The Best TV Shows on Telemundo

Every Telemundo Show Ranked From Best To Worst

Telemundo has over 20 shows broadcast from as early as 1955 and as recent as 2021. Explore our list of the top rated shows up to date from October 2026 that includes over 20 unique series. Highlighting Telemundo’s quality programming, Miss Universe and Pasión de Gavilanes stand out, premiering in 1955 and 2003.

  • La Casa de los Famosos
    La Casa de los Famosos (2021)8.9

  • Betty in New York
    Betty in New York (2019)8.1

    Betty is a young Latina in New York who, rejected in multiple jobs, accepts one below her qualifications in the fashion industry. Amid the glamor and business, the war between the pretty and the ugly, Betty grows and faces the biggest challenge of her life: love.

  • El Señor de los Cielos
    El Señor de los Cielos (2013)8.0

    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.

  • El Clon
    El Clon (2010)7.9

    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.

  • La Reina del Sur
    La Reina del Sur (2011)7.9

    After years of blood, sweat and tears, a woman of humble origin ends up becoming a drug trafficking legend, with all that that means...

  • Senora Acero
    Senora Acero (2014)7.9

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

  • Under the Same Sky
    Under the Same Sky (2015)7.9

    Carlos Martínez is an undocumented Mexican who lives in Los Angeles. He is an honest and hardworking man who has the constant fear of being deported and losing his two sons: Luís and Rodrigo. His great dream has been to give them a better life, but his desire is overshadowed when his eldest son, Rodrigo, disappears without a trace and joins a gang. Meanwhile, Carlos will try to protect and keep Luís away from the dangerous networks that plague the city. In his desperate attempt to take care of him he will meet Adela, a gang member who will steal his heart.

  • 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.

  • The Return
    The Return (2013)7.8

    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.

  • Pasión de Gavilanes
    Pasión de Gavilanes (2003)7.7

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

  • 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.

  • 100 días para enamorarnos
    100 días para enamorarnos (2020)7.7

    Two couples who struggle to be near each other decide to give another chance for each other, 100 days for them to fall back in love.

  • Second chance
    Second chance (2005)7.6

    El cuerpo del Deseo also known as Second Chance is a Spanish-language telenovela produced by Telemundo and Film in Florida. This limited-run series is about a man who comes back from the dead and discovers dark secrets about his beautiful widow. The first version of El cuerpo del Deseo was En Cuerpo Ajeno produced by RTI Colombia in 1992.This telenovela was aired in 25 countries around the world.

  • 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.

  • La Querida del Centauro
    La Querida del Centauro (2016)7.5

    Yolanda Acosta is a woman capable of altering law and order out of love for her daughter. She serves as a hook to catch the Centauro, one of the most dangerous drug traffickers in Mexico.

  • La tormenta
    La tormenta (2005)7.4

    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.

  • La Doña
    La Doña (2016)7.4

    A story of revenge and ambition, seduction and betrayal; all told from the perspective of an offended and abused woman named Altagracia. Altagracia represents the hundreds of thousands of Mexican women who have been victims of the violence by faceless men who are protected by impunity. But Altagracia, transformed into a strong-willed, ruthless man-eater known as La Doña, will seek out each and every one of these men to bring them to justice.

  • Marina
    Marina (2006)7.1

    Marina is a beautiful, sweet young woman who makes a living driving a tourist boat. Her simple life transforms when her mother dies unexpectedly and she inherits a large family fortune. Marina moves into an elegant mansion owned by the wealthy Alarcón Morales family, who treat her with evil, scorn and rejection.

  • Miss Universe
    Miss Universe (1955)6.0

    Miss Universe is an annual international beauty pageant that is run by the United States-based Miss Universe Organization. The contest is the largest pageant in the world in terms of live TV coverage, airing yearly in more than 190 countries worldwide to an audience of over 2.5 billion people. Along with Miss World, Miss International, and Miss Earth, Miss Universe is one of the Big Four international beauty pageants. The Miss Universe Organization and its brand, along with Miss USA and Miss Teen USA, are currently owned by the WME/IMG talent agency.