is a Mexican pop singer and actress. She got prominence in '' Una familia de diez'', playing Gabriela "Gaby" del Valle de López, '' Sortilegio'', playing Lisette Albarrán and '' ...

as Clara Luz * Martín Ricca as Rudolf * María Chacón as Lichita Chagoyan * Miguel Martínez as Chano *

Horacio Pancheri Horacio Pancheri (born 2 December 1982) is an Argentine people, Argentine actor and model. He played the lead role Carlos Gomez Ruiz in ''Un Camino Hacia El Destino'', produced by Nathalie Lartilleux, alongside Paulina Goto, Lissete Morelos,René ...

as Dámaso Rivera *

Lambda García Lambda Germán García González (born January 7, 1987) is a Mexican actor. Biography García studied acting at the Centro de Estudios y Formación Actoral para Televisión (CEFAT) of TV Azteca, with his teachers Dora Cordero and Raúl Quinta ...

as Facundo * Sherlyn as Silvana *

Leticia Perdigón Leticia Perdigón (; born Guadalupe Leticia Perdigón Labrador on August 7, 1956, in Mexico City, Mexico Mexico, officially the United Mexican States, is a country in North America. It is the northernmost country in Latin America, and bor ...

as Bertha *

Cecilia Gabriela Cecilia Gabriela Vera Sandoval ( born January 9, 1962) is a Mexican actress known best for her work in telenovelas. She was born in Mexico City. Filmography Awards and nominations Premios TVyNovelas The Premios TVyNovelas are presente ...

as Pura * María Perroni as Chofis Chamorro Chagoyan * Joaquín Bondoni as Checo Chamorro Chagoyan * Jonathan Becerra as El Calacas * Victoria Viera as Circe * Emilio Beltrán as Ulises * Camila Núñez as Scarlet * Tania Nicole as Lila * Juan Pablo Velasco as Emiliano * Constantino Alonso as Pipe * Mateo Saavedra as Chuchito Chamorro Chagoyan * Sandra Sánchez Cantú as Rina * Eduardo Zayas as Augusto * José Remis as Igor * Diego Enríquez as Chintolo * Zury Shasho as Mateo *

Adriana Fonseca Adriana Fonseca (; born Adriana Fonseca Castellanos March 16, 1979) is a Mexican actress and dancer. She is best known for her roles in Televisa's telenovelas like '' La usurpadora'' as Veronica Soriano (1998), '' Rosalinda'' as Lucy Pérez Rome ...

as Paulina *

Imanol Landeta Imanol Landeta (born Imanol Goenaga Martí on July 23, 1987), more commonly known simply as Imanol, is a Mexican former singer and actor. His acting career started with the film ''Última llamada'' in 1996, and he has appeared in almost a doze ...

as Felipe * Lukas Urkijo as Oliver *

Ernesto Laguardia Ernesto Laguardia (; born October 5, 1959) is a Mexican actor known for his performances in Mexican telenovelas. Biography Laguardia was born in Mexico City and modeled in elementary school. His work eventually led him to temporary contracts wi ...

as Jason * Roxana Puente as Ana * Iván Caraza * Natalia Álvarez as Yeni * Paulina Treviño as Rosalinda Cantú * Pía Sanz as Damaris

Guest stars

* Daniela Aedo as herself * Fabián Chávez as himself * Naydelin Navarrete as herself * Haydeé Navarra * Ricardo Barona * Andrés Giardello * Odemaris Ruiz * Yurem Rojas * Ramiro Torres * Martha Sabrina

Production

Development

In December 2023, it was reported that

had started pre-production on her next telenovela and that it would be unrelated to the '' Vencer'' franchise, which Ocampo had produced from 2020 to 2023. On 26 February 2024, Ocampo announced that the title of the telenovela would be ''Papás por conveniencia''. Filming began on 24 April 2024 and concluded on 11 September 2024. On 4 February 2025, Rosy Ocampo announced that ''Papás por conveniencia'' was renewed for a second season, with

and

reprising their roles. On 19 March 2025, Ocampo announced '' Papás por siempre'' as the title of the season and confirmed it would be the final season.

Casting

On 28 February 2024,

and

were announced in the lead roles. On 8 March 2024,

, Martín Ricca, María Chacón, Miguel Martínez and Jonathan Becerra joined the cast. On 18 March 2024,

and

were announced as the antagonists of the plot.

Ratings

Episodes

Specials

;Notes

Music

''Papás por conveniencia (Banda Sonora)'' is the

soundtrack album A soundtrack album is any album that incorporates music directly recorded from the soundtrack of a particular feature film or television show. The first such album to be commercially released was Walt Disney's ''Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs ( ...

to the series. It was released by Warner Music México on 11 October 2024. The soundtrack features new versions of songs from children's telenovelas produced by

References

External links

* {{Televisa telenovelas 2020s 2020s Mexican television series 2024 telenovelas 2024 Mexican television series debuts Spanish-language telenovelas Televisa telenovelas