Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 51. Chapters: Alguien Te Mira (2010), Amores de mercado, Amor Descarado, Casanova sin Amor, Decisiones Extremas, Dona Barbara (Telemundo series), El Clon, La Diosa Coronada, La Reina del Sur (telenovela), La Reina del Sur 2, La Venganza (2002 telenovela), Los Herederos Del Monte, Madre Luna, Maria Bonita (telenovela), Ojo Por Ojo, Pasion De Gavilanes, Sin Verguenza (TV series), Victoria (Telemundo series), Yo amo a Paquita Gallego, Zorro: La Espada y la Rosa. Excerpt: La Reina del Sur (The Queen of the South) is a Spanish-language telenovela produced by the United States television network Telemundo, in conjunction with the Antena 3 network and RTI Producciones. Based on a novel of the same name by Spanish author Arturo Perez-Reverte, the drama depicts the rise of Teresa Mendoza (Kate del Castillo), a young woman from Mexico who becomes the most powerful drug trafficker in southern Spain. Patricio Wills, the president of Telemundo Television Studios, was the executive producer. Though La Reina del Sur was nominated for Novela of the Year, Favorite Lead Actress, and Best Bad Luck Video, it won no awards. With a $10 million budget, La Reina del Sur was the most expensive telenovela ever produced by Telemundo. The program's premiere on February 28, 2011, was the network's highest rated premiere for a telenovela to date. The program frequently dominated its time slot, even over English language programming on other major U.S. networks. La Reina del Sur completed its 63 episode run on Telemundo and its 13 episode run on Antena 3 simultaneously on May 30, 2011. The final episode was the highest rated broadcast in Telemundo's 19-year history (4.2 million viewers), and beat all of the English language U.S. television networks to earn the number one slot in the 18-49 adult demographic. The program's success spurred Telemundo to...