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Maria I Aschimi
Maria i aschimi (English: ''Maria the ugly'') is a Greek daily romantic comedy television series, produced in 2007-2008, which aired on Mega Channel. The series is the eighth adaptation of the Colombian series ''Yo soy Betty, la Fea'', written by Fernando Gaitán and broadcast from 1999 to 2001 by RCN Televisión. The script for the Greek version was written by Rozy Riga and Tzo Fragou, while the general editor of the series was Alexandros Rigas and directed by Zenia Chrysanidou and Thodoris Konstantopoulos. The series premiered on January 1, 2007 in the prime time zone of Mega Channel at 21:00. The first season ended on June 15, 2007 with 102 episodes. The second season of the series premiered on September 17, 2007 in the afternoon zone at 19:10, while the series ended on June 23, 2008 with a triple episode (one episode in the afternoon at 18:50 before the channel's Main News and with a double episode at the time the first season was airing at 21:00 after the channel's Main News ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Comedy
Comedy is a genre of dramatic works intended to be humorous or amusing by inducing laughter, especially in theatre, film, stand-up comedy, television, radio, books, or any other entertainment medium. Origins Comedy originated in ancient Greece: in Athenian democracy, the public opinion of voters was influenced by political satire performed by comic poets in Ancient Greek theatre, theaters. The theatrical genre of Greek comedy can be described as a dramatic performance pitting two groups, ages, genders, or societies against each other in an amusing ''agon'' or conflict. Northrop Frye depicted these two opposing sides as a "Society of Youth" and a "Society of the Old". A revised view characterizes the essential agon of comedy as a struggle between a relatively powerless youth and the societal conventions posing obstacles to his hopes. In this struggle, the youth then becomes constrained by his lack of social authority, and is left with little choice but to resort to ruses which e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fernando Gaitán
Fernando Gaitán Salom (9 November 1960 – 29 January 2019) was a Colombian TV series and telenovela screenwriter as well as a producer. Career Fernando Gaitán was known for weaving different histories into diverse social contexts. He gained fame in Latin America after writing the telenovela '' Café, con aroma de mujer'' and world notoriety for his telenovela ''Yo soy Betty, la fea'' which has been adapted in different countries. ''Yo soy Betty, la fea'' won the TP de Oro for its nominated category, ''Mejor Telenovela'' (''Best Soap Opera'') in 2002. The success of ''Yo soy Betty, la fea'' led to a sequel in 2002 with Univision's release of ''Eco moda''. ''Yo soy Betty, la fea'' also spawned a number of international remakes and adaptations, such as ''Verliebt in Berlin'' in Germany, ''La Fea más bella'' in Mexico, '' Lotte'' in The Netherlands, ''Ne Rodis Krasivoy'' in Russia, '' Jassi Jaissi Koi Nahin'' in India, ''Sensiz Olmuyor'' in Turkey, '' Maria, i Aschimi'' in Gree ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yo Soy Betty, La Fea
''Yo soy Betty, la fea'' (English: I am Betty, the Ugly one), often referred to simply as ''Betty, la fea'', is a Colombian telenovela created by Fernando Gaitán. It aired from 25 October 1999 to 8 May 2001 on RCN. Ana María Orozco stars as the titular character, alongside Jorge Enrique Abello, Natalia Ramírez, Lorna Cepeda, Luis Mesa and Julián Arango. It is the first telenovela to have been remade worldwide and has been regarded as bringing the telenovela to new levels of success. The story's appeal to global audiences has been credited to it being centered around the life of an unattractive character rather than that of a typical attractive character. Plot Taking place mainly in Bogotá, Colombia, ''Yo soy Betty, la fea'' is essentially a Cinderella comedy about the rise of poor, ugly 'Betty' Beatriz Pinzón Solano and the fall of rich, handsome Armando Mendoza. Armando is a very incompetent playboy with a scheme to turn a huge profit as the new president of Eco Mo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aggeliki Daliani
Aggeliki Daliani (Greek: Αγγελική Δαλιάνη; born August 11, 1979) is a Greek actress and entrepreneur. She is best known for her role as Maria in '' Maria, i Aschimi'', the Greek edition of the television series ''Betty la Fea''. Early life Daliani was born on August 11, 1979, in Athens even her origin is from Kalamata. She has a 6-year younger sister Panagiota Daliani. She graduated the Department of Communication and Media Studies of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens and the Department of the Greek Culture of the Hellenic Open University. She worked as a reporter for 5 years in a gossip magazine. She left reporting for acting. Career In 2005, she made her television debut in ANT1 series "Min Mou Les Antio" with a recurring role of 10 episodes. In 2006 she had a guest role for 2 episodes in Mega series "Hrthe kai Edese". In 2006, she passed from audition for the role of ''Maria Papasotiriou'' in Mega series '' Maria, i Aschimi'', the Greek editio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anthimos Ananiadis
Anthem Moss (Born 9 June 1985), or Anthimos Ananiadis (), is a Greek actor, director, producer, and model best known from his leading role in '' Maria, i Aschimi'', the Greek edition of the television series ''Ugly Betty''. For most of 2007-2008, he simultaneously played the lead role of Benjamin Braddock in ''The Graduate'' at the Bretania Theatre. He found his film company ''AA Productions'' which co-produced the mystery-action noir film ''The Greek Job'' (2023) set in contemporary Greece has been developing for years where Ananiadis directs and stars in the film, with music by Mikis Theodorakis approved the use of his composition Dromoi Palioi (“Old Roads”) in a modern arrangement before his passing, with an international cast, including notable actors, his stepfather, the late Greek actor Kostas Voutsas, in his final film appearance, Eric Roberts, Greek-Australian Costas Mandylor, Rico Simonini, Maria Korinthiou, Mihalis Markatis, Iphigenia Makri, Vangelis Mourikis and o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stamatis Kraounakis
Stamatis Kraounakis ( ; born 25 December 1955) is a Greek music composer, music producer, lyricist, writer and director. He was born and lives in Athens and has studied Political Science in Panteion University. He has composed music for more than 40 albums and 50 theatre plays. Biography Kraounakis studied music with Klelia Terzakis and made his first appearance in 1978, writing the music for the album ''To Spiti Tou Agamemnona''. One year earlier he had made his debut in theatre, with the music for the performance ''Varieme'' (1977). In 1981 he made his first big collaboration, with the music for the album ''Skouriasmena Hilia'' (Σκουριασμένα χείλια) performed by Vicky Mosholiou. In Panteion University Kraounakis met the poet Lina Nikolakopoulou, with whom he produced more than 80% of his work. In October 1985 they created and released the album ''Kikloforo Ki Oploforo'' with Alkistis Protopsalti as leading singer. Since 1982 Kraounakis has collaborated w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mega Channel
MEGA Channel, also known as MEGA TV or just MEGA, is a television network in Greece, that broadcasts a mix of foreign and Greek programming. It is the first and the oldest private television network in Greece. History Mega Channel (1989–2018) Mega is the first private television station to launch in Greece on 20 November 1989 and was the trade name of Teletypos S.A. (Τηλέτυπος A.E.) The channel regularly achieved the top ratings spot in Greece through its varied programming including comedies, dramas, news, current affairs and entertainment shows. Examples include the popular Greek comedies ''Sto Para Pente'', ''Savatogenimmenes'' and ''Maria, i Aschimi''. The channel was also granted the rights to Victoria Hislop's novel The Island (Hislop novel), The Island. This became a 26 episode drama series called To Nisi. The show was the most expensive show in Greek television history with a budget of €4 million. Financial problems and subsequent closure Since 2012, th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
RCN Televisión
RCN Televisión, branded as Canal RCN (''Radio Cadena Nacional'') is a Colombian free-to-air television network owned by Organización Ardila Lülle. It was founded as a television production company on March 23, 1967, and officially launched as an independent channel on July 10, 1998. Its main shareholder is Carlos Ardila Lülle. It produced ''Yo soy Betty, la fea'', one of the most successful Colombian telenovelas. History RCN Television was created as a television arm of the RCN Radio network. In 1967, RCN Radio took part in the bidding for spaces in the official television network, getting one hour a day which was split into two series: one made in Colombia named ''El Hogar'' (The Home) and the American television series '' Bewitched''. In 1973, RCN Radio and its subsidiary RCN Television were purchased by Carlos Ardila Lülle, who three years later relaunched RCN as a television production company (or ''programadora'') with several spaces into the official channels' sch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Giannatos
Michalis Giannatos (; 11 July 1941 – 17 September 2013), alternatively spelled as Michael Yannatos, was a Greek actοr. Ηe was born in ( Konstantinoupoli), Turkey. He left the city for Greece in 1964 during the long expulsion of Istanbul Greeks. Career He studied in Konstantinos Demopoulos' school of drama and first appeared as a professional actor in Georgios Zervoulakos' film ''Oi stigmatismenoi'' (Greek: Οι στιγματισμένοι) in 1966. When still a student, he participated in the theatrical play ''Capetan Michalis'' (Greek: Καπετάν Μιχάλης) next to Manos Katrakis. During his long cinematic career, he appeared in close to 100 films, television series and plays. He was a regular in Theodoros Angelopoulos films since he was one of the director's favorite actors. After ''Megalexandros'' (Greek: Μεγαλέξανδρος) in 1981, Angelopoulos was always calling him to play in his movies. He was fluent in five languages; Greek, Turkish, Frenc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Greek Comedy Television Series
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Mega Channel Original Programming
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Greek-language Television Shows
Greek (, ; , ) is an Indo-European language, constituting an independent Hellenic branch within the Indo-European language family. It is native to Greece, Cyprus, Italy (in Calabria and Salento), southern Albania, and other regions of the Balkans, Caucasus, the Black Sea coast, Asia Minor, and the Eastern Mediterranean. It has the longest documented history of any Indo-European language, spanning at least 3,400 years of written records. Its writing system is the Greek alphabet, which has been used for approximately 2,800 years; previously, Greek was recorded in writing systems such as Linear B and the Cypriot syllabary. The Greek language holds a very important place in the history of the Western world. Beginning with the epics of Homer, ancient Greek literature includes many works of lasting importance in the European canon. Greek is also the language in which many of the foundational texts in science and philosophy were originally composed. The New Testament of the Christian ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
