# La Promesa

La Promesa (English: The Vow) is a Spanish period television soap opera, based on an original idea by Josep Cister Rubio. It began airing in Spain on 12 January 2023 on La 1 of Televisión Española. Set in the fictional country estate of La Promesa, it depicts the lives of the aristocratic family of the marquises of Luján and their domestic servants, beginning in 1913.
On 25 November 2024, the series won the International Emmy Award for Best Telenovela.

## Premise

In 1913, Jana Expósito arrives in La Promesa palace (located in Los Pedroches) hellbent on avenging the death of her mother and on finding about the whereabouts of her younger brother. She meets Manuel (the younger son of Alonso Luján, the Marquess of Luján) and rescues him from a plane crash. Meanwhile bridegroom Tomás (the first born son of Alonso and the person willing to share information with Jana about her family), is stabbed by his stepmother Cruz Ezquerdo, Manuel's mother.

## Cast

* Ana Garcés as Jana Expósito
* Eva Martín [es] as Cruz Ezquerdo, the Marquise of Luján
* Manuel Regueiro as Alonso Luján, the Marquis of Luján
* Arturo García Sancho as Manuel Luján
* María Castro as Pía Adarre
* Joaquín Climent as Rómulo Baeza
* Antonio Velázquez as Mauro Moreno
* Andrea del Río [es] as Teresa Villamil
* Carmen Flores as Simona Martínez
* Teresa Quintero as Candela García
* Carmen Asecas as Catalina Luján
* Paula Losada [es] as Jimena de los Infantes
* Alicia Bercán [es] as Leonor Luján
* Alberto González as Juan Ezquerdo
* Marga Martínez as Petra Arcos
* Enrique Fortún [es] as Lope Ruíz
* Laura Simón as Lola Montoro
* Sara Sánchez Molina as María Fernández
* Jordi Coll [es] as Tomás

## Production

The series is a RTVE and StudioCanal co-production in collaboration with Bambú Producciones [es]. Shooting locations included El Rincón palace in Aldea del Fresno and El Jaral de la Mira plot, as well as two soundstages with a total area of around 3,000 square metres (32,000 sq ft).

## Episodes

| Season | Episodes | Episodes | Originally released | Originally released | Avg. viewers (millions) | Avg. share |
| Season | Episodes | Episodes | First released | Last released | Avg. viewers (millions) | Avg. share |
| 1 | 122 | 122 | 12 January 2023 | 20 June 2023 | 1.019 | 10.7% |
| 2 | 119 | 119 | 20 June 2023 | 29 November 2023 | 1.055 | 11.9% |
| 3 | 250 | 250 | 30 November 2023 | 24 December 2024 | 0.962 | 12.0% |
| 4 | 250 | 250 | 26 December 2024 | TBA | TBA | TBA |

## Release

The first two episodes premiered in prime time on La 1 in Spain on 12 January 2023. The regular sobremesa release began a day later on 13 January 2023. RTVE will also distribute the series in the United States and Latin America, whilst StudioCanal will handle distribution elsewhere.
Following the good viewership figures of the 122-episode first season which wrapped on 20 June 2023, after which the 119-episodes second season began without pause, RTVE renovated the series for a 250-episodes third season. In July 2024, the series was renovated for a 250-episodes fourth season.
Mediaset purchased rights to La Promesa in Italy, with the series debuting on Canale 5 on 29 May 2023 with positive viewership figures. Throughout its first months on air, it enjoyed a good audience share (larger than in Spain) as high as 25% (20 June 2023).
RTVE sold rights to the series to Warner Bros. Discovery for a HBO Max debut in the Latin-American region.

## Accolades
### Awards and nominations

| Year | Award | Category | Result | R. |
| 2023 | 62nd Rose d'Or Awards | Best Soap or Telenovela | Nominated | |
| 2024 | 52nd International Emmy Awards | Best Telenovela | Won | |