If there are some stories that have always given a lot of play on television, these are the ones starring family sagas in which the struggle for power in their business networks becomes the axis of fierce internal struggles. Because the rich, as the title of another outstanding series said, also cry.
From Spanish fiction, the new Movistar Plus project, Greyhounds, will soon arrive. The story of ambition, power and love of the Somarriba family, owner of a food giant in the hands of its third generation. Corruption and the crisis in the sector make betrayal and deceit surface. Galgos has an ensemble cast with names like Adriana Ozores (Gran Hotel), Luis Bermejo (Magical Girl) or Patricia López Arnaiz (Intimacy).
Between 2007 and 2009, TVE broadcast Herederos, the story of the Orozco family, whose matriarch, Carmen, was played by Concha Velasco, a woman who ruled the entire clan with an iron hand, related to the world of bullfighting. Together with Velasco, in the cast, Helio Pedregal, Ginés García Millán, Mar Regueras and Félix Gómez.
In the 80s, the imaginary Tuscany Valley, where Falcon Crest was developed, came to our screens. The audience was divided between the evil Angela Channing played by Jane Wyman and the angelic Gioberti family, facing off against the Agretti for control of the vineyards. The series, which in addition to Wyman had Lorenzo Lamas, or David Selby, among others, was much better received in Europe than in the United States. But it is that the Giobertis did not have the money or the attraction of previous sagas such as the Ewings or the Carringtons.
It all started with Dallas, the story of the Ewing family that CBS broadcast between 1978 and 1991. In Spain, TVE broadcast it starting in 1979. The Ewings were a billionaire family from the state of Texas engaged in the oil business. His most popular character was undoubtedly JR Ewing (Larry Hagman), an unscrupulous man who, driven by greed and the lust for power, lives at odds with his brother Bobby (Patrick Duffy). The success of Dallas led to Dynasty, starring John Forsythe and Linda Evans. Although, without a doubt, the one who stood out above all was Alexis Carrington, a character played by Joan Collins.
The most recent saga, that of the Roys, is found in Succession, the HBO Max series that is about to premiere its fourth season. Loggan Roy and her four children control one of the largest media conglomerates. A dysfunctional family that we have known since June 2018. Starring Brian Cox, Succession has been awarded at the Emmy Awards for television.
