Matriarcas Explained

Genre:	Romance Drama
Creator:	Sebastián Arrau
Director:	Italo Galleani Claudio López Cesar Opazo
Creative Director:	Verónica Saquel
Starring:	Claudia Di Girólamo Francisco Reyes Blanca Lewin Emilio Edwards Josefina Fiebelkorn Gloria Münchmeyer Ximena Rivas Juan Falcón
Opentheme:	"Una matriarca" by Denise Rosenthal ft. Consuelo Schuster
Country:	Chile
Language:	Spanish
Num Seasons:	1
Num Episodes:	141
Executive Producer:	Verónica Saquel
Producer:	Juan Pablo Ausencio
Location:	Santiago, Chile
Company:	Televisión Nacional de Chile
Channel:	TVN TV Chile

Matriarcas (lit: Matriarchs), is a Chilean television soap opera created by Sebastián Arrau, that aired on TVN and TV Chile from May 18, to December 30, 2015, starring Claudia Di Girólamo, Francisco Reyes, Blanca Lewin, Emilio Edwards, Josefina Fiebelkorn, Gloria Münchmeyer, Ximena Rivas, and Juan Falcón.^[1] ^[2]

Cast

Main characters

Claudia Di Girolamo as Diana Nazer.
Francisco Reyes as Gary Mendez.
Emilio Edwards as Alexis Santis (alias Donor 7).
Josefina Fiebelkorn as Matilde Valdes (alias Holy Mommy).
Blanca Lewin as Chantal Chavez (alias Evil Mommy).
Coca Guazzini as Grace Peñaloza (alias Mommy Mommy).
Catalina Saavedra as Constanza Rios (alias Crazy Mommy).
Andrea Velasco as Juliana Flores (alias Selfie Mommy).

Supporting characters

Gloria Münchmeyer as Isabelle Stanford.
Ximena Rivas as Letizia Nazer.
Juan Falcón as Johnny Bravo.
Héctor Morales as Eduardo Bravo.
Santiago Tupper as Mauricio Bravo.
Rodrigo Muñoz as Arturo Villar.
Gonzalo Robles as Francisco Alvarez.
María Elena Duvauchelle as Trinidad Carreño.
Teresita Commentz as Dianita Stanford.
Matías Assler as Claudio Chavez.
Denise Rosenthal as Sandra Bravo.
Elisa Alemparte as Leonor Castillo.
Raúl González as Charles Bravo.
Geraldine Neary as Amalia Castillo.
Simón Pascal as Jorge Bravo Peñaloza.
Dolores Pedro as Soraya Benitez.
Claudia Hidalgo as Hortensia Ortega.

Guest appearances

Paloma Moreno as Maria Pepa.
Bárbara Mundt as Pepa's Mother.
Carolina Paulsen as Digna Contreras.
Yamila Reyna as Cristina Hidalgo.
Simoney Romero as Marion Aranguiz.
Alessandra Guerzoni as Francesca Miretti.
Viviana Shieh as Liu King.

Reception

Television ratings

Kantar Ibope Media Ratings (Chile)^[3]
Original broadcast date		Day rank	Viewership
Series premiere	May 18, 2015^[4]	—	10.5%^[5]
Series finale	December 30, 2015	—	—
Average			—

Notes and References

Web site: TVN dio el vamos a las grabaciones de "Matriarcas", su nueva teleserie vespertina. March 16, 2015. EMOL. December 8, 2016.
Web site: "Matriarcas" tiene buen estreno con Trending Topic mundial. May 18, 2015. 24horas.cl. December 8, 2016.
Web site: Kantar Ibope Media: this links to current day-select the date from "Top Ten Diario". Kantar Ibope Media Chile. December 5, 2016. Spanish.
Web site: "La Poseída" y "Matriarcas" tendrán gran estreno este domingo y lunes en TVN. May 17, 2016. 24horas.cl. December 8, 2016.
Web site: TVN recupera rating con Matriarcas aunque es vencido por Mega. Francisco Guerrero. La Tercera. May 18, 2015. December 6, 2016. Spanish.