# Signos (TV series)

Signos is an Argentine 2015 TV series, co-produced by Pol-ka Producciones and Turner Broadcasting System, aired by eltrece and by the American network TNT. The show first aired on 2 September 2015. The main actors are Julio Chávez, Claudia Fontán and Alberto Ajaka. Originally, Signos aired at 11pm, but starting from the third episode, it airs at 10:30pm. The series concluded on 16 December 2015, with an 11.1 audience rating average.

## Premise

Antonio Cruz (Chávez) is an ordinary doctor who lives with his sister, Laura (Fontán), and her family in San Rafael de los Penitentes, a quiet town where nothing of interest ever happens. He is a clever and worshipful person, who is unhappy because of something which occurred in his childhood to his mother. He wants to revenge this situation, killing one or more people in each episode according to their astrological sign.

## Cast
### Main

* Julio Chávez as Antonio Cruz
* Claudia Fontán as Laura Cruz
* Alberto Ajaka as Pablo Agüero

### Recurring

* Leonor Manso as Beatríz Félix
* Pilar Gamboa as Florencia Barón
* Héctor Bidonde as Óscar Siri
* Cristina Alberó as María del Carmen
* Roxana Berco as Mónica
* Miriam Odorico as Cecilia
* Luciano Cáceres as Ricardo
* Roberto Carnaghi as Miguel Abdala
* Luis Luque as Darío Castelani
* María Merlino as Silvina
* Adriana Aizemberg as Nelly
* Naiara Awada as Manuela
* Guadalupe Manent as Sofía Agüero
* Tomás Wicz as Martín Agüero
* Noemí Frenkel as Graciela Fuentes
* Luz Palazon as María José
* Marcos Montes as Carpaneto
* Carlos Rivkin as Rubén
* María lujan lamas como candelaria

### Guest start

* Franco Pucci as Young Antonio Cruz
* Alexia Moyano as Antonio's mother
* Adriana Balbo as Young María del Carmen

## Awards

| Awards | Ceremony | Category | Nominee(s) | Result |
| 2015 Tato Awards | 2 December 2015 | Best miniserie | Signos | Nominated |
| 2015 Tato Awards | 2 December 2015 | Best Lead Actress | Claudia Fontán | Nominated |
| 2015 Tato Awards | 2 December 2015 | Best Lead Actor | Julio Chávez | Nominated |
| 2015 Tato Awards | 2 December 2015 | Best Supporting Actor | Roberto Carnaghi | Nominated |
| 2015 Tato Awards | 2 December 2015 | Best Supporting Actor | Alberto Ajaka | Nominated |
| 2015 Tato Awards | 2 December 2015 | Best Directing (on Fiction) | Daniel Barone | Nominated |
| 2015 Tato Awards | 2 December 2015 | Best Original Screenplay (on Fiction) | Carolina Aguirre Leandro Calderone | Nominated |
| 2015 Tato Awards | 2 December 2015 | Best Art (on Fiction) | Mariela Pita | Nominated |
| 2015 Tato Awards | 2 December 2015 | Best Editing (on Fiction) | Alejandro Alem | Nominated |
| 2015 Tato Awards | 2 December 2015 | Best Cinematography (on Fiction) | Guillermo Zappino | Nominated |
* 2015 Martín Fierro Awards
** Best lead actress (Claudia Fontán)

## Reception and audience

Signos first aired before Binbir Gece, and had a 17.1 average rating, being the third most-viewed TV programme of the day (for Sifema, made 11.8 and was the seventh most-viewed). The following table shows Signos' audience average in each episode, in Argentina, at El Trece, according to both firms that measures media audiences, Ibope and PASCAL Sifema.

### Ratings

| # | Episode | Argentine ratings | Argentine ratings | Argentine ratings | Argentine ratings | Argentine ratings | Argentine ratings | Argentine ratings |
| # | Episode | Original air date at El Trece | IBOPE | IBOPE | PASCAL Sifema | PASCAL Sifema | PASCAL Sifema | Won? | Won? | Won? |
| # | Episode | Original air date at El Trece | Rating | Rank | Rating | Share | Rank | Won? | Won? | Won? |
| 1 | Mes de Géminis (Gemini month) | 2 September 2015 | 17.1 | #3 | 11.8 | 29,9% | #7 | Yes |
| 2 | Cáncer con ascendente en Piscis (Cancer with Piscis descents) | 9 September 2015 | 11.0 | #7 | 11.3 | 30,1% | #7 | No |
| 3 | Sol en Leo (Sun on Leo) | 16 September 2015 | 10.5 | #7 | 9.4 | 26,1% | #7 | No |
| 4 | Una sorpresa para Virgo (A surprise for Virgo) | 23 September 2015 | 9.3 | #6 | 9.3 | 20,4% | #9 | No |
| 5 | Virgo interceptado (Virgo intercepted) | 30 September 2015 | 9.8 | #7 | 10.6 | 27,0% | #6 | No |
| 6 | Luna de Libra (Libra's Moon) | 7 October 2015 | 10.3 | #7 | 11.2 | 28,2% | #6 | No |
| 7 | La muerte lenta de Escorpio (Scorpio's slowly death) | 14 October 2015 | 9.1 | #9 | 9.8 | 28,8% | #6 | No |
| 8 | Sagitario, en evidencia ante todos (Sagittarius, in evidence to all) | 21 October 2015 | 10.7 | #6 | 10.1 | 32,8% | #5 | No |
| 9 | Capricornio en casa I (Capricorn at home, part I) | 28 October 2015 | 10.6 | #6 | 8.4 | 26,1% | #11 | No |
| 10 | La naturaleza de los signos, la muerte arruina la familia (Sign's nature, death arruined the family) | 4 November 2015 | 10.9 | #5 | 8.0 | 20,5% | #9 | Yes |
| 11 | La frontera entre Acuario y Piscis (The boundary between Aquarius and Pisces) | 11 November 2015 | 11.7 | #3 | 11.1 | 33,5% | #3 | Yes |
| 12 | Aries, la rueda zodiacal está a punto de completarse (Aries, Zodiac wheel is nearing to complete) | 18 November 2015 | 11.4 | #5 | 12.7 | 33,8% | #3 | No |
| 13 | Dos hermanos enfrentados a muerte (Two brothers facing death) | 25 November 2015 | 12.5 | #3 | 10.5 | 28,9% | #3 | Yes |
| 14 | El asesino no se detendrá hasta completar su venganza (The killer won't stop until finish his revenge) | 2 December 2015 | 10.9 | #3 | 11.5 | 32,7% | #2 | No |
| 15 | Rueda completa (The round is complete) | 9 December 2015 | 10.3 | #2 | — | — | — | Yes |
| 16 | El final: Castor y Polux (The Final: Castor and Polux ) | 16 December 2015 | 11.7 | #3 | — | — | — | No |
Notes
* ↑ Original title in Spanish and English translation.
* ↑ In Argentina, PASCAL Sifema and IBOPE provided ratings and audience information. The information is based on the day the TV programme is aired.
* ↑ If Signos was more viewed than their direct TV programme comepetence (Historia de un Clan, from Telefe). After 13th, the direct competence change.
* 1 2 3 4 5 6 By unknown reasons, PASACAL Sifema doesn't show rating and share information since 8 December 2015.

## Episodes

Signos has 16 episodes, and the main character, Antonio, kills someone each episode, according to his astrological sign. Originally, it aired on 2 September at El Trece, exclusively for Argentina, and one day later, it aired at TNT (at 10 pm.), for Latin America. It is also available at TNT GO, on "catch up" system, when the original airing ends.
It was filmed at different places from Buenos Aires Province and Autonomous City of Buenos Aires.