Galavisión

Galavisión is an American Spanish-language pay television network owned by TelevisaUnivision. The network is unrelated to the earlier Mexican channel of the same name, though both broadcast Televisa-produced programming.

Galavisión
Logo used since 2024
CountryUnited States
Programming
Language(s)Spanish
Picture format
Ownership
OwnerTelevisaUnivision
Sister channels
History
LaunchedApril 2, 1979; 45 years ago (1979-04-02)
Links
Websitewww.univision.com/galavision
Availability
Streaming media
Service(s)FuboTV, DirecTV Stream, YouTube TV, Vidgo

As of February 2015, approximately 68,355,000 American households (58.7% of households with television) received Galavisión.[1]

History

Galavisión started on April 2, 1979, as a premium cable network, broadcasting a mix of classic and recent Mexican and other Spanish-language films as well as Spanish-dubbed recent Hollywood productions.

By 1984, the network became a general entertainment basic cable channel, offering a combination of Televisa programming and SIN reruns.

In the mid 1990s, Galavisión was led by Javier Saralegui and aired a mix of Spanish- and English-language programs like Kiki desde Hollywood or Funny is Funny. They also incorporated Miami-produced variety entertainment show A Oscuras Pero Encendidos, hosted by Paul Bouche. It complemented this strategy with Televisa-produced programs that first aired on Univision, with entertainment and some news programs from Televisa's all-news network ECO, including an Entertainment Tonight-style program anchored by Pita Ojeda and Ilia Calderón.

Since the year 2000, Galavisión aired a combination of classic comedy, telenovelas, and late night shows from the 1970s, 1980s and 1990s that aired originally on Univision, with more present-day offerings from news, sports and specials originating from Televisa's three networks, Las Estrellas, FOROtv, and Nueve as well as two shows produced by Televisa's music network, TeleHit.

On its most recent programming strategy, Galavisión expanded original productions with shows like Acceso máximo, En casa con Lucy, Delicioso (hosted by Ingrid Hoffmann), Vida total, Decorando contigo, Un destino, Lo mejor de boxeo en esta esquina, the best of sister network UniMás's Solo boxeo series.

The Televisa produced programming is also crafted to fit strict broadcast standards.

Programming

Current programming

TitlePremiere date
Comedy series
La familia P. Luche[2]
María de todos los Ángeles[2]
Vecinos[2]
Nosotros los guaposMay 30, 2017[2]
Los cousinsApril 30, 2018
Una familia de diezJune 13, 2019
LorenzaSeptember 3, 2019[3]
Mi querida herenciaSeptember 30, 2019[4]
40 y 20August 7, 2020[5]
Renta congeladaJanuary 8, 2021[6]
Julia vs. JuliaFebruary 6, 2021[7]
Dr. Cándido PérezJuly 4, 2021
Perdiendo el juicioNovember 2, 2021[8]
XH DerbezFebruary 7, 2022[9]
Simón diceJune 3, 2022[10]
Talk/reality shows
Me caigo de risaJune 4, 2022[10]

Upcoming programming

Former programming

Telenovelas

Drama series

Comedy programming

Reality/non-scripted

  • Al Desnudo[56]
  • Con Cierta Intimidad[56]
  • Narcos: Guerra antidrogas (February 11, 2017 - April 22, 2017)
  • Familias frente al fuego (August 31, 2019 - October 14, 2019)[57]
  • GalaScene[58]
  • La Apuesta (October 13, 2016 - December 23, 2016)
  • Parodiando Noches de Traje (2016; February 24, 2019 - June 9, 2019)
  • Pequeños Gigantes USA (May 29, 2017 - July 14, 2017)[18]
  • VideoMix[56]

Talk shows

  • Al sabor del chef (February 11, 2019 - March 31, 2019)
  • Club 4 TV[52]
  • Con Todo[13]
  • Cuentamelo Ya (September 19, 2016 - March 10, 2017; April 3 - May 27, 2017; May 2 - August 12, 2022)[59]
  • El show de Johnny y Nora Canales (July 20, 2018 - September 24, 2018)
  • En Casa de Lucy[52]
  • En Constraste[13]
  • Esta noche con Arath (August 30, 2016 - November 7, 2016)
  • Hasta el límite[13]
  • Hoy (April 29, 2002 - 2011; 2022)[60][61]
  • Laura (May 31, 2021 - 2022)[62]
  • México de mil sabores (February 11, 2019 - July 7, 2019)
  • Mojoe
  • Nuestra Casa
  • Pa'La Banda Night Show
  • ¡Qué Mujeres!
  • Vida Total[13]
  • Vida TV[60]

News

  • Al aire con Paola Rojas (August 22, 2016 - April 5, 2019)
  • Lo mejor de Aquí y Ahora
  • Archivos de más allá[13]
  • Crónicas (February 23, 2019 - May 30, 2020)
  • Despierta (August 22, 2016 - March 13, 2020)
  • En punto (August 22, 2016 - 2022)
  • Las Noticias por Adela
  • Las Noticias con Danielle Dithurbide (August 22, 2016 - February 8, 2019)
  • Las Noticias con Karla Iberia (February 13, 2017 - March 10, 2017; April 3, 2017 - April 12, 2017)
  • Los Reporteros[13]
  • Más Alla de la Fama
  • Más Curiosidades (June 3, 2019 - April 2, 2021)[30]
  • Noticiero con Joaquin Lopez Doriga (April 29, 2002 - August 19, 2016)[60]
  • Noticiero con Lolita Ayala[60]
  • Noticiero con Lourdes Ramos[13]
  • Noticiero con Paola Rojas
  • Nueva Vision[13]
  • Paralelo 23 (December 17, 2018 - September 27, 2019)
  • Por Usted[60]
  • Primero Noticias (April 29, 2002 - August 19, 2016)[60]
  • Tras la verdad
  • Vision AM[60]

Children's programming

  • Ángeles (June 26, 2017 - April 15, 2018)[63]
  • Aventuras en Pocketville (June 26, 2017 - December 3, 2017)[64]
  • Cuentos de hadas (May 29, 2017 - July 21, 2019)[18]
  • El Chapulín Colorado Animado (April 29, 2017 - September 2, 2017)[18]
  • El Chavo Animado (May 31, 2016 - October 21, 2017)[18]
  • El sofá de la imaginación[65]
  • Funnymals (June 20, 2016 - October 26, 2018)
  • Humphrey[65]
  • Jelly Jam (June 26, 2017 - November 26, 2017)
  • Kin (August 13, 2018 - January 27, 2019)
  • Kipatla (July 16, 2018 - August 10, 2018; December 17, 2018 - January 11, 2019)[66]
  • La CQ (May 30 - August 31, 2016; June 18 - July 20, 2018; December 8, 2020 - March 2022)[67]
  • La Familia Telerin (June 26, 2017 - November 26, 2017)
  • Mi casita[68]
  • Monstruos y piratas (June 27, 2017 - April 22, 2018)
  • Planeta Burbujas (July 22, 2019 - March 1, 2020)[30]
  • Salsa[65]
  • The Avatars (September 4, 2017 - February 13, 2019)[69]
  • Woki Tokis (August 13, 2018 - January 27, 2019)

Game shows

  • 100 mexicanos dijieron (August 1, 2017 - March 2018)
  • 123 x Mexico (April 9, 2016 - May 21, 2016)
  • El juego de las estrellas (June 10, 2017 - March 2018)
  • Minuto para ganar VIP (June 4 - September 2, 2022)[10]
  • Recuerda y Gana (April 9 - June 2016)

Sports programming

Galavisión HD

The channel launched in 1080i high definition on June 1, 2010.[71] DirecTV launched the channel in HD on August 15, 2013.

Controversies

Carriage disputes

Galavisión, along with its sister channels, Univision, UniMás, Univision Deportes Network and Univision Tlnovelas were dropped by AT&T U-verse on March 4, 2016, due to a carriage dispute.[72][73][74][75] This did not affect DirecTV Customers (although it is a Subsidiary of U-Verse's parent company, AT&T) as this was done in a different contract before AT&T acquired DirecTV. All of Univision's networks, including Galavisión, were returned to the U-verse lineup on March 24, 2016 after finalizing a carriage deal.[76][77][78][79]

On January 27, 2017, Charter Spectrum (along with Time Warner Cable and Bright House, the latter merged with Charter Communications in 2016) faced another dispute with Univision, warning Charter Communications that Galavision and its sister channels could be removed from Charter by January 31, 2017. Prior to then, Univision sued Charter over pay carriage rates at the New York Supreme Court in July 2016. On January 31, 2017, Charter customers lost access to all of Univision's channels, including UniMás, and Galavisión (including access to its Owned-and-Operated Stations via Charter). On February 2, the New York Superior Court ordered Univision to end the blackout on Charter as negotiations continue.[80] This blackout affects all Univision affiliates, even if Univision doesn't own them, so this dispute includes all stations owned by Entravision Communications, even if Entravision was not involved in the dispute.[81][82]

On October 16, 2017 at around 5 PM EDT, Verizon FiOS, without any warning, pulled Univision, along with UniMás, UDN, and Galavisión despite an extension of an agreement arranged by the two.[83]

References