# Tal para cual (TV series)

Tal para cual is a Mexican sitcom series and a spin-off of the series La hora pico. The series is produced by Reynaldo López for TelevisaUnivision. The series follows the lives of Nacaranda (Consuelo Duval) and Nacasia (Lorena de la Garza). The series premiered on Las Estrellas on 13 October 2022. In January 2025, the series was renewed for a fourth season.

## Cast
### Main

* Consuelo Duval as Nacaranda
* Lorena de la Garza as Nacasia
* Reynaldo Rossano as Nacolás
* Gustavo Munguía as Molusco / Paul Yéster
* Javier Carranza as Nacosteño
* Hugo Alcántara as El Indio Brayan
* Nicole Vale as Nacol
* David Salomón as Hétor
* Maribel Fernández as Nacorita
* Lupita Sandoval as Panchita (guest, season 1; main, seasons 2–3)

### Guest stars

* Gabriel Soto as Ricardo Fernando Lascuraín
* Ricardo Fastlicht as Judge
* Emmanuel Palomares as Dónovan
* Paul Stanley as El Patotas
* Claudio Herrera as Police officer
* Roberto Tello as Blanket salesman
* Alfredo Adame as himself
* José Eduardo Derbez as Tatu
* Carlos Trejo as himself
* José Luis Cordero as Albino
* David Villapaldo as the Prosecutor
* María Elena Saldaña as Vidente Fernández
* Carlos Bonavides as Diógenes Cacho
* Ferdinando Valencia as Félix Calvo
* Arturo García Tenorio as Don Justo
* Gabriel Varela
* Herson Andrade
* Agustín Arana as Paco Gertz
* Yurem
* Tamara Henaine
* Michelle Rodríguez as Toña
* Armando Hernández as Brayan Dannielle
* Jorge van Rankin as Paco
* Edwin Luna as himself
* Ulises de la Torre as Mr. Tafolla
* Juan Antonio Edwards as the Inspector
* Pepe Magaña as Mr. Carcamo
* Michel López
* Erika Buenfil as Mrs. Corcuera
* Edson Zúñiga
* Ariel Miramontes as Albertano Santacruz
* Eduardo España as Margara Francisca (season 1) / Tommy Camote (season 2)
* José Elías Moreno
* Cynthia Urías as herself
* Sergio DeFassio
* Arath de la Torre
* Arturo Carmona
* Jesús Ochoa
* Lucila Mariscal
* Luis de Alba
* Sergio Mayer
* Mane de la Parra as Memo
* Roberto Palazuelos
* Humberto Elizondo
* Raúl Araiza
* Manuel "Flaco" Ibáñez
* Alejandro Suárez as Don Remigio
* Raúl Coronado
* Freddy Ortega as Frank
* Germán Ortega as Igor
* Adrián Uribe as El Vítor
* Eduardo Yáñez
* Ricardo Margaleff
* Roxana Castellanos
* Yuliana Peniche
* Bobo El Payaso

## Episodes

| Series | Episodes | Episodes | Originally released | Originally released |
| Series | Episodes | Episodes | First released | Last released |
| 1 | 12 | 12 | 13 October 2022 (2022-10-13) | 29 December 2022 (2022-12-29) |
| 2 | 15 | 15 | 20 August 2023 (2023-08-20) | 24 September 2023 (2023-09-24) |
| 3 | 15 | 15 | 25 February 2024 (2024-02-25) | 24 March 2024 (2024-03-24) |

### Season 1 (2022)

| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Original release date | Mexico viewers (millions) |
| 1 | 1 | "La boda de Nacaranda" | 13 October 2022 (2022-10-13) | 1.6 |
| 2 | 2 | "El perfume" | 20 October 2022 (2022-10-20) | 1.6 |
| 3 | 3 | "No jalen que descobijan" | 27 October 2022 (2022-10-27) | 1.7 |
| 4 | 4 | "El tatuaje fantasma" | 3 November 2022 (2022-11-03) | 1.4 |
| 5 | 5 | "Nacaranda... yo soy tu padre" | 10 November 2022 (2022-11-10) | 1.6 |
| 6 | 6 | "El tiro por la culata" | 17 November 2022 (2022-11-17) | 1.6 |
| 7 | 7 | "Estrella por un día" | 24 November 2022 (2022-11-24) | 1.4 |
| 8 | 8 | "Juntos pero no revueltos" | 1 December 2022 (2022-12-01) | 1.7 |
| 9 | 9 | "El que tenga tienda que la atienda" | 8 December 2022 (2022-12-08) | 1.9 |
| 10 | 10 | "Los golpes de la vida" | 15 December 2022 (2022-12-15) | 1.7 |
| 11 | 11 | "Es tu perro y tú lo bañas" | 22 December 2022 (2022-12-22) | 1.3 |
| 12 | 12 | "Corazón de vecindad" | 29 December 2022 (2022-12-29) | 2.1 |

### Season 2 (2023)

| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Original release date | Mexico viewers (millions) |
| 13 | 1 | "El empapadas" | 20 August 2023 (2023-08-20) | 1.5 |
| 14 | 2 | "Superhéroe" | 20 August 2023 (2023-08-20) | 1.5 |
| 15 | 3 | "La herencia" | 20 August 2023 (2023-08-20) | 1.5 |
| 16 | 4 | "El billete" | 27 August 2023 (2023-08-27) | 1.5 |
| 17 | 5 | "El rey del disfraz" | 27 August 2023 (2023-08-27) | 1.5 |
| 18 | 6 | "El cantante en bruto" | 27 August 2023 (2023-08-27) | 1.5 |
| 19 | 7 | "El Hipnotista" | 3 September 2023 (2023-09-03) | 1.9 |
| 20 | 8 | "Coach de vida" | 3 September 2023 (2023-09-03) | 1.9 |
| 21 | 9 | "El rey del sabor" | 10 September 2023 (2023-09-10) | 1.6 |
| 22 | 10 | "El tío Aristeo" | 10 September 2023 (2023-09-10) | 1.6 |
| 23 | 11 | "Cocina de barrio" | 10 September 2023 (2023-09-10) | 1.6 |
| 24 | 12 | "El abuelo Don Remigio" | 17 September 2023 (2023-09-17) | 1.6 |
| 25 | 13 | "El mago de tos" | 17 September 2023 (2023-09-17) | 1.6 |
| 26 | 14 | "La criatura que destruirá al mundo" | 17 September 2023 (2023-09-17) | 1.6 |
| 27 | 15 | "Hasta que se me hizo" | 24 September 2023 (2023-09-24) | 1.5 |

### Season 3 (2024)

| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Original release date | Mexico viewers (millions) |
| 28 | 1 | "Supersticiones" | 25 February 2024 (2024-02-25) | 1.64 |
| 29 | 2 | "El greñas locas" | 25 February 2024 (2024-02-25) | 1.64 |
| 30 | 3 | "De subida y de bajada" | 25 February 2024 (2024-02-25) | 1.64 |
| 31 | 4 | "Apantallados del cine nacional" | 3 March 2024 (2024-03-03) | 1.95 |
| 32 | 5 | "Mi niña" | 3 March 2024 (2024-03-03) | 1.95 |
| 33 | 6 | "El sol sale para todos" | 3 March 2024 (2024-03-03) | 1.95 |
| 34 | 7 | "Nacasia no está, Nacasia se fue" | 10 March 2024 (2024-03-10) | 1.55 |
| 35 | 8 | "Las Planiabodas" | 10 March 2024 (2024-03-10) | 1.55 |
| 36 | 9 | "La Geniuda" | 10 March 2024 (2024-03-10) | 1.55 |
| 37 | 10 | "Nuevos Inquilinos" | 17 March 2024 (2024-03-17) | 1.34 |
| 38 | 11 | "Clases de Historia" | 17 March 2024 (2024-03-17) | 1.34 |
| 39 | 12 | "La Vampira Sangrienta" | 17 March 2024 (2024-03-17) | 1.34 |
| 40 | 13 | "La eterna juventud" | 24 March 2024 (2024-03-24) | 1.40 |
| 41 | 14 | "Sueños guajiros" | 24 March 2024 (2024-03-24) | 1.40 |
| 42 | 15 | "Las estatuas de marfil" | 24 March 2024 (2024-03-24) | 1.40 |

## Production

In March 2022, producer Reynaldo López confirmed in that he was developing a spin-off of sketch show La hora pico, that centered around the characters of Nacaranda and Nacasia from the sketch Las Nacas. Filming of the series began in May 2022. On 15 September 2022, it was announced that the series would premiere on 13 October 2022. On 20 December 2022, it was announced that the series was renewed for a second season. Filming of the second season began on 15 May 2023 and concluded on 23 June 2023. The season premiered on 20 August 2023. Filming of the third season began on 30 October 2023. The third season premiered on 25 February 2024. Filming of the fourth season began on 13 January 2025.

## Ratings

Viewership and ratings per season of Tal para cual :
| Season | Timeslot (CT) | Episodes | First aired | First aired | Last aired | Last aired | Avg. viewers (millions) |
| Season | Timeslot (CT) | Episodes | Date | Viewers (millions) | Date | Viewers (millions) | Avg. viewers (millions) |
| 1 | Thursday 11:00 pm | 12 | 13 October 2022 (2022-10-13) | 1.60 | 29 December 2022 (2022-12-29) | 2.10 | 1.63 |
| 2 | Sunday 7:30 pm | 15 | 20 August 2023 (2023-08-20) | 1.50 | 24 September 2023 (2023-09-24) | 1.50 | 1.60 |
| 3 | Sunday 7:30 pm | 15 | 25 February 2024 (2024-02-25) | 1.64 | 24 March 2024 (2024-03-24) | 1.40 | 1.58 |