Acusados

Acusados
Genre	Legal drama Psychological thriller
Starring	Blanca Portillo José Coronado Daniel Grao Silvia Abascal Mónica López Alejo Sauras
Country of origin	Spain
Original language	Spanish
No. of seasons	2
No. of episodes	26
Production
Production company	Ida y Vuelta
Original release
Network	Telecinco
Release	28 January 2009 (2009-01-28) – 22 April 2010 (2010-04-22)

Acusados is a Spanish drama television series created by Ida y Vuelta starring Blanca Portillo and José Coronado, among others. It aired from 2009 to 2010 on Telecinco.

Premise

Rosa Ballester (Blanca Portillo) is a judge who prosecutes the businessman Joaquín de la Torre (José Coronado) for believing him responsible for a fire in a club.[1][2] To that end, Ballester requires the services of Jorge Vega (Daniel Grao), who moves from Salamanca to Madrid in order to help with the investigation,[3] unbeknownst the main reason behind the requirement of Ballester is that the latter wants to approach Vega's girlfriend Laura Nieto (Silvia Abascal), supposedly a key piece in the case.[4]

Cast

• Blanca Portillo as Rosa Ballester.[2]
• José Coronado as Joaquín de la Torre.[2]
• Daniel Grao as Jorge Vega.[2]
• Silvia Abascal as Laura Nieto.[2]
• Anna Allen as Sonia Nieto.[2]
• Alberto Amarilla as Álex de la Torre.[2]
• Goya Toledo as Beatriz Montero.[5]
• Helio Pedregal [es] as Héctor Doménech.[6]
• Isabel Serrano [es] as Isabel Holgado.[5]
• Aitor Mazo [es] as Ricardo Díaz.[5]
• Daniel Albaladejo [es] as Diego Luque.[5]
• Santiago Meléndez [es] as Raúl Moreno.[5][7]
• Joseba Apaolaza [gl] as Julio Almagro.[6]
• Esperanza Elipe [es] as Carmen.[5][6]
• Natalia Sánchez as Marina Doménech Ballester.[5][7]
• Carla Nieto [es] as Patricia Doménech Ballester.[8]
• Pep Munné [es] as Federico Portela.[7]
• Mariana Cordero as Celia García.[7]
• Alberto Jiménez as Fernando Aguirre.[7]
• Duna Santos [es] as Marisol.[7]
• Pere Ventura [es] as Bruno Losada.[7]
• Francisco Nortes [es] as Rafa.[7]
• Vicente Cuesta as Antonio Galán.[7]

Introduced in season 2

• Alejo Sauras as Pablo Alonso.[9][6]
• Tamar Novas as Jaime Álvarez.[9][6]
• Mónica López as Aurora Castillo.[9][6]
• José Luis Torrijo as Rubio.[6]
• José Luis García Pérez as Rafael Espinosa.[6]
• Sonia Almarcha as Teresa Llorente.[6]
• Joan Crosas [es] as Judge Castillo.[6]
• Carmen Sánchez as Alba.[6]

Production and release

Filming started by September 2008 in Salamanca,[10] later moving to Madrid.[1] The series premiered on 28 January 2009.[11] The last episode of the first season aired on 22 April 2009.[12] The second season premiered on 13 January 2010.[13] The broadcasting run of the 26-episode series ended on 22 April 2010, with average figures of 2,128,000 viewers and a 13.4% audience share.[11]

Acusados was reportedly so eerily similar to the American series Damages that Sony Pictures considered to file a plagiarism reclamation.[11]

Series	Episodes		Originally released
			First released	Last released	Network
1	13		28 January 2009 (2009-01-28)	22 April 2009 (2009-04-22)	Telecinco
2	13		13 January 2010 (2010-01-13)	13 January 2010 (2010-01-13)

References

1. Rodríguez, Mercedes (28 January 2009). "'Acusados', la historia de una obsesión". El Correo.
2. "'Acusados' aterriza la próxima semana en el prime time del miércoles". FormulaTV. 23 January 2009.
3. "Acusados". Vertele!. eldiario.es. 15 April 2009.
4. ""Coronado rompe en 'Acusados' con todo lo que ha hecho en TV"". Vertele!. eldiario.es. 29 September 2008.
5. ""Único testigo" en "Acusados"". Vertele!. eldiario.es. 20 April 2009.
6. "Vuelve 'Acusados'". Telecinco. 13 January 2010.
7. "Telecinco estrena 'Acusados', un thriller psicológico para la noche de los miércoles". Telecinco. 12 January 2009.
8. "Así es la sexy Carla Nieto, la nueva novia de Risto Mejide". Ideal. 21 April 2015.
9. "Alejo Sauras, Tamar Novas y Mónica López se incorporan a 'Acusados' en su segunda temporada". FormulaTV. 21 May 2009.
10. Vilamea, Leticia G. (30 September 2008). "'Acusados' en Telecinco". El Mundo.
11. Serra, Oriol; López, Tony (7 March 2015). "Telecinco cumple 25 años: recordamos 25 series que han marcado su historia (Parte 2)". FormulaTV.
12. "AUDIENCIAS DEL MIÉRCOLES 22 DE ABRIL: "Acusados" se despide con récord pese al Barça-Sevilla". Vertele!. eldiario.es. 23 April 2009.
13. "Telecinco prueba la eficacia de 'Acusados' en la noche del jueves". FormulaTV. 1 February 2010.