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, based on an original idea by Josep Cister Rubio. It began airing in Spain on 12 January 2023 on of . Set in the fictional country estate of , it depicts the lives of the

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family of the marquises of Luján and their

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s, beginning in 1913. On 25 November 2024, the series won the

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Premise

In 1913, Jana Expósito arrives in palace (located in

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) hellbent on avenging the death of her mother and on finding about the whereabouts of her younger brother. She meets Manuel (the younger son of Alonso Luján, the Marquess of Luján) and rescues him from a

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. Meanwhile

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Tomás (the first born son of Alonso and the person willing to share information with Jana about her family), is stabbed by his stepmother Cruz Ezquerdo, Manuel's mother.

Cast

Production

The series is a

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and

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co-production in collaboration with . Shooting locations included palace in Aldea del Fresno and plot, as well as two soundstages with a total area of around .

Episodes

Release

The first two episodes premiered in prime time on in Spain on 12 January 2023. The regular release began a day later on 13 January 2023. RTVE will also distribute the series in the United States and Latin America, whilst StudioCanal will handle distribution elsewhere. Following the good viewership figures of the 122-episode first season which wrapped on 20 June 2023, after which the 119-episodes second season began without pause, RTVE renovated the series for a 250-episodes third season. In July 2024, the series was renovated for a 250-episodes fourth season.

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purchased rights to in Italy, with the series debuting on

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on 29 May 2023 with positive viewership figures. Throughout its first months on air, it enjoyed a good audience share (larger than in Spain) as high as 25% (20 June 2023). RTVE sold rights to the series to

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for a

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debut in the Latin-American region.

Accolades

Awards and nominations

References

External links

''La Promesa''
on

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