''Extranormal'' (stylized ''ΞX+RΛNORMΛL El Origen'' he Beginnings was a Mexican

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television program premiered on March 21, 2007, Samantha Arteaga presents the investigations carried out by Joe Herrera (and Alberto del Arco in past seasons), guided by paranormal specialists Octavio Elizondo (

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and expert in

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s), Miriam Verdecía (harmonizer) and Luisa Cárdenas (medium and seer), and in previous seasons Laura Rivas (paranormal investigator and spiritualist), These investigations are carried out in Mexico and around the world.

History

The original idea, the format design, the character roles and the conformation of the different seasons of the program is in charge of Jorge Omar Sánchez (current executive producer), the realization is in charge of Felipe Cendejas (General Producer). Extranormal airs for the first time in the city of

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on March 21, 2007, weeks later it began broadcasting in several states of the Mexican Republic, Extranormal airs on the national network for all of Mexico on September 16, 2007. On

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, Extranormal is the first program made in the interior of the Mexican Republic, by TV Azteca Jalisco and is broadcast nationally and internationally by Azteca América and Azteca Internacional.

From Azteca Trece to A Más

A new season of EXN was planned to air in May 2014 and continue on Azteca 13 (today Azteca Uno), as it would bring a renewal to the program with investigations outside of Mexico, however it was not broadcast on

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. The program and the new seasons were broadcast in

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but only in the United States. On June 2, 2014, the broadcast of the seventh season, the "Extranormal Septium" which was broadcast every Monday on the official page of TV Azteca, some time later it also stopped broadcasting on the official page, it was only broadcast in Azteca America in the United States. As the program is broadcast nationally in Mexico by

A Más A Más (originally "a+" from 2017 to 2021) (stylized: a más+) is a national television network in Mexico operated by TV Azteca. It launched in five cities on 20 March 2017, and it expanded to 34 additional cities on April 7, 2017. A Más is b ...

, which promotes programming produced by TV Azteca in Mexico, the program has enjoyed some popularity. At the end of 2020 and at the beginning of 2021, it was broadcast on

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on Fridays at 11:00 p.m.

Cast

* Ivette Orozco: (2007–2010) * Silvia Enciso: (2010–2012) * Rosa María Martell "Rosy": (July 2012 – March 5, 2013) * Alberto del Arco Ortiz: (2012–2014) * : (2013–2014) * Minerva Aponte: (2017) *Victoria Torres: (2017-2018) * Vania Manzano: (March 3, 2019 – October 18, 2020). * Samantha Arteaga: (January 24, 2021–present)

References

External links

* * {{URL, https://www.tvazteca.com/amastv/extranormal, Official website 2007 Mexican television series debuts 2000s Mexican television series debuts 2010s Mexican television series 2020s Mexican television series Television series by TV Azteca Azteca Uno original programming A Más original programming Paranormal reality television series Supernatural television series UFO-related television