Bia (TV series)

Bia
Genre
Created by
  • Jorge Edelstein
  • Marina Efron
  • Carmen López-Areal
Written by
  • Marina Efron
  • Carmen López-Areal
  • Matias Rodríguez
  • Laura Farhi
  • Ignacio Campón
  • Andrés Rappaport
Directed by
  • Jorge Bechara
  • Daniel De Filippo
Narrated byIsabela Souza
Country of originArgentina
Original languageSpanish
No. of seasons2
No. of episodes120 (list of episodes)
Production
Production locationsBuenos Aires, Argentina
Running time33–42 minutes
Production companies
  • Non Stop Producciones
  • Pegsa Group
Original release
NetworkDisney Channel
Release24 June 2019 (2019-06-24) –
24 July 2020 (2020-07-24)
Related
Soy Luna
Violetta
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Bia is an Argentine television series original of Disney Channel Latin America produced by Pegsa and Non Stop and Disney Channel Latin America in collaboration with Disney Channel Europe, Middle East & Africa (EMEA).[1] Bia is the third original production of Disney Channel Latin America after Violetta (2012-2015) and Soy Luna, (2016-2018) and the fourth musical telenovela on the channel following the steps of Patito Feo (2007-2011), the show that paved the way for Disney's Latin series. The series directed by Jorge Bechara and Daniel De Filippo,[1] stars Isabela Souza[2] along with Gabriella Di Grecco, Julio Peña Fernández, Fernando Dente, Agustina Palma, Giulia Guerrini, Andrea De Alba and Guido Messina, as well as Daniela Trujillo, Micaela Díaz, Julia Argüelles, Alan Madanes, Rhener Freitas, Esteban Velásquez, Rodrigo Rumi, Luis Giraldo, Valentina González and Jandino.[3]

Its first season of 60 episodes premiered on 24 June 2019,[4] and concluded on 8 November 2019. In October 2019, it was announced that the series was renewed for a second season,[5] which premiered on 16 March 2020 and concluded on 24 July 2020 after 60 episodes.[6][7]

In November 2020, a special episode titled Bia: Un mundo al revés (Bia: An Upside Down World) was officially announced.[8] It was released exclusively on Disney+ on 19 February 2021.[9]

  1. ^ a b "Disney Channel Latin America inicia producción de la serie "Bia"". yucatan.com.mx (in Spanish). 21 August 2018. Retrieved 30 September 2018.
  2. ^ "Atriz brasileira estrela nova série da Disney: 'Quero passar uma mensagem'". Veja (in Portuguese). 21 August 2018. Retrieved 23 February 2022.
  3. ^ "Disney Channel Latin America inicia producción de la serie "Bia"". El Diario de Yucatán. 21 August 2018. Archived from the original on 30 September 2020. Retrieved 24 February 2022.
  4. ^ Gustavo Cheluje (24 June 2019). "Série "Bia", da Disney, estreia com interatividade pelas redes sociais" (in Portuguese). GazetaOnline. Retrieved 25 June 2019.
  5. ^ "Serie 'Bia' tendrá segunda temporada". El Diario NTR (in Spanish). Retrieved 10 October 2019.
  6. ^ "Bia Temporada 2 AVANCE 2020". DisneyChannelLA (in Spanish). Retrieved 8 November 2019.
  7. ^ "Fecha de estreno para la segunda temporada". Spoiler Time (in Spanish). Retrieved 21 February 2020.
  8. ^ "Disney+ presenta: Muchas historias, un mismo lugar" [Disney+ presents: Many stories, only one place] (in Spanish). Retrieved 13 November 2020 – via YouTube.
  9. ^ "DISNEY+ ESTRENA EN EXCLUSIVA LA PRODUCCIÓN ORIGINAL LATINOAMERICANA BIA: UN MUNDO AL REVÉS, UN CONTENIDO INSPIRADO EN LA SERIE DISNEY BIA" [Disney+ Exclusively Premieres the Original Latin American Production Bia: Un Mundo al Revés, Content Inspired by the Disney Series Bia]. Disney PressPack (in Spanish). 26 January 2021. Archived from the original on 26 January 2021. Retrieved 26 January 2021.