La Promesa
La Promesa is a Spanish period television soap opera, based on an original idea by Josep Cister Rubio. It began airing in Spain on 12 January 2023 on La 1 of Televisión Española. Set in the fictional country estate of La Promesa, it depicts the lives of the aristocratic family of the marquises of Luján and their domestic servants, beginning in 1913.
On 25 November 2024, the series won the International Emmy Award for Best Telenovela.
Premise
In 1913, Jana Expósito arrives in La Promesa palace hellbent on avenging the death of her mother and on finding about the whereabouts of her younger brother. She meets Manuel and rescues him from a plane crash. Meanwhile bridegroom Tomás, is stabbed by his stepmother Cruz Ezquerdo, Manuel's mother.Cast
Production
The series is a Radiotelevisión Española and StudioCanal co-production in collaboration with. Shooting locations included palace in Aldea del Fresno and El Jaral de la Mira plot, as well as two soundstages with a total area of around.Episodes
Release
The first two episodes premiered in prime time on La 1 in Spain on 12 January 2023. The regular sobremesa release began a day later on 13 January 2023. 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, and in September 2025, it was renovated for a 250-episodes fifth season.RTVE distributes the series in the United States and Latin America, whilst StudioCanal handles distribution elsewhere. RTVE sold rights to the series to Warner Bros. Discovery for a HBO Max debut in the Latin-American region.
Mediaset purchased rights to La Promesa in Italy, with the series debuting on Canale 5 on 29 May 2023 with positive viewership figures. Throughout its first months on air, it enjoyed a good audience share as high as 25%. The series is also broadcast by Hrvatska radiotelevizija on HRT 1 in Croatia, by Eesti Rahvusringhääling on Eesti Televisioon in Estonia, by Yleisradio on Yle Areena as La Promesa - Salaisuuksien kartano in Finland, by Latvijas Televīzija on LTV1 as Solījums in Latvia,, and by Lietuvos nacionalinis radijas ir televizija on LRT televizija as Pažadas in Lithuania.