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El amor no tiene receta

El amor no tiene receta is a 2024 Mexican telenovela by Juan Osorio for TelevisaUnivision, starring Claudia Martín and Daniel Elbittar, 95 episodes, aired 19 February to 28 June 2024 on Las Estrellas.

El Chapo (TV series)

El Chapo (Univision/Netflix, 2017–2018) is a Spanish-language drama series in three seasons about Joaquín Guzmán Loera, created by Silvana Aguirre Zegarra and Carlos Contreras, starring Marco de la O, filmed in Colombia, covering 1985 to the 2017 extradition.

El Chapulín Colorado

El Chapulín Colorado (The Red Grasshopper), created by Chespirito (Roberto Gómez Bolaños), is a comedic Mexican superhero parody series: sketch debut 1970, own sitcom 1973–1979, 256 episodes, iconic red costume, chipote chillón, and catchphrase "No contaban con mi astucia".

El Chavo del Ocho

El Chavo del Ocho (also El Chavo del 8, Chaves in Brazil): Mexican sitcom created by and starring Roberto Gómez Bolaños (Chespirito), first aired 20 June 1971 on Canal 8, about an eight-year-old orphan living in a vecindad; over 300 episodes, dubbed into 50+ languages.

El Chema

El Chema is a 2016–2017 Telemundo/Argos crime superserie and spin-off of El Señor de los Cielos, created by Luis Zelkowicz, starring Mauricio Ochmann as drug boss José María Venegas; 85 episodes, IMDb 6.8, TMDB 7.7.

El Cid (2020 TV series)

El Cid (The Legend of El Cid) is a Spanish Amazon Prime Video historical drama (2020-2021) by Zebra Producciones, created by José Velasco and Luis Arranz, starring Jaime Lorente as Rodrigo Díaz de Vivar; two seasons of five episodes, cancelled after season 2.

El clon

El clon is a 2010 Spanish-language telenovela. It is a remake of O Clone (2001), which details the forbidden love between Jade and Lucas, complicated by cloning.

El Dragón: Return of a Warrior

El Dragón: Return of a Warrior (El dragón: El regreso de un guerrero) is a Mexican action-drama series from 2019 to 2021, starring Sebastián Rulli as heir to a drug cartel.

El encargado

El encargado: Argentine dark comedy series by Mariano Cohn and Gastón Duprat starring Guillermo Francella as Eliseo, a manipulative Buenos Aires building concierge; four seasons since 2022 on Star+/Disney+, Emmy-nominated, fifth season and Zambrano spin-off announced.

El final del paraíso

El final del paraíso is Telemundo's 2019 crime telenovela, the fourth and final stage of Sin senos sí hay paraíso, following DEA chief Catalina Santana against the XY4-trafficking Cartel de las Babys and the infiltrated villain Yésica Beltrán, ending 9 December 2019.

El Gato (TV series)

El Gato is an upcoming Prime Video bilingual drama series created by Eric Carrasco, starring Diego Boneta as Frank Guerrero, based on Richard Dominguez's comic El Gato Negro, produced by MGM Television after earlier stalled development at MGM and Apple TV+.

El Internado

El Internado (El Internado: Laguna Negra, The Boarding School) is a Spanish mystery-thriller TV series by Globomedia on Antena 3, 2007-2010, 7 seasons, 71 episodes, set in the Laguna Negra boarding school; rebooted as El Internado: Las Cumbres (2021).

El internado: Las Cumbres

El internado: Las Cumbres (The Boarding School: Las Cumbres) is a Spanish Amazon Prime Video mystery-horror series (2021-2023, 3 seasons, 22 episodes), a reboot of El Internado, set in a monastery boarding school for troubled teens, created by Laura Belloso and Asier Andueza, starring Asia Ortega and Albert Salazar.

El juego de las llaves

El juego de las llaves (The Game of Keys) is a Mexican comedy-drama series created by Marisa Quiroga, produced by Corazón Films for Prime Video and Pantaya, running 2019-2024 in three seasons and 24 episodes about four couples who try swinging, later adapted into a 2022 Spanish film and a 2026 German series.

El precio de la fama

El precio de la fama is a 2026 ViX original Mexican drama-thriller series (8 episodes, TV-MA) created by Natasha Ybarra-Klor and Michelle Renaud, starring Eréndira Ibarra as telenovela actress Mía Moreno, framed for the death of influencer Renata Lezama; distinct from the 1987 telenovela of the same name.

El presidente

El Presidente is a 2020 Amazon Prime Video comedy-drama series created by Armando Bo about Sergio Jadue and the 2015 FIFA Gate scandal, coproduced by Gaumont, Fábula, and Kapow, with 16 episodes over two seasons (2020–2022).

El renacer de Luna

El Renacer de Luna (also El renacer de luna) is a 2026 Mexican TelevisaUnivision telenovela by producer Roy Rojas, airing on Las Estrellas at 6:30 p.m. from June 22 to October 9, 2026, with 80 episodes starring Marisol del Olmo, Matías Novoa, Marlene Favela and Flavio Medina, adapted from Félix B. Caignet's Morir para vivir.

El Señor de los Cielos

El Señor de los Cielos (The Lord of the Skies) is Telemundo's Spanish-language crime drama (2013–2026, ten seasons) starring Rafael Amaya as drug lord Aurelio Casillas, inspired by Amado Carrillo Fuentes; Emmy-winning, ending with a final season in July 2026.

El Tigre: The Adventures of Manny Rivera

El Tigre: The Adventures of Manny Rivera is a Nickelodeon Flash-animated series created by Jorge R. Gutierrez and Sandra Equihua, premiered March 3, 2007, about a 13-year-old torn between superhero father White Pantera and villain grandfather Puma Loco; Annie and Emmy-winning.

Elaine Benes

Elaine Benes (Elaine Marie Benes), Seinfeld character played by Julia Louis-Dreyfus; Jerry's ex-girlfriend, added after the pilot at NBC's demand, notable as the sitcom's only woman and a subject of feminist criticism.

Elaine Peacock

Elaine Peacock (full name Elaine Alexandra Peacock, previously Knight) is a fictional EastEnders character, mother of Linda Carter, first played by Maria Friedman in 2014 and by Harriet Thorpe from May 2023 as Queen Vic landlady and later Peacock Palace hotel owner.

Eldorado (TV series)

Eldorado was a BBC soap opera about British expatriates on the Costa del Sol, created by Julia Smith and Tony Holland, airing 156 episodes from July 1992 to July 1993 before Alan Yentob cancelled the £10 million flop.

Electric Bloom

Electric Bloom is an American musical comedy series from Disney Branded Television. It follows three pop stars as they recount their journey from high school to fame.

Electric City

Electric City is a 2012 animated post-apocalyptic sci-fi web series created by and starring Tom Hanks, produced by Playtone and Reliance Entertainment for Yahoo Screen, Yahoo's first original scripted series.

Electric Dreams (2017 TV series)

Philip K. Dick's Electric Dreams (2017) is a ten-episode Channel 4/Amazon sci-fi anthology adapted from Dick short stories, executive produced by Ronald D. Moore, Michael Dinner, Bryan Cranston, and Isa Dick Hackett; cancelled after one season.

Elementary (TV series)

Elementary (CBS, 2012-2019) is an American crime drama reimagining Sherlock Holmes (Jonny Lee Miller) as a recovering-addict NYPD consultant with Dr. Joan Watson (Lucy Liu); seven seasons, 154 episodes, finale "Their Last Bow."

Elements of Harmony

Elements of Harmony: six magical artifacts in My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic (Honesty, Loyalty, Generosity, Laughter, Kindness, Magic), worn by the Mane 6, kept at the Tree of Harmony, used against Nightmare Moon and Discord.

Elena Fisher

Elena Fisher is a fictional journalist and deuteragonist of Naughty Dog's Uncharted series, played by Emily Rose; Nathan Drake's on-off partner, wife between Uncharted 2 and 3, and mother of Cassie in Uncharted 4's epilogue.

Elena of Avalor

Elena of Avalor, also known as Disney's Elena of Avalor, is an American animated Disney Junior series that premiered in 2016, starring Elena Castillo Flores, Disney's first Latina princess.

Eleven (Stranger Things)

Eleven (Jane Ives, later Jane Hopper), called El, is the telekinetic protagonist of Netflix's Stranger Things (2016–2025), played by Millie Bobby Brown; born to MKUltra subject Terry Ives, raised in Hawkins Lab as 011, and left with an ambiguous fate in the series finale.