Los hombres de Paco (English: Paco's Men) is a Spanish television series that originally aired from 9 October 2005 to 19 May 2010 on Antena 3. A tenth season was aired from 10 May 2021 to 16 December 2021. Created by Daniel ÃÂcija and ÃÂlex Pina, it stars numerous actors; primarily Paco Tous and Pepón Nieto. The fiction primarily focused on a group of clumsy yet good-hearted police agents.
The fiction focused on a group of police officers in San Antonio, a fictitious neighborhood in Madrid, originally following a trio of clumsy yet good-hearted police agents: Paco, Mariano and Lucas, overseen by Don Lorenzo Castro Riquelme. The "forbidden" love story between Lucas and Sara (Paco's daughter) was another of the main storylines of the series, later turned into a love triangle with the addition of Aitor. Season 6 featured a big jumping the shark moment, by retconning the non-death of Lucas.
Seasons six through eight of the series centered on a lesbian relationship between officer MarÃÂa Jose "Pepa" Miranda Ramos and forensic scientist Silvia Castro León. Season 8 ended with a finale, "Todos los planes de Lucas Fernández", that brought the wedding of Pepa and Silvia, which resulted in a bloodbath and the tragic death of four main characters (Silvia, Montoya, Nelson and Quique).
In season 9, dubbed as Los hombres de Paco 66.6, the series jumped the shark again, taking a supernatural turn by bringing Silvia back from the dead as a phantasmagorical apparition and pitting the lead characters against Satan.
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Aired on Antena 3, the original broadcasting run of the first 9 seasons spanned from 9 October 2005 to 19 May 2010.
The series was also broadcast in Argentina, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Poland, Hungary, Morocco, Romania, Serbia, Italy, Slovakia and Turkey.
On 22 April 2020 it was announced that Atresmedia was preparing a return of the series after a decade-long hiatus and that filming would begin in the summer of that same year if the COVID-19 crisis allowed it. The return of Paco Tous, Pepón Nieto, Carlos Santos and Neus Sanz was reported. On 24 June 2020, actors Hugo Silva and Michelle Jenner announced that they would return to the series in their respective roles. New additions to the cast included Amparo Larrañaga, Amaia Sagasti and Juan Grandinetti.
The new episodes were produced by Atresmedia TV in collaboration with (The Mediapro Studio). Montse GarcÃÂa, Marc Cistaré and Javier Pons were credited as executive producers. Direction was tasked to Alejandro Bazzano, Sandra Gallego Christensen, VÃÂctor GarcÃÂa León, David Molina, Marc Vigil, Jesús Rodrigo, Marc Cistaré, Jacob Santana and Tom Fernández.
Season 10 premiered on Antena 3 on 10 May 2021, with subsequent episodes slated for an exclusive original release on Atresplayer Premium. The episode earned 2,691,000 viewers and a 19.5% audience share.
|- | rowspan="3" align = "center" | 2007 | 9th ATV Awards | Best Actress in a TV Series | Adriana Ozores | | |- | 57th Fotogramas de Plata | Best Television Actor | Hugo Silva | | |- | 16th Actors Union Awards | Television: Lead Performance, Male | Paco Tous | | |- | align = "center" | 2008 | Zapping Awards | Best Actress | Adriana Ozores | | |- | align = "center" | 2009 | 18th Actors Union Awards | Television: Minor Performance, Male | Carlos Santos | | |- | rowspan="2" align = "center" | 2010 | rowspan="2"| 60th Fotogramas de Plata | Best Television Actor | Juan Diego | | |- | Best Television Actress | Marián Aguilera | |