Signos (TV series)

Written by

Leandro Calderone
Carolina Aguirre

Directed byAlejandro Barone

Signos

Genre	Telenovela
Created by	Adrián Suar
Written by	Leandro Calderone Carolina Aguirre
Directed by	Alejandro Barone
Starring	Julio Chávez Alberto Ajaka Claudia Fontán
Opening theme	"Todo hombre es una isla" by Daniel Flores and The Rumba Box
Country of origin	Argentina
Original language	Spanish
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	16
Production
Executive producer	Adrián Suar
Production companies	Pol-ka Producciones and Turner Broadcasting System
Original release
Network	eltrece
Release	2 September (2015-09-02) – 16 December 2015 (2015-12-16)
Related
Tiempos compartidos Silencio en familia

Signos is an Argentine 2015 TV series, co-produced by Pol-ka Producciones and Turner Broadcasting System,^[1]^[2] aired by eltrece and by the American network TNT. The show first aired on 2 September 2015.^[3]^[4] The main actors are Julio Chávez, Claudia Fontán and Alberto Ajaka. Originally, Signos aired at 11pm, but starting from the third episode, it airs at 10:30pm.^[5] The series concluded on 16 December 2015, with an 11.1 audience rating average.

Antonio Cruz (Chávez) is an ordinary doctor who lives with his sister, Laura (Fontán), and her family in San Rafael de los Penitentes, a quiet town where nothing of interest ever happens. He is a clever and worshipful person, who is unhappy because of something which occurred in his childhood to his mother. He wants to revenge this situation, killing one or more people in each episode according to their astrological sign.

Cast

Main

Julio Chávez as Antonio Cruz
Claudia Fontán as Laura Cruz
Alberto Ajaka as Pablo Agüero

Recurring

Leonor Manso as Beatríz Félix
Pilar Gamboa as Florencia Barón
Héctor Bidonde as Óscar Siri
Cristina Alberó as María del Carmen
Roxana Berco as Mónica
Miriam Odorico as Cecilia
Luciano Cáceres as Ricardo
Roberto Carnaghi as Miguel Abdala
Luis Luque as Darío Castelani
María Merlino as Silvina
Adriana Aizemberg as Nelly
Naiara Awada as Manuela
Guadalupe Manent as Sofía Agüero
Tomás Wicz as Martín Agüero
Noemí Frenkel as Graciela Fuentes
Luz Palazon as María José
Marcos Montes as Carpaneto
Carlos Rivkin as Rubén
María lujan lamas como candelaria

Guest start

Franco Pucci as Young Antonio Cruz
Alexia Moyano as Antonio's mother
Adriana Balbo as Young María del Carmen

Awards

Awards	Ceremony	Category	Nominee(s)	Result
2015 Tato Awards^[6]	2 December 2015	Best miniserie	Signos	Nominated^[7]
		Best Lead Actress	Claudia Fontán	Nominated^[7]
		Best Lead Actor	Julio Chávez	Nominated^[7]
		Best Supporting Actor	Roberto Carnaghi	Nominated^[7]
		Best Supporting Actor	Alberto Ajaka	Nominated^[7]
		Best Directing (on Fiction)	Daniel Barone	Nominated^[7]
		Best Original Screenplay (on Fiction)	Carolina Aguirre Leandro Calderone	Nominated^[7]
		Best Art (on Fiction)	Mariela Pita	Nominated^[7]
		Best Editing (on Fiction)	Alejandro Alem	Nominated^[7]
		Best Cinematography (on Fiction)	Guillermo Zappino	Nominated^[7]

2015 Martín Fierro Awards^[8]
- Best lead actress (Claudia Fontán)

Reception and audience

Signos first aired before Binbir Gece, and had a 17.1 average rating, being the third most-viewed TV programme of the day (for Sifema, made 11.8 and was the seventh most-viewed). The following table shows Signos' audience average in each episode, in Argentina, at El Trece, according to both firms that measures media audiences, Ibope and PASCAL Sifema.

Ratings

#	Episode^{[n 1]}	Argentine ratings^{[n 2]}
		Original air date at El Trece	IBOPE		PASCAL Sifema			Won? ^{[n 3]}
		Original air date at El Trece	Rating	Rank	Rating	Share	Rank	Won? ^{[n 3]}
1	Mes de Géminis (Gemini month)	2 September 2015	17.1^[9]	#3	11.8^[9]	29,9%^[9]	#7	Yes
2	Cáncer con ascendente en Piscis (Cancer with Piscis descents)	9 September 2015	11.0^[10]	#7	11.3^[10]	30,1%^[10]	#7	No
3	Sol en Leo (Sun on Leo)	16 September 2015	10.5^[11]	#7	9.4^[11]	26,1%^[11]	#7	No
4	Una sorpresa para Virgo (A surprise for Virgo)	23 September 2015	9.3^[12]	#6	9.3^[12]	20,4%^[12]	#9	No
5	Virgo interceptado (Virgo intercepted)	30 September 2015	9.8^[13]	#7	10.6^[13]	27,0%^[13]	#6	No
6	Luna de Libra (Libra's Moon)	7 October 2015	10.3^[14]	#7	11.2^[14]	28,2%^[14]	#6	No
7	La muerte lenta de Escorpio (Scorpio's slowly death)	14 October 2015	9.1^[15]	#9	9.8^[15]	28,8%^[15]	#6	No
8	Sagitario, en evidencia ante todos (Sagittarius, in evidence to all)	21 October 2015	10.7^[16]	#6	10.1^[16]	32,8%^[16]	#5	No
9	Capricornio en casa I (Capricorn at home, part I)	28 October 2015	10.6^[17]	#6	8.4^[17]	26,1%^[17]	#11	No
10	La naturaleza de los signos, la muerte arruina la familia (Sign's nature, death arruined the family)	4 November 2015	10.9^[18]	#5	8.0^[18]	20,5%^[18]	#9	Yes
11	La frontera entre Acuario y Piscis (The boundary between Aquarius and Pisces)	11 November 2015	11.7^[19]	#3	11.1^[19]	33,5%^[19]	#3	Yes
12	Aries, la rueda zodiacal está a punto de completarse (Aries, Zodiac wheel is nearing to complete)	18 November 2015	11.4^[20]	#5	12.7^[20]	33,8%^[20]	#3	No
13	Dos hermanos enfrentados a muerte (Two brothers facing death)	25 November 2015	12.5^[21]	#3	10.5^[21]	28,9%^[21]	#3	Yes
14	El asesino no se detendrá hasta completar su venganza (The killer won't stop until finish his revenge)	2 December 2015	10.9^[22]	#3	11.5^[22]	32,7%^[22]	#2	No
15	Rueda completa (The round is complete)	9 December 2015	10.3^[23]	#2	—^{[n 4]}	—^{[n 4]}	—^{[n 4]}	Yes
16	El final: Castor y Polux (The Final: Castor and Polux )	16 December 2015	11.7^[24]	#3	—^{[n 4]}	—^{[n 4]}	—^{[n 4]}	No

Notes

↑ Original title in Spanish and English translation.
↑ In Argentina, PASCAL Sifema and IBOPE provided ratings and audience information. The information is based on the day the TV programme is aired.
↑ If Signos was more viewed than their direct TV programme comepetence (Historia de un Clan, from Telefe). After 13th, the direct competence change.
1 2 3 4 5 6 By unknown reasons, PASACAL Sifema doesn't show rating and share information since 8 December 2015.

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Signos (TV series)

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Recurring

Guest start

Awards

Reception and audience

Ratings

Episodes

References

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