Sortilegio
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Sortilegio is a Mexican telenovela
produced by Carla Estrada
for Televisa
and It stars Jacqueline Bracamontes
, William Levy
. It is a remake of Tú o nadie
. Univision
aired Sortilegio from October 6, 2009 to February 17, 2010 at 9pm/8pm central.
Years pass, and Bruno comes to be an irresponsible man who does not respect laws. Alejandro, on the other hand, is very responsible. Antonio prefers Alejandro and has decided to inherit Alejandro the money when he passes away. So after a meeting of Bruno's behavior, Antonio dies in a car accident, causing Victoria to be widowed again. Meanwhile, Fernando, Alejandro's friend, is in love with Victoria, but his love cannot be due to age difference.
10 years later, Alejandro has come to stay with the money Antonio inherited him, causing his brother Bruno to become insanely jealous. So, Bruno plans to get rid of Alejandro by hiring Erik to help him achieve his evil plan. Meanwhile, a girl named Maria José and her sister Paula live in a Saque - humble home in Campeche, Yucatán. She has been communicating with whom she believes to be Alejandro through the phone and Internet, and they fall in love and marry. At the wedding, viewers recognize the man to actually be Bruno. The next day, he claims to have business out of town and leaves. Meanwhile, Bruno hires a truck driver to crash into Alejandro causing a terrible crash off the road. Everyone believes Alejandro to be dead. Alejandro's family discovers a marriage in his name and call Maria to break the news. Devastated, she immediately flies over to be with the Lombardo's, her sister Paula soon following to be with her. Meeting his family for the first time, she finds out that Alejandro was actually rich. Soon after meeting the family, she discovers that Bruno was the man she met, and he reveals his plans to her, promising to take care of her and share his soon to be riches. Heartbroken and horrified she leaves to go home, but Bruno chases after her to Campeche and threatens to frame her father for drug dealing. Maria goes back with him. But Alejandro, having miraculously survived the accident, soon returns home to encounter the wife of whom he knows nothing at his house. Though the doctors and his family tell Alejandro he merely has amnesia, he knows something is wrong and eventually forces the truth out of Maria José. Wanting to find a way to help her (and seeing that Bruno has feelings for her but its hard for him to show it) Alejandro keeps her by his side and keeps up the pretense of being married to everyone around them. Keeping up the act, they develop feelings for one another. Meanwhile, Bruno's sister Raquel and her friend Maura, who is in love with Alejandro, reject Maria José and Paula often and makes Maria José hesitate about living with the Lombardo's.
Maria José, fearing for the threats Bruno makes against her father, decides not live with the Lombardo's any longer and flees with Paula and her father, Pedro, back to Campeche, Yucatán. Don Pedro sees himself as a weight in his daughters life so he calls Alejandro to come rescue them from Bruno. Bruno then uses Maura's evil plan as his own and uses Mario Aguirre, making him seem inocent and leaving Maria Jose with an acomplice/lover. Alejandro tired of the lies Maria Jose has told him and wanting to have peace again throws Maria Jose and her family out of his house and files for divorce. After a short stay in Campeche, Maria José gets stabbed in the back by an intruder, causing her to be sent to the hospital. Alejandro still in love with Maria Jose flies to Campeche, to see his wife after the attack. After 2 weeks, she is cured and returned not to Campeche, but to the Lombardo's in Mérida, Yucatán because Alejandro convinces her to stay with him and he apologizes for everything. When Alejandro discovers that Maria José is pregnant, he realizes he loves her and attempts to make her happy.
Two months later, Bruno comes up with a new plan. He will kidnap Maria José to make her lose her memory and they will marry afterwords, giving Maura the opportunity to marry Alejandro. Bruno and Maura trick Maria José into looking at a house for her and Alejandro when it is really a trap for them to kidnap her. Then they, along with Maria José's mother, Elena, who was believed to be dead because of a lie Maria José's father told her and her sister Paula. They make her believe she is her twin sister, Sandra, who she knew nothing about before and who is in a coma and later dies from a drug overdose.
Eventually Alejandro finds her and starts making her fall in love with him again by dating her and takes her back home. It gives Alejandro a new chance to start things right and do the things they never got to do because of Bruno's evil scheme. But she does not recognize anybody, so she thinks everyone is lying to her, but little by little her memory starts coming back. Bruno eventually gets discovered after a gunshot aimed at Alejandro and is forced into hiding from the FBI. Against the backdrop of constant manipulations by Bruno and by Maura, the couple attempt to build a happy life with their child. It gets intense as Bruno now has to hide to avoid getting arrested by the cops. He calls his mother to get him money and to help him escape. Victoria begs Bruno to turn himself in, but denies doing that. Alejandro then comes and he and Bruno start to fight. After Bruno threatens Alejandro with a gun, Erik shoots him, and Bruno dies instantly. Maria José and Paula's mother get arrested and put into Federal Prison. Finally, Alejandro and Maria José lives their lives together with their child, as a family forever.
Anahí
was originally set to star as Maria Jose, but at the last minute producers decided against Anahí and gave the part to Jacqueline Bracamontes
.
Telenovela
A telenovela is a limited-run serial dramatic programming popular in Latin American, Portuguese, and Spanish television programming. The word combines tele, short for televisión or televisão , and novela, a Spanish or Portuguese word for "novel"...
produced by Carla Estrada
Carla Estrada
Carla Estrada is one of the foremost telenovela producers of Latin America.On 2005 the Mexican government decided to place a statue of the producer in one of Mexico City's most important parks and on January, 2007 she appeared on People En Españols list of The 100 Most Influential Hispanics in the...
for Televisa
Televisa
Televisa is a Mexican multimedia conglomerate, the largest mass media company in Latin America and in the Spanish-speaking world. It is a major international entertainment business, with much of its programming airing in the United States on Univision, with which it has an exclusive contract...
and It stars Jacqueline Bracamontes
Jacqueline Bracamontes
Jacqueline Bracamontes van Hoorde is a Mexican actress, model and former winner of Nuestra Belleza México.-Biography:...
, William Levy
William Levy (actor)
William Levy is a Cuban-American actor and former model.-Early life and education:Levy was born in Cojimar, Cuba. He is of Jewish ancestry on his paternal grandfather's side. Levy migrated to Miami, Florida, when he was 14. He attended high school, after which he studied business administration...
. It is a remake of Tú o nadie
Tú o nadie
Tú o nadie is a Mexican telenovela. It was produced and broadcast by Televisa in 1985, and starred Lucía Méndez, Andrés García and Salvador Pineda...
. Univision
Univision
Univision is a Spanish-language television network in the United States. It has the largest audience of Spanish language television viewers according to Nielsen ratings. Randy Falco, COO, has been in charge of the company since the departure of Univision Communications president and CEO Joe Uva...
aired Sortilegio from October 6, 2009 to February 17, 2010 at 9pm/8pm central.
Plot
Victoria had an affair with her husband Samuel's friend, Antonio Lombardo, resulting in the birth of twins, Bruno and Raquel. Antonio also had a son, Alejandro, with his wife Adriana. After their respective spouses passed away, they reunited and got married, however, they did not tell their children that they are half siblings, as that would reveal their infidelities. Instead they raise the children to recognize each other as step-siblings.Years pass, and Bruno comes to be an irresponsible man who does not respect laws. Alejandro, on the other hand, is very responsible. Antonio prefers Alejandro and has decided to inherit Alejandro the money when he passes away. So after a meeting of Bruno's behavior, Antonio dies in a car accident, causing Victoria to be widowed again. Meanwhile, Fernando, Alejandro's friend, is in love with Victoria, but his love cannot be due to age difference.
10 years later, Alejandro has come to stay with the money Antonio inherited him, causing his brother Bruno to become insanely jealous. So, Bruno plans to get rid of Alejandro by hiring Erik to help him achieve his evil plan. Meanwhile, a girl named Maria José and her sister Paula live in a Saque - humble home in Campeche, Yucatán. She has been communicating with whom she believes to be Alejandro through the phone and Internet, and they fall in love and marry. At the wedding, viewers recognize the man to actually be Bruno. The next day, he claims to have business out of town and leaves. Meanwhile, Bruno hires a truck driver to crash into Alejandro causing a terrible crash off the road. Everyone believes Alejandro to be dead. Alejandro's family discovers a marriage in his name and call Maria to break the news. Devastated, she immediately flies over to be with the Lombardo's, her sister Paula soon following to be with her. Meeting his family for the first time, she finds out that Alejandro was actually rich. Soon after meeting the family, she discovers that Bruno was the man she met, and he reveals his plans to her, promising to take care of her and share his soon to be riches. Heartbroken and horrified she leaves to go home, but Bruno chases after her to Campeche and threatens to frame her father for drug dealing. Maria goes back with him. But Alejandro, having miraculously survived the accident, soon returns home to encounter the wife of whom he knows nothing at his house. Though the doctors and his family tell Alejandro he merely has amnesia, he knows something is wrong and eventually forces the truth out of Maria José. Wanting to find a way to help her (and seeing that Bruno has feelings for her but its hard for him to show it) Alejandro keeps her by his side and keeps up the pretense of being married to everyone around them. Keeping up the act, they develop feelings for one another. Meanwhile, Bruno's sister Raquel and her friend Maura, who is in love with Alejandro, reject Maria José and Paula often and makes Maria José hesitate about living with the Lombardo's.
Maria José, fearing for the threats Bruno makes against her father, decides not live with the Lombardo's any longer and flees with Paula and her father, Pedro, back to Campeche, Yucatán. Don Pedro sees himself as a weight in his daughters life so he calls Alejandro to come rescue them from Bruno. Bruno then uses Maura's evil plan as his own and uses Mario Aguirre, making him seem inocent and leaving Maria Jose with an acomplice/lover. Alejandro tired of the lies Maria Jose has told him and wanting to have peace again throws Maria Jose and her family out of his house and files for divorce. After a short stay in Campeche, Maria José gets stabbed in the back by an intruder, causing her to be sent to the hospital. Alejandro still in love with Maria Jose flies to Campeche, to see his wife after the attack. After 2 weeks, she is cured and returned not to Campeche, but to the Lombardo's in Mérida, Yucatán because Alejandro convinces her to stay with him and he apologizes for everything. When Alejandro discovers that Maria José is pregnant, he realizes he loves her and attempts to make her happy.
Two months later, Bruno comes up with a new plan. He will kidnap Maria José to make her lose her memory and they will marry afterwords, giving Maura the opportunity to marry Alejandro. Bruno and Maura trick Maria José into looking at a house for her and Alejandro when it is really a trap for them to kidnap her. Then they, along with Maria José's mother, Elena, who was believed to be dead because of a lie Maria José's father told her and her sister Paula. They make her believe she is her twin sister, Sandra, who she knew nothing about before and who is in a coma and later dies from a drug overdose.
Eventually Alejandro finds her and starts making her fall in love with him again by dating her and takes her back home. It gives Alejandro a new chance to start things right and do the things they never got to do because of Bruno's evil scheme. But she does not recognize anybody, so she thinks everyone is lying to her, but little by little her memory starts coming back. Bruno eventually gets discovered after a gunshot aimed at Alejandro and is forced into hiding from the FBI. Against the backdrop of constant manipulations by Bruno and by Maura, the couple attempt to build a happy life with their child. It gets intense as Bruno now has to hide to avoid getting arrested by the cops. He calls his mother to get him money and to help him escape. Victoria begs Bruno to turn himself in, but denies doing that. Alejandro then comes and he and Bruno start to fight. After Bruno threatens Alejandro with a gun, Erik shoots him, and Bruno dies instantly. Maria José and Paula's mother get arrested and put into Federal Prison. Finally, Alejandro and Maria José lives their lives together with their child, as a family forever.
Cast
- Jacqueline BracamontesJacqueline BracamontesJacqueline Bracamontes van Hoorde is a Mexican actress, model and former winner of Nuestra Belleza México.-Biography:...
as Maria José and Sandra Betancourt Miranda-Samaniego, main heroine, in love with Alex. - William LevyWilliam Levy (actor)William Levy is a Cuban-American actor and former model.-Early life and education:Levy was born in Cojimar, Cuba. He is of Jewish ancestry on his paternal grandfather's side. Levy migrated to Miami, Florida, when he was 14. He attended high school, after which he studied business administration...
as Alejandro "Alex" Lombardo Villavicencio, main hero, in love with Maria Jose. - David ZepedaDavid ZepedaDavid Zepeda Quintero , represented Mexico and placed first runner-up to Australia's Brett Wilson in the Manhunt International 2000 pageant, held in Singapore on September 29, 2000.-Biography:...
as Bruno Damián Albéniz Lombardo, main male villain, brother of Alex.In love with Maria Jose. Dies. - Daniela RomoDaniela RomoDaniela Romo is a Mexican singer, actress and TV host. Daniela Romo was born Teresita Presmanes Corona in Mexico City to Teresa Corona. Her parents never married, and Daniela and her sister Patricia were raised by their grandmother...
as Victoria vda. de Lombardo, Co-protagonist, mother of Alex and Bruno. In love with Fernando. - Ana Brenda ContrerasAna Brenda ContrerasAna Brenda Contreras is a Mexican actress and singer.- Biography :At age 15, she moved to Mexico City to participate in the reality show Pop Stars, where she was a finalist and member of the band, t'detila and recording an album with the same name. She dated Alexis Ayala from 2006 to 2009...
as Maura Albarrán, main female villain, in love with Alex, but also in Bruno. Later hates him and Maria Jose. Goes to jail. - Gabriel SotoGabriel SotoGabriel Soto Borja-Diaz is a Mexican actor, model. He is known for winning the national male pageant El Modelo Mexico, placing first runner-up in Mister World 1996, being a member of the former Mexican boy band Kairo, and for acting in telenovelas.- Biography :His mother Elisa Diaz committed...
as Fernando Alanis, Co-protagonist, in love with Victoria. - Chantal AndereChantal AndereJacqueline Chantal Fernandez Andere is a Mexican actress. She is professionally known as Chantal Andere.-Early life:...
as Raquel Albéniz Lombardo de Castelar, villain, sister of Alex and Bruno.later become good. - Fernando AllendeFernando AllendeFernando Allende is a Mexican singer, actor, painter, film producer, and film director. Allende began singing in 1959, at the age of seven.-Private life:...
as Antonio Lombardo - Felicia Mercado as Adriana Villavicencio de Lombardo
- Alejandro TommasiAlejandro TommasiAlejandro Tommasi is a Mexican television, stage and film actor.-Biography:He enrolled in Televisa's Centro de Educación Artística , where he studied acting, dancing and singing. Throughout his successful acting career, Tommasi has participated in numerous telenovelas, plays and in some films...
as Samuel Albéniz - Julián GilJulián GilJulián Elías Gil Beltrán is a Puerto Rican actor, model, and entertainer. He is based in Miami, Florida.-Biography:Julián Elías Gil Beltrán was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina. He was raised in Puerto Rico and lived in Venezuela. He has two sisters. In the beginning of the nineties, he went into...
as Ulises Villasenor - Azela RobinsonAzela RobinsonAzela Jacqueline Robinson Cañedo is an English-born Mexican actress.-Biography:Born in the United Kingdom to an English father and a Mexican mother, Azela Robinson studied in the Old Vin Drama Workshop and soon after, she enrolled in the National Theatre Workshop...
as Elena Miranda de Kruger - Aarón Hernán as Porfirio Betancourt
- Otto SirgoOtto SirgoOtto Sirgo is a Cuban actor and director of Mexican telenovelas and theater. He is the son of Magda Haller and is married to Maleni Morales, both actresses.-Telenovelas:...
as Jorge Kruger - Rosa Gloria Chagoyán
- Luis Couturier as Dr. Hernán Plascencia
- Héctor Sáez as Pedro Samaniego
- Marcelo CórdobaMarcelo CórdobaMarcelo Alejandro Córdoba is an Argentine actor.- Biography :...
as Roberto Castelar - Daniela LujánDaniela LujánDaniela Luján is a Mexican pop singer and actress.-Biography:Born on April 5, 1988 to Miguel Barrios Luján and Amalia Rodríguez Gómez, she is the youngest of three daughters....
as Lisette Albarrán - Guillermo ZarurGuillermo ZarurGuillermo Zarur was a Mexican television actor. His career lasted for more than 54 years, with credits including telenovelas....
as Ezequiel Flores - Adalberto Parra as Erick Díaz
- Manuela ÍmazManuela ÍmazManuela Ímaz is a Mexican actress, born in Chilpancingo, Guerrero, Mexico.- Biography :...
as Katia Alanís - Wendy Gonzalez as Paula Samaniego Miranda
- Rosita Pelayo as Mercedes "Meche" Brito
- Arturo Lorca as Arturo
- Willebaldo López as Santos
- Carlos GirónCarlos GirónCarlos Armando Girón Gutiérrez is a Mexican diver. He competed in four consecutive Summer Olympics, winning one medal....
as Gabriel Brito - Iliana de la Garza as Julia de Díaz
- Rolando Fernández as Gregorio Díaz
- Patricia Ancira as Bertha
- Christina Pastor as Mary
- José Carlos RuizJose Carlos RuizJosé Carlos Ruiz is a Mexican film actor, born in the City of Jerez Zacatecas, Mexico who stars in Mexican movies and Mexican Telenovelas such as Soñadoras, Mariana de la noche, Sortilegio and Soy Tu Dueña....
as Jesús "Chucho" Gavira - María VictoriaMaria VictoriaMaría Victoria is a Mexican film and television actress and singer, who is best known for her role of "Inocencia" in La criada bien criada and its spin-off television series of the same name.-Early life:...
as Felipa García in love with Cuco.
Anahí
Anahí
Anahí Giovanna Puente Portilla, better known as Anahí , , is a Mexican singer-songwriter and actress. She gained international fame after being cast as Mia Colucci in the hit Mexican telenovela Rebelde, and as a member of the Latin Grammy-nominated pop group RBD..- Acting career :At the age of 2,...
was originally set to star as Maria Jose, but at the last minute producers decided against Anahí and gave the part to Jacqueline Bracamontes
Jacqueline Bracamontes
Jacqueline Bracamontes van Hoorde is a Mexican actress, model and former winner of Nuestra Belleza México.-Biography:...
.
Other versions
- Sortilegio is a new version of the telenovela Tú o nadieTú o nadieTú o nadie is a Mexican telenovela. It was produced and broadcast by Televisa in 1985, and starred Lucía Méndez, Andrés García and Salvador Pineda...
produced by Televisa by Ernesto Alonso in 1985 and starring Lucía MéndezLucía MéndezLucía Leticia Méndez Pérez is a Mexican telenovela and film actress, top model and singer that has sold over 10 million records world wide.- Early success :...
, Andrés GarcíaAndrés GarcíaAndrés García is a Dominican-born Mexican actor. He is known throughout Latin America and among Hispanics in the United States....
and Salvador PinedaSalvador PinedaSalvador Pineda Popoca is a Mexican actor. He has participated in several telenovelas and Mexican movies, as well as two Hollywood low budget movies....
.
- Televisa conducted in 1995 a remake of the telenovela produced by José Alberto Castro, entitled Acapulco, cuerpo y alma, directed by Aurora Molina and Juan Carlos Muñoz and starring Patricia ManterolaPatricia ManterolaPatricia Manterola is a Mexican singer, actress, model, and fashion designer born in Mexico City.-Background:...
and Saul LisazoSaul LisazoSaul Lisazo is an Argentine actor and ex-footballer.-About Saul:Saúl Gustavo Lisazo Oscoidi is one of 6 siblings: Maria, Fernanda, Araceli, Alejandro, Mauricio, and Vanina. One event in his childhood that marked him was the death of his father when he only was 12 years old...
.
- In 1995 the producer Carlos Sotomayor made a second version, produced by Televisa and Fox TV entitled Acapulco Bay, directed by Tom Sizemore and starring Jason Gardner, and Raquel Gardner.
International ranks
| Country | Alternate title/Translation | TV network(s) | Series premiere | Weekly schedule |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Argentina |
Sortilegio | Canal 9 Canal 9 (Argentina) Canal 9 is an Argentine television network based in Buenos Aires. It is a general entertainment station which offers news, soap operas, talk shows, and movies.-History:... |
August, 2009 - February,2010 | Monday to Friday at 1:00 PM |
| Magična privlačnost (Magical Attraction) | Pink BH Pink BH Pink BH is a regional television station in Bosnia and Herzegovina and is a member of the Pink Media Group which also owns sister television stations in Serbia and Montenegro . Pink BH's main headquarters is in Sarajevo.... |
December 24, 2009 | Monday to Friday at 7:00 PM and 11:00 AM | |
 Kingdom of Bulgaria |
Капризи на съдбата (Whims of fate) | BTV | September 30, 2010 - February 4 ,2011 | Monday to Friday at 1:30 PM |
 Independent State of Croatia |
Magična privlačnost (Magical Attraction) | Nova TV | February 1, 2010 | Monday to Friday at 4:00 PM and 11:00 AM |
| Independent State of Croatia |
Magična privlačnost (Magical Attraction) | Doma TV Doma TV -Airing currently:* Anna und die Liebe * En nombre del amor * Gipsy Heart * La usurpadora * Rosalinda * Teresa -Coming soon:... |
July 19, 2011 - September 1 | Monday to Sunday at 5:00 PM and 10:00 AM |
 Cyprus |
Sortilegio de amor (Sortilegio de amor) | Ant1 TV | April 26, 2010 | Monday to Friday at 6:30 PM |
 Georgia (country) |
მოჯადოებული (Sortilegio) | Imedi TV | October 29, 2010 - January 15, 2011 | Monday to Saturday at 5:40 PM |
 Hungary |
Kettős Játszma (Sortilegio) | Cool TV Cool TV Cool TV is a Hungarian television channel, which migrated to Romania after being threatened with closure by Hungarian authorities. The channel was launched in 2004 in the Hungarian language, and in 2005 it also started broadcasting cool stuff.... |
January 31, 2011 - June 9, 2011 | Monday to Friday at 6:35 PM |
 Kenya |
Love Spell | Citizen TV | Monday to Friday at 8:00 PM | |
 Lithuania |
Likimo kerai (Destiny's Spell) | LNK LNK (television station) LNK TV, also known as Laisvas ir Nepriklausomas Kanalas , is one of the major commercial TV channels in Lithuania. It was founded in 1995. It has a sister channels TV1, Info TV and Liuks!.- External links :**... |
December 10, 2009 | Monday to Friday at 4:35 PM |
 Republic of Macedonia |
Magična privlečnost (Magical Attraction) | Sitel (TV channel) Sitel (TV channel) Sitel Television is the second private television channel in the Republic of Macedonia.-Programmes:... |
2011-2012 | Monday to Friday at 12:20 and later at 4:30 PM |
 Kingdom of Montenegro |
Magična privlačnost (Magical Attraction) | Pink M Pink M Pink M is a television station in Montenegro with a signal and broadcast licence that covers its entire territory.Founded by Serbian network RTV Pink, Pink M operates as its Montenegrin subsidiary.... |
January 4, 2010 | Monday to Friday at 5:00 PM |
 Poland |
Zaklęta miłość (Enchanted Love) | TV4 TV4 (Poland) TV 4 is a private Polish TV station.TV 4 was created through the amalgamation of the stations Nasza TV and Polsat 2 and started broadcasting on 1 April 2000. The station belongs to the Polskie Media. Polskie Media in approximately 90% owned by Polsat and approximately 9% of TVN... |
November 24, 2009 | Monday to Friday at 6:00 PM |
 Kingdom of Romania |
Predestinati (Destined) | Acasa Acasa Acasă is a television channel operated by the Central European Media Enterprises that broadcasts in Romania. It is mostly dedicated to daytime telenovelas, family movies, news, talk shows, soap operas and entertainment.-Telenovelas:-External links:*... |
April 26, 2010 | Monday to Thursday at 8:30 PM |
 Slovakia |
Čaro lásky (Love Spell) | TV Doma TV Doma Television Doma is the first niche channel aimed at young, active women in Slovakia. The channel, which launched on August 31, 2009, is owned by Central European Media Enterprises and currently has a reach of approximately 92% of the country's 5.4 million people and broadcasts 24 hours per... |
April 12, 2010 | Monday to Friday at 8:00 PM |
 Slovenia |
Čarovnija ljubezni (Sortilegio de amor) | POP TV POP TV POP TV is a Slovenian commercial television station operated by the multi-media company PRO PLUS d.o.o.It is a TV channel with the highest ratings in Slovenia , and at the same time the most popular and trustworthy... |
May 11, 2010 | Monday to Friday at 5:00 PM and 9:00 AM |
 Spain |
Sortilegio | Antena 3 Canarias | November 30, 2009 | Monday to Friday at 3:00 PM |
 United Arab Emirates |
سحر الحب (Love Spell) | Abu Dhabi Al Oula | September 4, 2011 | Daily at 7:00 PM |