''El último rey'' is a Mexican

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that aired on

Las Estrellas Las Estrellas ("The Stars"; previously El Canal de las Estrellas, or "The Channel of the Stars") is one of the cornerstone networks of TelevisaUnivision, with affiliate stations all over Mexico, flagshipped at XEW-TDT in Mexico City. Many of ...

from 14 March 2022 to 10 June 2022. The series is produced by

Juan Osorio Juan Manuel Osorio Ortiz (born June 24, 1957, in Toluca de Lerdo, Mexico) is a Mexican telenovela producer Producer or producers may refer to: Occupations *Producer (agriculture), a farm operator *A stakeholder of economic production *Film ...

for

TelevisaUnivision TelevisaUnivision (formerly known as Univision Communications) is a Mexican-American media company headquartered in New York and Mexico City, which owns the American Spanish language broadcast network Univision. 45% of the company is held by the ...

. It is based on the book of the same name that journalist Olga Wornat wrote about

Vicente Fernández Vicente Fernández Gómez (17 February 1940 – 12 December 2021) was a Mexican singer, songwriter, actor, and film producer. Nicknamed "Chente" (short for Vicente), "El Charro de Huentitán" (The Charro from Huentitán), "El Ídolo de Méxic ...

's life.

Pablo Montero Pablo Montero (born Óscar Daniel Hernández Rodríguez August 23, 1974) is a Mexican singer and actor. Montero's primary profession is singing, but he also acts regularly in telenovelas produced by Televisa productions in supporting roles. Mont ...

stars as Vicente Fernández. The series has been renewed for a second season, that premiered on 16 May 2022.

Premise

''El último rey'' narrates the life of a Vicente Fernandez and how he overcome all obstacles to achieve his dream: to become one of the greatest representatives of regional Mexican music.

Cast

Main

Angélica Aragón Angélica Espinoza Stransky (born 11 July 1953), known as Angélica Aragón (), is a Mexican film, television and stage actress and singer. She is daughter of the Mexican composer José Ángel Espinoza "Ferrusquilla". She is recognized for her ...

as Dalia *

** Salvador Sánchez as Old Vicente Fernández ** Eduardo Narajas as Young Vicente Fernández ** Moisés Habib Buchard as Child Vicente Fernández *

Iliana Fox Iliana Fox (born Iliana Jan Fox Gaitan on 3 January 1977) is a Mexican actress and voice actress. Fox grew up in Mexico, but with periods of residence in Canada and the UK. She has participated in various telenovelas such as ''Machos'' and '' ...

as María del Refugio Abarca Villaseñor "Doña Cuquita" ** Jade Fraser as Young Cuquita ** Paloma Woolrich as Old Cuquita * Jesús Moré as Gerardo Fernández ** Paolo Vargas as Young Gerardo Fernández *

Iván Arana Luis Iván Arana Zúñiga (born in Mexico City, Mexico), (born June 21, 1987) 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 *** Mexican ...

as Vicente Fernández Jr. ** Alonso Meza as Young Vicente Fernández Jr. *

Emilio Osorio Emilio Osorio Marcos is a Mexican actor and singer. He is the son of Mexican producer Juan Osorio and Cuban-Mexican singer and actress Niurka Marcos. Career Osorio made his screen acting debut in 2013 in the telenovela, '' Porque el amor m ...

as Young

Alejandro Fernández Alejandro Fernández Abarca (; born 24 April 1971) is a Mexican singer. Nicknamed as El Potrillo by the media and his fans, he has sold over 20 million records worldwide, making him one of the most successful Hispanic music artists. He is the ...

/ Alex Fernández ** Vince Miranda as Adult Alejandro Fernández

Recurring

César Évora César Évora Díaz (; born November 4, 1959, in Havana, Cuba) is a Cuban actor. Biography Évora started his career in Cuba appearing in more than ten movies before moving to Mexico in the early 1990s. He became known for playing minor r ...

as Francisco Manjarrez *

Sara Corrales Sara Corrales (born December 27, 1985, in Medellín, Antioquia, Colombia Colombia (, ; ), officially the Republic of Colombia, is a country in South America with insular regions in North America—near Nicaragua's Caribbean coast—a ...

as Patricia Rivera *

Alejandra Ambrosi Alejandra Ambrosi is a Mexican television actress. Born in Mexico City, Mexico. Known for participating in several Mexican telenovelas, series and films. She is best known for her remarkable characters in telenovelas A telenovela is a type of ...

as Paula Gómez * Ligia Uriarte as Sissi * Antonio López as Ramón * Eva Daniela as Chicotita * José Daniel Figueroa as Adult Felipe * Alejandro Sandi as Federico Méndez * Rossana de León as Lucha Villa * Karla Garrido as La India María * José Alfredo Jiménez * Flor Yáñez as Alicia Juárez * Ana Tena as Alejandra * Carlos Balderrama * Waldo Franco * Carlos Kapistrán

Production

Development

The series was announced by TelevisaUnivision on 13 January 2022. Filming began in late January 2022. The first teaser of the series was shown on 17 February 2022. On 16 March 2022, Juan Osorio announced that the series was renewed for a second season that will consist of 20 episodes.

Controversy

On 11 March 2022, three days before the series scheduled premiere date, it was announced that a federal judge had ordered for the series to be postponed after the family of Vicente Fernandez alleged that Televisa incurred in violations of non-contractual relationships; trademark rights; improper use of an artistic name reserved before the National Copyright Institute (Indautor); unfair competition, among other reasons. The following day, TelevisaUnivision alleged that the company had not received any judicial notice prohibiting the series from airing and would continue with airing the series. The series went on to premiere as scheduled.

Ratings

Episodes

Series overview

Season 1 (2022)

Season 2 (2022)

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Último rey, El 2022 Mexican television series debuts 2022 Mexican television series endings Mexican drama television series Las Estrellas original programming Television series by Televisa Spanish-language television shows Biographical television series