Víctor Ros

Víctor Ros
GenreMystery
Police procedural
StarringCarles Francino [es]
Country of originSpain
Original languageSpanish
No. of seasons2
No. of episodes14
Production
Production companiesTVE
New Atlantis [es]
Telefónica Studios
Original release
NetworkMovistar TV
La 1
Release1 April 2014 (2014-04-01) –
22 December 2016 (2016-12-22)

Víctor Ros is a Spanish crime mystery television series starring Carles Francino. It is based on the Jerónimo Tristante' novels about the namesake fictional detective set in late 19th-century Madrid. The first season was originally released on Movistar TV in 2014 before its free-to-air broadcasting on La 1 in early 2015, while the second season aired on the latter channel in late 2016.

Premise

The first season, set in Madrid in 1895,[1] follows the innovative investigations of Víctor Ros (Carles Francino), a police officer from the Brigada Metropolitana de Madrid, the first Spanish law enforcement unit employing scientific and deductive techniques.[2] The plot of the second season, also featuring Ros as lead character, takes place three years after the events of the first season and the fiction develops in Madrid and Linares, in the province of Jaén.[3]

Cast

Production and release

The project was presented to TVE in 2013 by New Atlantis.[9] Filming started by September 2013.[2]

Produced by TVE, New Atlantis and Telefónica Studios, the series made extensive use of green chroma key, to the point that 90% of shots required digital effects.[10] Settings such as the Puerta del Sol and the Plaza Mayor were fully recreated in postproduction.[10] The episodes of the first season were directed by Gracia Querejeta, Carlos Navarro and Jorge Sánchez Cabezudo.[11]

The first season consisted of 6 episodes.[11] Before its free-to-air broadcasting, it was released under video-on-demand on the Movistar TV platform on 1 April 2014.[12][13] The first episode aired in prime time on La 1 on 12 January 2015.[14] Starting with a good 14.5% share of audience, a decline in viewership installed in the third episode.[14] Before the broadcasting of the last episode, the decision for the non-renovation of the series for a second season was reported in media.[14]

However, the series was unexpectedly picked up for a 8-episode second season in order to replace La 1's Águila Roja after the latter series ended for good.[6][15] New faces such as Paco Tous, Carolina Bang, Paula Prendes or Edu Soto joined the cast of the new season.[6] The new season focused more on indoor locations (reducing the use of digital effects) as well as it lined up a season arch rather than the largely self-contained procedural episodes of the first season.[16] The first episode of the new season aired on La 1 on 3 November 2016, obtaining a "modest" 10,1% share of the audience in prime time.[17] The second season did not obtain better audience results than the first one.[18] The season finale aired on 22 December 2016.[18]

Season No. Title Original date Viewers
(Spain) 		Share (%) Ref.
1 1 El misterio de la Casa Aranda 12 January 2015 (2015-01-12) 2,869,000 14.5 [19]
2 El anillo de Rosacruz 19 January 2015 (2015-01-19) 2,647,000 13.2
3 El sueño de la razón 26 January 2015 (2015-01-26) 2,154,000 10.8
4 Ángeles y demonios 2 February 2015 (2015-02-02) 2,141,000 10.7
5 Ladrones de niños 9 February 2015 (2015-02-09) 2,094,000 10.3
6 Las huellas del crimen 16 February 2015 (2015-02-16) 2,149,000 10.6
Season average 2,345,000 11.7
2 1 3 November 2016 (2016-11-03) 1,631,000 10.1 [18]
2 10 November 2016 (2016-11-10) 1,633,000 10.1
3 17 November 2016 (2016-11-17) 1,452,000 9.0
4 24 November 2016 (2016-11-24) 1,551,000 9.8
5 1 December 2016 (2016-12-01) 1,396,000 8.6
6 8 December 2016 (2016-12-08) 1,506,000 9.4
7 15 December 2016 (2016-12-15) 1,592,000 9.7
8 22 December 2016 (2016-12-22) 1,173,000 7.3
Season average 1,492,000 9.3

References

Citations
  1. ^ "El Sherlock español sí se ensucia las manos". Cadena SER. 12 January 2015.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g "Así se viste el "Sherlock" Francino en TVE, con su brigada y chicas sexys". Vertele!. eldiario.es. 12 September 2013.
  3. ^ a b "Las claves de la segunda temporada de 'Víctor Ros'". FormulaTV. 7 July 2016.
  4. ^ Catalá, Laura (29 January 2019). "Así ha cambiado Joel Bosqued: De Nacho en 'Ke no!' a Tomás en 'Los nuestros 2'". Bekia.
  5. ^ Pereira, Azucena (6 September 2017). "¿Qué fue del reparto de 'El súper'?". FormulaTV.
  6. ^ a b c Funes, A. (3 November 2016). "La segunda temporada de 'Víctor Ros' vuelve renovada pero inconsistente (spoilers)". El Confidencial.
  7. ^ Dios, Marisa de (9 January 2015). "El Sherlock Holmes español". El Periódico.
  8. ^ "Víctor Ros s'acomiada de La 1 aquest dilluns sense haver convençut els espectadors". ABC. 16 February 2015.
  9. ^ Fuente Prieto, Cortés Gómez & Martínez Borda 2016, p. 34.
  10. ^ a b Piña, Raúl (12 January 2015). "'Víctor Ros' piensa en verde". El Mundo.
  11. ^ a b "Confirmado: 'Víctor Ros', el 'Sherlock' de TVE, llega el lunes 12 de enero contra 'LQSA'". Vertele!. eldiario.es. 5 January 2015.
  12. ^ "TVE no renueva "Victor Ros" y emite el último capítulo este lunes". El Periódico. 13 February 2015.
  13. ^ "'Isabel' estrena la tercera temporada en Movistar TV el 25 de agosto". El Norte de Castilla. 12 August 2014.
  14. ^ a b c Álvarez, José (11 October 2019). "'Víctor Ros' se queda sin segunda temporada". El Español.
  15. ^ Cifuentes, Sergio (2 November 2016). "'Víctor Ros' estrena su segunda temporada el jueves 3 de noviembre en el prime time de La 1". FormulaTV.
  16. ^ Jabonero, Daniel (4 November 2016). "'Víctor Ros' se pone serio para renovar sus votos con la audiencia". Bluper. El Español.
  17. ^ "'Víctor Ros' vuelve discreto (10,1%) y 'GH' aprovecha la ausencia de 'Águila Roja' para subir hasta un 21,7%". FormulaTV. 4 November 2016.
  18. ^ a b c "'Victor Ros' encuentra al ladrón del oro español pero no a la audiencia al promediar un discreto 9,3%". FormulaTV. 23 December 2016.
  19. ^ Fuente Prieto, Cortés Gómez & Martínez Borda 2016, p. 35.
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