The Best TV Shows on Telemundo

Every Telemundo Show Ranked From Best To Worst

Peruse our comprehensive roster of Telemundo’s top shows, encompassing over 20 distinct series as of March 2026. Highlighting Telemundo’s quality programming, Pasión de Gavilanes and Prisoner stand out, premiering in 2003 and 2004. Across the timeline from 2003 to 2025, Telemundo has presented audiences with over 20 captivating shows.

  • La Casa de los Famosos
    La Casa de los Famosos (2021)8.8

  • La Jefa
    La Jefa (2025)8.3

    Gloria's perfect life shatters when hitmen kill her fiancé at their wedding. Abandoned by family, pursued by enemies, and stripped of assets, she must enter the money laundering world to protect her son.

  • Dinastía Casillas
    Dinastía Casillas (2025)8.2

  • El Señor de los Cielos
    El Señor de los Cielos (2013)7.9

    Set in the 1990s, these are the life and times of Amado Carrillo Fuentes, a man who became the head of the Juárez cartel. Nicknamed “El Señor de los Cielos” (Lord of the Skies) because of the large fleet of airplanes he used to transport drugs, he was also known for washing more than $200 million through Colombia to finance his huge fleet. He is described as the most powerful drug trafficker of his time.

  • Doña Bárbara
    Doña Bárbara (2008)7.8

    Doña Bárbara is a Spanish-language telenovela produced by the United States-based television network Telemundo, Sony Pictures Television International and RTI Colombia. Edith González and Christian Meier star in this adaptation of the 1929 novel by Venezuelan author Rómulo Gallegos.

  • El Clon
    El Clon (2010)7.8

    Lucas falls for a young Arab girl named Jade. She is caught between modern values and her Islamic upbringing. They separate and two decades pass. Then a strange turn of luck brings the pair together. Then Jade meets a clone, who is just like Lucas, but twenty years younger. She must choose between the man she loved and the memory she cherishes.

  • Senora Acero
    Senora Acero (2014)7.8

    The adventures of Vicenta Acero, the feared coyote who now leads the dynasty of illicit dealings once under the control of her father.

  • Corazon Valiente
    Corazon Valiente (2012)7.7

    Angela and Samantha were best friends when they were little, but a trap of fate separated them for many years. An unmissable story of loyalty, friendship, courage and love.

  • The Return
    The Return (2013)7.7

    La Patrona is a Spanish-language telenovela produced by United States-based television network Telemundo Studios, Miami and Mexican Argos Comunicación. The telenovela is a remake of the Venezuelan telenovela La Dueña, written by José Ignacio Cabrujas. The name reflects a local term or slang in Mexico to address a person recognized as the main boss. However, the title is also a reflection of both the protagonist and the antagonist struggle to conquer power, authority and respect in a labor field traditionally deemed to be a man's job.

  • El Chema
    El Chema (2016)7.7

    Follow one man's epic journey as he transforms from wily underage drug smuggler to one of the world's most infamous cartel leaders.

  • Pasión de Gavilanes
    Pasión de Gavilanes (2003)7.6

    The Reyes-Elizondo's idyllic lives are shattered by a murder charge against Eric and León.

  • Dangerous Affairs
    Dangerous Affairs (2012)7.6

    Relaciones Peligrosas, originally known as Fisico o Quimica, is a Spanish-language telenovela produced by United States-based television network Telemundo Studios, Miami. It is an adaptation of the Spanish television series Física o Química. It has Sandra Echeverría, Gabriel Coronel, Maritza Bustamante, Gonzalo García Vivanco, Jonathan Freudman, Mercedes Molto, Carlos Ferro, Daniela Navarro, Renato Rossini, Kevin Aponte and Ana Layevska in the leading roles of the plot.

  • Sin senos sí hay paraíso
    Sin senos sí hay paraíso (2016)7.6

    A young woman born in a mafia-controlled town seeks revenge on those who wrongfully harmed and imprisoned her family.

  • False Identity
    False Identity (2018)7.6

    Isabel and Diego, two complete strangers, must assume the identity of a married couple in order to flee the state of Sonora.

  • Enemigo íntimo
    Enemigo íntimo (2018)7.6

    The story of two siblings who witness the murder of their parents in the hands of one of the drug cartels in Mexico, after which Alejandro Ferrer's younger sister is kidnapped. 25 years later, Alejandro is now the captain of the Federal Police and seeks revenge against the narcos for destroying his family.

  • Dame Chocolate
    Dame Chocolate (2007)7.5

    Dame Chocolate is a 2007 Spanish-language telenovela, which was produced by the United States-based television network Telemundo and aired from March 5 until October 5, 2007. This limited-run serial stars Génesis Rodríguez as a sweet, simple girl who leaves rural Mexico for Miami in the US to fulfill her destiny in the chocolate business. Elements of this romantic soap opera resemble Ugly Betty, the Tammy films, The Beverly Hillbillies and No Holds Barred. Lionsgate Home Entertainment and Xenon Pictures released a four-disc DVD set of Dame Chocolate in the US on November 27, 2007. The abridged version runs over 13 hours. It includes English subtitles and carries a TV-PG rating.

  • La tormenta
    La tormenta (2005)7.3

    La Tormenta is a Colombian 2005 telenovela produced by RTI Colombia and broadcast by Telemundo and Caracol TV, starring Natalia Streignard and Christian Meier. Maria Teresa is a woman accustomed to living in the city, but she has to move to live at ‘La Tormenta’, her family’s estate, to try to save her family from financial ruin. The family is facing economic problems and she thinks La Tormenta will save them from bankruptcy.

  • The Impostor
    The Impostor (2014)7.2

    La Impostora, is a Spanish-language telenovela presumably to be produced by United States-based television network Telemundo Studios, Miami.

  • Top Chef VIP
    Top Chef VIP (2022)6.6

    Four finalists compete for the grand title of Top Chef VIP and a prize of $200,000.

  • Prisoner
    Prisoner (2004)N/A

    Wrongfully accused of a crime she didn't commit, 13 year old Guadalupe Santos is sentenced to 30 years in jail, while in jail she gives birth to a baby girl who is taken from her by her older sister Milagros. 15 years later she escapes jail and meets with Daniel Moncada who turns out to be the brother of the man she was accused of killing.