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W Studios
TypePrivately held company
IndustryProduction company
FoundedFebruary 26, 2016; 10 years ago (2016-02-26)[1]
FounderPatricio Wills [es]
Fernando Restrepo Suárez[2]
Headquarters
Miami, Florida
,
United States
Area served
United States
Mexico
ProductsTelenovelas
Television series

W Studios (Wills Studios) is an American production company based in Miami, Florida, founded in 2016 as a joint venture between Univision and Colombian producer Patricio Wills [es] (who worked at the Colombian programadora company RTI Producciones).[1][3]

History

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On February 26, 2016, the Colombian producer Patricio Wills, Fernando Restrepo Suárez and Univision Communications, Inc. (currently TelevisaUnivision), would create a low-cost production company. It was originally created to produce television series and programs for UniMás in the United States and production of series and short formats for Televisa in Mexico.[1][2][4]

On March 26, 2016, Carlos Bardasano becomes the Executive Senior Vice President of Content (who was also the Executive Vice President of Original Content of Univision), in turn, the foundation and name of the company is made official.)[5][6] and being co-produced with the Mexican production company Lemon Films.[3][7]

On March 5, 2018, Wills becomes the corporate vice president of content, replacing Mexican producer Rosy Ocampo and also becoming president of Televisa Estudios, leaving Carlos Bardasano in charge of W Studios.[8][9][10]

In September 2024, Wills announced the separation of W Studios from TelevisaUnivision, regaining complete ownership; however, it was stated that the company would continue to produce content for TelevisaUnivision.[11]

List of telenovelas and series

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# Year Production No.
Eps.		 First/last aired Author/creator Executive producer Ref.
2010s
1 2017 La piloto 162 March 7, 2017 – October 7, 2018 Jörg Hiller
María Cecilia Boenheim		 Patricio Wills (season 1)
Carlos Bardasano (season 2)		 [7]
2 La fuerza de creer 7 September 3, 2017 – January 11, 2019 Jimena Romero Patricio Wills
3 2018 Descontrol 7 January 7 – February 4, 2018 Various
4 La bella y las bestias 82 June 12 – September 10, 2018 Juan Camilo Ferrand
5 Amar a muerte 82 November 5, 2018 – March 3, 2019 Leonardo Padrón Carlos Bardasano
6 Las Buchonas 81 November 30, 2018 – April 6, 2019 Andrés López López Patricio Wills
7 2019 El Dragón: el regreso de un guerrero 82 September 30, 2019 – January 20, 2020 Arturo Pérez-Reverte Carlos Bardasano
2020s
8 2020 Rubí 27 January 21 – February 27, 2020 Leonardo Padrón Carlos Bardasano [12]
9 Como tú no hay 2 85 February 24 – June 2, 2020 Ximena Suárez [13][14]
10 2021 Si nos dejan 83 June 1 – October 11, 2021 Leonardo Padrón [15]
11 2022 Los ricos también lloran 60 February 21 – May 13, 2022 Esther Feldman
Rosa Salazar Arenas		 [16]
12 La mujer del diablo 26 July 21, 2022 – January 6, 2023 Leonardo Padrón Patricio Wills
Carlos Bardasano		 [17][18]
13 Travesuras de la niña mala 10 November 8, 2022 – February 2, 2023 María López Castaño [19][20]
14 2023 Pienso en ti 75 March 13 – June 23, 2023 Ximena Suárez Carlos Bardasano [21][22]
15 El gallo de oro 10 October 20, 2023 – January 12, 2024 Lina Uribe
Darío Vanegas		 Patricio Wills
Carlos Bardasano		 [23]
16 La hora marcada 9 October 27, 2023 Laura Wills Dávila [24]
17 2024 El extraño retorno de Diana Salazar 24 May 17, 2024 – April 11, 2025 Esther Feldman
Carlos Algara		 [25]
18 La historia de Juana 65 June 3 – August 30, 2024 Perla Farías
Verónica Suárez
Basilio Álvarez
Felipe Silva		 Patricio Wills [26]
19 2026 Los encantos del sinvergüenza[a] 20 April 24, 2026 – present Rosa Clemente [27]
Notes
  1. ↑ Co-production with 11:11 Films

References

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  1. 1 2 3 "Patricio Wills concreta alianza con Univisión para producir desde Miami contenido exclusivo para UniMás en EE UU". produ.com. February 26, 2016. Archived from the original on January 29, 2020. Retrieved January 29, 2020.
  2. 1 2 "Productor Patricio Wills: Con Univisión invertiremos en historias y productoras que desarollarán localmente para UniMás y el mercado mexicano". produ.com. March 7, 2016. Archived from the original on January 29, 2020. Retrieved January 29, 2020.
  3. 1 2 Ramos-Weiner, Maribel (August 9, 2016). "Ana Bond de W Studios: Alianza con Lemon Films para producir contenidos en México". produ.com. Archived from the original on January 25, 2022. Retrieved January 30, 2020.
  4. ↑ "Patricio Wills de Televisa: W Studios ya es empresa de Televisa". produ.com. July 30, 2019. Retrieved January 29, 2020.
  5. ↑ "Carlos Bardasano Jr. nuevo VP sénior de W Studios joint venture entre Univisión y Patricio Wills". produ.com. March 27, 2016. Archived from the original on January 29, 2020. Retrieved January 29, 2020.
  6. ↑ "Patricio Wills de W Studios: Ya iniciamos el casting para nuestra primera producción La piloto". produ.com. May 6, 2016. Archived from the original on January 29, 2020. Retrieved January 29, 2020.
  7. 1 2 "La piloto primera producción de W Studios de Patricio Wills comenzó grabaciones en México". produ.com. September 5, 2016. Retrieved January 29, 2020.[dead link]
  8. ↑ "Rosy Ocampo inició la avanzada". produ.com. March 5, 2018. Archived from the original on December 26, 2019. Retrieved January 29, 2020.
  9. ↑ "Patricio Wills presidente de Televisa Estudios". produ.com. March 5, 2018. Archived from the original on December 27, 2019. Retrieved January 29, 2020.
  10. ↑ "Patricio Wills leading Televisa's Content Production area". produ.com. March 6, 2018. Retrieved January 29, 2020.
  11. ↑ Ramos-Weiner, Maribel (September 6, 2024). "W Studios: We will strengthen the Company by adding digital content and sports divisions". produ.com. Retrieved May 6, 2025.
  12. ↑ "Carlos Bardasano Jr. de W Studios: Produciremos Rubí para la Fábrica de sueños de Televisa". produ.com. January 3, 2019. Archived from the original on July 17, 2019. Retrieved January 29, 2020.
  13. ↑ "Se dio el claquetazo oficial de la nueva apuesta de Televisa Como tú no hay dos". produ.com. September 26, 2019. Archived from the original on January 30, 2020. Retrieved January 30, 2020.
  14. ↑ Solís, Erik (January 30, 2020). "¡Ya hay fecha de estreno para 'Como tú no hay 2', protagonizada por Adrián Uribe y Claudia Martín!". lasestrellas.tv. Retrieved February 1, 2020.
  15. ↑ González, Moisés (April 27, 2021). "Univision destapa la fecha de estreno de su nueva telenovela estelar Si nos dejan". peopleenespanol.com. Retrieved May 2, 2021.
  16. ↑ "Claudia Martín y Sebastián Rulli inician grabaciones de Los Ricos También Lloran". www.televisa.com. September 24, 2021. Archived from the original on September 21, 2021. Retrieved September 21, 2021.
  17. ↑ "PRODU | Ficha técnica: La mujer del diablo". produ.com. Retrieved January 31, 2022.
  18. ↑ "ViX+, TelevisaUnivision's Premium SVOD Tier, Debuts on July 21". corporate.televisaunivision.com. June 30, 2022. Retrieved June 30, 2022.
  19. ↑ "PRODU | Ficha técnica: Travesuras de la niña mala". produ.com. Retrieved November 17, 2022.
  20. ↑ "PRODU | TelevisaUnivision inició grabaciones en París y Londres de Travesuras de la niña mala de ViX+ producida por W Studios y dirigida por Alejandro Bazzano". produ.com. July 13, 2022. Archived from the original on October 28, 2022. Retrieved November 17, 2022.
  21. ↑ "PRODU | Ficha técnica: Pienso en ti". produ.com. Retrieved January 27, 2023.
  22. ↑ Origel, Juan José (January 23, 2023). "Vida y Milagros | Ya viene el estreno de la telenovela 'Pienso en Ti'". elsoldemexico.com.mx. Archived from the original on January 27, 2023. Retrieved January 27, 2023.
  23. ↑ "Patricio Wills de W Studios: Iniciamos la producción de El gallo de oro de Juan Rulfo en México con el regreso a la actuación de Lucero". produ.com (in Spanish). February 14, 2023. Archived from the original on October 23, 2023. Retrieved September 21, 2023.
  24. ↑ "LA HORA MARCADA Premieres with New Stories on October 27 on ViX". corporate.televisaunivision.com (in Spanish). October 13, 2023. Retrieved October 14, 2023.
  25. ↑ "EL EXTRAÑO RETORNO DE DIANA SALAZAR, a ViX Original Drama, Begins Production in Mexico". corporate.televisaunivision.com (in Spanish). August 22, 2023. Retrieved April 24, 2024.
  26. ↑ "W Studios: We begin recording Juana la Virgen, a medium-sized telenovela with more than 60 episodes". produ.com. December 8, 2023. Retrieved January 9, 2024.
  27. ↑ Torterola, Sebastián (April 10, 2026). "11:11 Films y W Studios producen serie original 'Los encantos del sinvergüenza' para ViX". Cveintiuno (in Spanish). Retrieved April 28, 2026.
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