Season 1 • Episode 12
LatestSet in the 1950s, the plot follows the fictional creation of the first Brazilian TV station.
Production
Meticulous 1950s São Paulo recreation — the sets basically ARE a character.
Costume
Débora Falabella's wardrobe alone deserves its own spinoff series.
Acting
Murilo Benício plays Saulo with that specific brand of charming TV executive slime.
Débora Falabella
Verônica Maia
Murilo Benício
Saulo Ribeiro
Bruna Marquezine
Beatriz
Daniel de Oliveira
Otaviano Azevedo Gomes
Bruno Garcia
Aristides
Letícia Colin
Júlia Azevedo Gomes
Cássia Kis
Odete dos Santos
Osmar Prado
Pompeu Azevedo Gomes
Fabrício Boliveira
Péricles
Jesuíta Barbosa
Davi
Daniel Boaventura
Carvalho Rocha
Alejandro Claveaux
Rodolfo
Susana Ribeiro
Maria de Lourdes
Igor Angelkorte
Vitor
Antônio Fábio
Ernesto
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
TV Tupi actually launched in 1950 — this fictionalized origin story mirrors Assis Chateaubriand's real media empire building, complete with the messy personal politics.
The vintage cameras used weren't props — production borrowed restored equipment from TV Globo's museum, making this possibly the most authentic 'fake' broadcast in Brazilian television history.
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