On Telemundo's 2018 upfronts list.
Latest news: Confirmed start date of April 22, 2019 at 10pm/9c.
Characters for the second season
(*New this season)
Teresa Mendoza/María Dantés (Kate del Castillo) - former drug transporter
*Sofia Dantés - Teresa's daughter
*Veronica's sister
Conejo - admin/friend from prison
Oleg Yasikov (Antonio Gil-new actor) - Russian BFF
Abdelkader Chaib - Moroccan BFF
Epifanio Vargas - still trying to get elected president
Cesar "Batman" Guemes
*Carmen Ramirez de Vargas (Patricia Reyes Spíndola)
*Alejandro Alcalá (Mark Tacher) - Sleazy politician running for president
*Genoveva Alcalá (Kika Edgar)
Paloma Aljarafe (new actor) - Teo's daughter
*Cayetana Aljarafe - Teo's mother, Paloma's grandmother
*Manuela
*Francisco
So leery of this. The first one was perfect, so why ruin it? I saw Kate in Dueños del Paraíso and couldn't finish it. She looked like her heart wasn't in it, but maybe it was just the character. Maybe she loves playing Teresa Mendoza and it will all be ok.
I'm grasping at straws here...NBCUniverso is possibly starting to re-run the first season in blocks of 3 episodes weekly on late Saturday nights/early Sunday mornings*. I would like to think that they're doing this in preparation for Season 2, but who knows.
ETA: *starting on October 13.
Here are the facts:
-Zap 2 it shows "La Reina del Sur"at 10pm/9c starting Monday, March 4. It still has El Barón in the middle-of-the-night rerun spot.
-NBC Universo has been doing a rerun of the first series, which has 63 episodes. This weekend they showed 58-60, so next weekend should be 61-63. (typo)
I have not been able to confirm this in any other way. I suspect, if this is really the plan, that they'll start announcing it during tonight's La Voz. So, if you see anything that confirms this, let us know!
Kate del Castillo and the show's Twitter account say they're making a big announcement tomorrow (Tuesday).
Today on SLS: they confirmed that Season 2 begins April 22 at 10:00 on Telemundo.
I'm much happier with that start date than the beginning of next week!
@sara I hope not. She said "recaps."