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Underground Producciones is a media producer in Argentina that produces television and film. The company was created in 2006 by Sebastian Ortega and Pablo Culell.

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In 2006, the company's first project was the dramatic telenovela Weather Does Not Stop, aired on Argentina channel 9. The show won several awards. That same year, Underground Producciones put our the Househusband sitcom and the sitcom Gladiators of Pompeii on the same channel.

In 2007, in partnership with Dori Media, Sebastian Ortega, Lalola notion for Latin TV[ clarification needed ]. This sitcom also achieved important awards (including two awards for Best Fiction Martín Fierro and Best Actress Carla Peterson, besides the Golden Martín Fierro), globally successful, being sold to over 70 countries.

In 2008, in partnership with Telefe Contenidos and Endemol, creates and produces Los Exitosos Pells, sold to over 40 countries, including adaptations.

Later, in 2012 produced for Telefe, a successful sitcom called Graduados, a project created in 2004 and resumed that year. [1]

On August 14, 2019, NBCUniversal (through their Telemundo division) acquired the company, becoming an extension of Telemundo global studios. [2]

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References

  1. "Los Graduados, rating" [The Graduados, rating] (in Spanish). Televisión.com.ar. March 12, 2012. Retrieved October 12, 2012.
  2. Alexander, Inigo (August 14, 2019). "Telemundo dives into Underground". C21 media. Retrieved August 14, 2019.