{{Short description|Spanish television series (1999–2009)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2021}} {{Infobox television | native_name = | image = | caption = | genre = Police procedural | based_on = | developer = | screenplay = | director = | starring = | narrator = | theme_music_composer = | open_theme = | end_theme = | composer = | country = Spain | language = Spanish | list_episodes = | executive_producer = | producer = | location = | cinematography = | animator = | num_seasons = 12 | num_episodes = 191 | runtime = 60 min (approx.) | company = {{Plainlist| * BocaBoca * Estudios Picasso }} | network = Telecinco | released = | first_aired = {{Start date|1999|04|16|df=yes}} | last_aired = {{End date|2009|01|02|df=yes}} | related = ''El Príncipe'' }} '''''El comisario''''' is a Spanish police drama television series that originally aired for twelve seasons from 1999 to 2009 on Telecinco. Produced by BocaBoca and Estudios Picasso and starring an ensemble cast with the likes of Tito Valverde, Juanjo Artero, Elena Irureta, Marcial Álvarez, Jaime Pujol, Cristina Perales and Fernando Andina, among others, the plot tracks the daily life the members of the Cuerpo Nacional de Policía at the police station of San Fernando in Madrid.
== Premise == The fiction, a police drama, is set in the 'San Fernando' police station, in the fictional district of the same name in Madrid.{{Sfn|Lacalle|2002|p=57}}<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.diezminutos.es/teleprograma/series-tv/a1995150/el-comisario-serie/|website=Diez Minutos|title=Si eras fan de 'El Comisario', esto te interesa…|date=26 September 2018}}</ref> It deals with the daily life of the Cuerpo Nacional de Policía agents working in the station.{{Sfn|Lacalle|2002|p=57}}<ref name=ecartelera>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ecartelera.com/noticias/29434/paula-echevarria-reune-companeros-el-comisario-7-anos-despues/|website=Ecartelera|title=Paula Echevarría reúne a sus compañeros de 'El Comisario' 7 años después|date=7 March 2016|first=Will|last=Sáez}}</ref>
Gerardo Castilla serves as a cold but respectful Chief Police officer for the entire series.<ref name=ecartelera /> Recurring personal subplots include the friendship between Pope and Charlie,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.abc.es/play/series/noticias/abci-doble-reencuentro-charlie-y-pope-tras-final-comisario-201807270224_noticia.html|website=ABC|title=El doble reencuentro de Charlie y Pope tras el final de "El comisario"|date=27 July 2018}}</ref> and the up and downs of the relationship between Charlie and Elo.{{Sfn|Lacalle|2002|p=57}}<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://vertele.eldiario.es/verteletv/actualidad/Angel-Andres-intervendra-vuelta-Comisario_0_952704733.html|website=Vertele!|publisher=eldiario.es|title=Ángel de Andrés intervendrá en la vuelta de "El Comisario"|date=11 September 2008}}</ref>
==Cast==
===Final cast=== {| class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%;" !Actor !Character !Seasons |- |Tito Valverde || Gerardo Castilla || 1 – 12 |- |Joaquín Climent || Pascual Moreno || 1 – 12 |- |Elena Irureta || Laura Hurtado || 1 – 12 |- |Juanjo Artero || Carlos "Charlie" Márquez || 1 – 12 |- |Jaime Puyol || Andrés Casqueiro || 1 – 12 |- |Marcial Álvarez || Jorge "Pope" San Juan || 1 – 12 |- |Cristina Perales || Eloísa "Elo" Soriano || 1 – 12 |- |Patxi Freytez || Mikel Miralles || 2 – 12 |- |Fernando Andina || Lucas Aguilar || 5 – 12 |- |Rocío Muñoz || Eva Ríos || 9 – 12 |- |Iris Díaz || Vanesa Santana || 9 – 12 |- |Eva Martín || Josefa "Pepa" Romero || 11 – 12 |- |Ruth Gabriel || Federica "Fede" Villalta || 12 |- |José Luís Torrijos || Santos Marino || 12 |- |Cristina Castaño || Sara Ruíz || 12 |}
===Departed cast=== {| class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%;" !Actor !Character !Seasons |- |Andoni Ferreño || Vidal || 1 |- |Nathalie Poza || Alicia Ponce || 1 |- |Tristán Ulloa || Julio Ponce || 1 – 2 |- |María Jesús Sirvent || Rosario Ponce || 1 – 4 |- |Francesc Orella || † Telmo Chacón || 2 – 4 |- |Mar Regueras || Dolores "Lola" Écija || 2 – 5 |- |Charo Zapardiel || † Rita Carvajal || 1 – 7 |- |Silvia Abascal / Mercé Llorens || Sonia Castilla || 1 – 2 / 8 |- |Laura Domínguez || Cristina "Tina" Mariño || 1 – 4 / 8 |- |Pilar Punzano || † Ángela Alonso || 6 – 8 |- |Manu Fullola || José Raimundo "Joserra" García || 6 – 8 |- |Zutoia Alarcia || Elena Serrano || 6 – 10 |- |Margarita Lascoiti || Guadalupe "Lupe" López || 1 – 11 |- |Paula Echevarría || † Clara Osma || 8 – 11 |- |Marisol Membrillo || † Ángeles "Geli" Chamorro || 9 – 11 |- |Diego Molero || Horacio Abarca || 9 – 11 |}
== Production and release == Produced by BocaBoca and Estudios Picasso,<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://elpais.com/diario/2003/04/23/radiotv/1051048802_850215.html|website=El País|title='El comisario' potencia la acción y el humor en los nuevos capítulos|first=Rosario G.|date=23 April 2003|last=Gómez}}</ref> the series was known as 'Las calles de San Fernando' prior to its release.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.lavozdigital.es/cadiz/20090104/television/adios-comisario-castilla-20090104.html|website=La Voz|title=Adiós al comisario Castilla|first=C.L.|last=Monjas|date=4 January 2009}}</ref> The producers initially envisioned a dramedy, but the series was eventually re-written as a police drama.{{Sfn|Lacalle|2002|p=57}} The series began airing on 26 April 1999.<ref name=vertele>{{Cite web|url=https://vertele.eldiario.es/verteletv/actualidad/curiosidades-contado-Comisario_0_986601332.html|website=Vertele!|publisher=eldiario.es|date=2 January 2009|title=Las curiosidades que nunca se han contado de "El Comisario"}}</ref> The series featured a 50 million peseta budget per episode, high for Spanish television at the time.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.laregion.es/articulo/la-revista/servir-proteger-audiencia-10-anos/20200207094914923845.html|website=La Región|title=Servir y proteger a la audiencia durante 10 años|date=7 February 2020}}</ref> The broadcasting run ended on 2 January 2009,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.elespanol.com/bluper/television/20160406/regreso-comisario-telecinco-anos-despues/114988880_0.html|website=Bluper|publisher=El Español|title=Así será el regreso de 'El Comisario' a Telecinco ocho años después|date=6 April 2016}}</ref> after nearly 10 years on-air, 12 seasons and 191 episodes.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.elcomercio.es/culturas/tv/series-espanolas-100-capitulos-20190522234110-nt.html|website=El Comercio|first=Carla|last=Coalla|date=22 May 2019|title=Diez series españolas que han llegado a los 100 capítulos}}</ref>
Tito Valverde and Juanjo Artero reprised their characters in ''El Príncipe'' in 2016, in guest appearances.<ref name=ep>{{Cite web|url=https://www.europapress.es/tv/noticia-juanjo-artero-tito-valverde-retoman-papeles-comisario-principe-20160405181838.html|website=Europa Press|title=Juanjo Artero y Tito Valverde retoman sus papeles de El Comisario en El Príncipe|date=5 April 2016}}</ref>
== Episodes == {{Series overview | infoA = Average viewership | infoB = Share (%) | infoC = {{Abbr|Ref.|References}}
| color1 = #583205 | link1 = | episodes1 = 9 | start1 = {{Start date|1999|04|26|df=yes}} | end1 = {{End date|1999|06|21|df=yes}} | infoA1 = 4,426,000 | infoB1 = 26.6 | infoC1 = {{Sfn|Vacas Gómez|2017|p=297}} | network1 = Telecinco
| color2 = #3d4261 | link2 = | episodes2 = 17 | start2 = {{Start date|2000|01|03|df=yes}} | end2 = {{End date|2000|04|24|df=yes}} | infoA2 = 4,100,000 | infoB2 = 24.4 | infoC2 = {{Sfn|Vacas Gómez|2017|p=297}}
| color3 = #613d5c | link3 = | episodes3 = 22 | start3 = {{Start date|2001|01|08|df=yes}} | end3 = {{End date|2001|05|28|df=yes}} | infoA3 = 4,250,000 | infoB3 = 24.8 | infoC3 = {{Sfn|Vacas Gómez|2017|p=297}}
| color4 = #55613d | link4 = | episodes4 = 14 | start4 = {{Start date|2002|01|07|df=yes}} | end4 = {{End date|2002|04|09|df=yes}} | infoA4 = 3,733,000 | infoB4 = 22.3 | infoC4 = {{Sfn|Vacas Gómez|2017|p=297}}
| color5 = #5a9088 | link5 = | episodes5 = 15 | start5 = {{Start date|2002|09|03|df=yes}} | end5 = {{End date|2002|12|18|df=yes}} | infoA5 = 3,750,000 | infoB5 = 22.9 | infoC5 = {{Sfn|Vacas Gómez|2017|p=297}}
| color6 = #a50e19 | link6 = | episodes6 = 13 | start6 = {{Start date|2003|04|23|df=yes}} | end6 = {{End date|2003|07|16|df=yes}} | infoA6 = 3,909,000 | infoB6 = 25.7 | infoC6 = {{Sfn|Vacas Gómez|2017|p=297}}
| color7 = #25820b | link7 = | episodes7 = 13 | start7 = {{Start date|2004|01|07|df=yes}} | end7 = {{End date|2004|03|31|df=yes}} | infoA7 = 4,631,000 | infoB7 = 26.1 | infoC7 = {{Sfn|Vacas Gómez|2017|p=297}}
| color8 = #2e096f | link8 = | episodes8 = 20 | start8 = {{Start date|2004|10|19|df=yes}} | end8 = {{End date|2005|03|18|df=yes}} | infoA8 = 4,920,000 | infoB8 = 29.2 | infoC8 = {{Sfn|Vacas Gómez|2017|p=297}}
| color9 = #383232 | link9 = | episodes9 = 24 | start9 = {{Start date|2005|11|18|df=yes}} | end9 = {{End date|2006|04|25|df=yes}} | infoA9 = 4,257,000 | infoB9 = 24.6 | infoC9 = {{Sfn|Vacas Gómez|2017|p=297}}
| color10 = #f7f184 | link10 = | episodes10 = 12 | start10 = {{Start date|2006|10|10|df=yes}} | end10 = {{End date|2006|12|26|df=yes}} | infoA10 = 4,165,000 | infoB10 = 23.0 | infoC10 = {{Sfn|Vacas Gómez|2017|p=297}}
| color11 = #c9abd0 | link11 = | episodes11 = 16 | start11 = {{Start date|2007|09|14|df=yes}} | end11 = {{End date|2007|12|14|df=yes}} | infoA11 = 3,493,000 | infoB11 = 22.6 | infoC11 = {{Sfn|Vacas Gómez|2017|p=297}}
| color12 = #7fec9d | link12 = | episodes12 = 16 | start12 = {{Start date|2008|09|12|df=yes}} | end12 = {{End date|2009|01|02|df=yes}} | infoA12 = 2,122,000 | infoB12 = 15.1 | infoC12 = {{Sfn|Vacas Gómez|2017|p=297}} }}
== References == ;Citations {{reflist}} ;Bibliography * {{Cite journal|journal=Quaderns del CAC|issn=1138-9761|publisher=Consell de l'Audiovisual de Catalunya|year=2002|url=https://www.cac.cat/sites/default/files/migrate/quaderns_cac/ficcio_ES.pdf|first=Charo|last=Lacalle|pages=51–80|title=Las producciones del 2001}} * {{Cite thesis|title=La ficción televisiva española del s.XXI a través de sus personajes|first=María Mercedes|last=Vacas Gómez|publisher=Universitat Politècnica de València|location=Valencia|year=2017|doi=10.4995/Thesis/10251/85133|url=https://riunet.upv.es/handle/10251/85133|type=Tesis doctoral|url-access=subscription|hdl=10251/85133|hdl-access=free}}
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