The Best TV Shows on RCTV

Every RCTV Show Ranked From Best To Worst

RCTV has delivered an expansive roster of over 20 shows, dating from 1981 all the way to 2016. Premiering in 1981 and 1984, Angelito and Topacio are among RCTV’s most celebrated shows. As of August 2026, our compilation of RCTV’s top-rated series boasts over 20 unique shows.

  • Intrusive
    Intrusive (1986)9.0

    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.

  • 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.

  • Señora
    Señora (1988)8.0

    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.

  • 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.

  • Estrambótica Anastasia
    Estrambótica Anastasia (2004)7.5

    Estrambotica Anastasia is a Venezuelan telenovela, produced by Coral International for Radio Caracas Television in 2004. It was written by Martin Hahn, who is known for telenovelas like "La mujer de Judas" y Amor a Palos". It lasted for 146 episodes, and was broadcast Monday to Friday on Radio Caracas Television.

  • Mujer Secreta
    Mujer Secreta (1999)7.3

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • Luisa Fernanda
    Luisa Fernanda (1999)6.8

    Luisa Fernanda is a Venezuelan telenovela that was produced by and seen on Venezuela's Radio Caracas Televisión. The writers of this telenovela are Xiomara Moreno, Luis Colmenares, Rossana Negrín, Xiomara Moreno. Its directors were Otto Rodríguez and Mateo Manaure. This telenovela lasted 130 episodes and was distributed internationally by RCTV International. It was a very loose version of the 1988's successful telenovela, Abigail.

  • Kassandra
    Kassandra (1992)6.6

    Kassandra is a Venezuelan telenovela, written by Delia Fiallo and directed by Grazio D'Angelo and Olegario Barrera, involving a gypsy maiden marrying into a rich family. She does not realize, however, that she is the granddaughter of the man in the house. Her husband is killed on her wedding night, and she is blamed for the murder. Kassandra lasted 150 episodes between October 1992 and May 1993, and it achieved a significant amount of success outside Venezuela; it was extremely successful in its later airings in Italy, Russia, former Eastern Bloc nations, the republics of the former Yugoslavia, as well as the Middle East, south and east Asia. The 2005-2006 Televisa telenovela Peregrina is a remake of this show. This was the only Hispanic telenovela dubbed in Cebuano and Hiligaynon languages in Visayas and Mindanao in the Philippines, aired by GMA Iloilo, Cebu and Davao.

  • La Dama de Rosa
    La Dama de Rosa (1986)6.0

    La Dama de Rosa is a successful Venezuelan telenovela that was produced by and seen on Venezuela's Radio Caracas Televisión. Jeannette Rodríguez and Carlos Mata starred as the main protagonists. It was written by José Ignacio Cabrujas and directed by Luis Manzo and Tito Rojas. This telenovela lasted 144 episodes and it achieved a significant amount of success inside and outside Venezuela. It was distributed internationally by RCTV International. La Dama de Rosa was remade by RCTV in 1997 under the name "Cambio de Piel".

  • La cuaima
    La cuaima (2003)5.5

  • Carita Pintada
    Carita Pintada (1999)3.5

    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.

  • Piel salvaje
    Piel salvaje (2016)2.0

  • Cristal
    Cristal (1985)N/A

  • 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.

  • My Sweet Fat Valentina
    My Sweet Fat Valentina (2002)N/A

    Mi Gorda Bella is a Venezuelan telenovela that was produced by and seen on Venezuela's Radio Caracas Televisión. This telenovela lasted 178 episodes and was distributed internationally by RCTV International.

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