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Telemundo wins international Emmy for “Señor de los Cielos”

November 25, 2014 by Veronica Villafañe

Marcos Santana and Joshua Mintz
Marcos Santana (L) and Joshua Mintz picked up an International Emmy for “El Señor de los Cielos.”

Telemundo’s original production “El Señor de los Cielos” won the first-ever Emmy® award given in the category of Non-English Language U.S. Primetime Program.

Joshua Mintz, EVP of Scripted Programming & General Manager for Telemundo Studios and Marcos Santana, President of Telemundo Internacional picked up the award during the 42nd International Emmy® Awards held in New York City last night.

Telemundo was almost guaranteed a win in the category. It held 4 of the 5 nominations.

Produced by Telemundo Studios and filmed by Argos Television, “El Señor de los Cielos” has delivered strong ratings for the network.

A third season of the narco novela is currently in preproduction and is slated to premiere in 2015.

 

HSenor-Cielos-Season2ere are the nominees:

NON-ENGLISH LANGUAGE US PRIMETIME PROGRAM

Pasión Prohibida (Forbidden Love)
Telemundo Studios / Telemundo Internacional
United States of America

La Patrona (The Return)
Telemundo Internacional
United States of America

El Señor de los Cielos – WINNER
Telemundo Internacional
United States of America

Temple de Acero (Unbreakable)
Rock and Roll Films US for Nat Geo Mundo
United States of America

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Veronica Villafañe, Editor & Publisher

Emmy award-winning journalist and former president of the National Association of Hispanic Journalists (NAHJ). Most recently, a reporter for Voice of America, she has worked as an on-air reporter, anchor, writer and producer for Spanish and English-language TV, print and online media, including Univision, Telemundo, Fox 11 News in L.A. and the San Jose Mercury News.

She is also a Hispanic media and entertainment contributor to Forbes.

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