The Best TV Shows on RCTV

Every RCTV Show Ranked From Best To Worst

Explore our list of the top rated shows up to date from September 2026 that includes over 20 unique series. From 1981 through to 2016, RCTV has accumulated a diverse collection of over 20 television shows. Icons of RCTV, Angelito and Topacio made their debut in 1981 and 1984, setting industry standards.

  • Intrusive
    Intrusive (1986)9.5

    The spoiled and insensitive Estrella de Rossi comes across a humble girl, Virginia, who is her spitting image; almost immediately she comes up with a game and, as a bit of mischief, she pays the girl to impersonate her. When she pulls this off successfully and no one notices the change, Estrella goes further and decides to take a year off to go out and live her life. She forces her double to accept this pact and the young village girl is left to assume the role of a rich and married woman, with a husband who is not really hers but who she ends up falling in love with. She will also face an alcoholic mother-in-law, stepchildren in need of attention and love, a company teetering on bankruptcy and above all, the eminent danger of being discovered.

  • Alejandra
    Alejandra (1994)9.0

  • Llovizna
    Llovizna (1997)8.3

    Llovizna is a 1997 telenovela from Venezuela, starring Scarlet Ortiz and Luis Fernandez. It was produced by the now defunct RCTV. This telenovela contained 145 episodes.

  • Angelito
    Angelito (1981)8.0

    Angelito tells the story of a poor boy who arrives from Maracaibo and, following his grandfather's death, goes to Caracas. Lost in the big city, he is taken in by a charitable institution run by Mother Chepa.

  • La mujer de Judas
    La mujer de Judas (2002)7.9

    La Mujer de Judas or The Wife of Judas is a telenovela produced by RCTV in Venezuela in 2002. Astrid Carolina Herrera, Chantal Baudaux, Juan Carlos Garcia are playing the main characters and it was directed and created by Martin Hahn. It consists of 126 episodes.

  • My Sweet Fat Valentina
    My Sweet Fat Valentina (2002)7.6

    A loving overweight woman must overcome the obstacles in the way between her and her true love.

  • Juana la virgen
    Juana la virgen (2002)7.4

    The life of a young virgin changes overnight, when artificial insemination is performed due to a medical error. In her womb grows the son of Mauricio de la Vega, a man who dreams of being a father at any price.

  • Señora
    Señora (1988)7.0

    Señora is a Venezuelan telenovela that was produced by and broadcast on Venezuela's Radio Caracas Televisión. It was written by José Ignacio Cabrujas, Ibsen Martínez, Cristina Policastro, and Eliseo Morales and directed by Luis Alberto Lamata and Aura Guevara. The series lasted 229 episodes and was distributed internationally by RCTV International.

  • Por Estas Calles
    Por Estas Calles (1992)7.0

    Por Estas Calles is a telenovela broadcast by Radio Caracas Televisión between 1992 and 1994. It was extremely popular in Venezuela, due to its very realistic approach to the day-to-day life of the country and local tone. It was the first Venezuelan program to give a realistic view of the corruption in political life, as well as the first to show the day-to-day life in the poor barrios. For example, it showed the impact on poor people's lives of the intermittent water supply, showing community meetings and lovers' trysts cut short by the news that the water was on, sending everyone running to fill storage tanks and barrels. It was considered by the Spanish edition of the magazine Rolling Stone as the 8th best show between the 100 Best TV Shows Ever in all Latin America. It is believed to be the longest telenovela ever produced in Venezuela.

  • Mis 3 hermanas
    Mis 3 hermanas (2000)7.0

  • Toda una dama
    Toda una dama (2007)7.0

    Toda una dama is a successful Venezuelan telenovela produced and broadcast on RCTV International in 2007. The telenovela is a remake of Señora, an original story written by renowned telenovela author José Ignacio Cabrujas. This new verison was adapred by Iris Dubs and starred Christina Dieckmann and Ricardo Álamo as the main protagonists with Nohely Arteaga starred as the main antagonist.

  • Topacio
    Topacio (1984)6.9

    It depicts the life of Topázio, a blind woman who falls in love with Jorge Luis, the son of the owners of a large estate; little did they know, however, that they had been switched at birth, as Topázio had been presumed dead. Topázio had a close friend, Sirilo, who suffered from mental health issues.

  • Abigail
    Abigail (1988)5.7

    Abigail is a Venezuelan telenovela that was produced by and seen on Venezuela's Radio Caracas Televisión. It was written by Elizabeth Alezard, Alberto Gómez, Mariana Luján, Amparo Montalva, and María Helena Portas and directed by Tito Rojas. This telenovela lasted 257 episodes and was distributed internationally by RCTV International.

  • La cuaima
    La cuaima (2003)5.5

  • Ser bonita no basta
    Ser bonita no basta (2005)4.9

    Ser Bonita No Basta is a 2005 Venezuelan telenovela produced by RCTV and distributed internationally by RCTV International. Marjorie De Sousa and Ricardo Álamo star as the main protagonists while Fedra López and Hugo Vasquez star as the main antagonists.

  • Carita Pintada
    Carita Pintada (1999)4.8

    Carita Pintada is a Venezuelan telenovela that was produced by and broadcast on Venezuela's Radio Caracas Televisión. It was written by Valentina Párraga, Germán Aponte, Irene Calcaño and Romano Rodríguez, and directed by Yuri Delgado and Luis Enrique Díaz. The series lasted 126 episodes and was distributed internationally by RCTV International.

  • Mujer con pantalones
    Mujer con pantalones (2004)4.8

  • Piel salvaje
    Piel salvaje (2016)2.0

  • Dulce Ilusión
    Dulce Ilusión (1993)N/A

    Dulce Illusion is a Venezuelan telenovela that was produced by and seen on Venezuela's Radio Caracas Televisión. It was written by Mariela Romero. This telenovela lasted between 198 and 92 episodes and was distributed internationally by RCTV International. This was the first telenovela to use Venezuelan cartoons with real people, in fact, it’s the only one in the history of Venezuelan soap operas, and the great success of this RCTV’s material is partly due to the big innovation of the cartoons. The animated characters were developed by the legendary animator Felix Nakamura and his team.

  • Túkiti, crecí de una
    Túkiti, crecí de una (2006)N/A