{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2021}} {{Infobox television | image = | caption = | native_name = | genre = Mystery | creator = | based_on = | developer = | writer = | screenplay = | story = | director = | creative_director = | executive_producer = {{Plain list| * Pablo Barrera * Manuel Valdivia }} | starring = {{Plain list| * Carles Francino * Antonio Hortelano * Nadia de Santiago * Kira Miró * Elena Ballesteros }} | narrator = | theme_music_composer = | open_theme = | end_theme = | composer = | country = Spain | language = Spanish | num_seasons = 1 | num_episodes = 9 | list_episodes = | producer = | news_editor = <!-- Content editor or editors of a current affairs/political show such as Newsnight. --> | location = <!-- Nation the series was filmed in, if different from the nation of origin. --> | cinematography = | animator = | editor = | camera = <!-- Either Single-camera or Multi-camera --> | runtime = <!-- Reliable source required --> | company = {{Plain list| * Cuatro * Globomedia }} | network = Telecinco | released = | first_aired = {{Start date|2011|07|20|df=y}} | last_aired = {{End date|2011|09|05|df=y}} }} '''''Punta Escarlata''''' is a Spanish mystery television series that originally aired on Telecinco from 20 July to 5 September 2011.
== Premise == Two girls disappeared after attending an open-air dance in the fictional sea-side village of Punta Escarlata. 8 years later a girl from Madrid experiences a vision about the murder of the girls that leads her to the location of the corpses. Two police officers from Madrid arrive to Punta Escarlata to solve the mystery.
== Cast == {{Cast list| * {{ill|Carles Francino Navarro|es|lt=Carles Francino}} as Bosco Ruiz<ref name=hola /> * Antonio Hortelano as Max Vila<ref name=hola /> * Nadia de Santiago as Lucía<ref name=hola /> * Elena Ballesteros as Eva<ref name=hola /> * Kira Miró as Carla<ref name=hola>{{Cite web|url=https://www.hola.com/cine/television/2011080453936/punta-escarlata-actores/|website=¡Hola!|title='Punta Escarlata', despunta este verano en Telecinco pero... ¿Sabés quién es quién en esta serie?|date=4 August 2011}}</ref> * Fernando Cayo as Reyes<ref name=bekia /> * Álvaro Cervantes as Marcos<ref name=bekia /> * Macarena García as Raquel<ref name=bekia /> * Javier Coll as Doctor Rozas<ref name=bekia /> * José Sánchez Orosa as the priest<ref name=bekia /> * Chema Ruiz as Lucía's father<ref name=bekia /> * Juan Díaz as Rudy<ref name=bekia /> * Daniel Holguín as Jero<ref name=bekia /> * Carla Díaz as Patricia Rozas<ref name=bekia /> * Ana Rujas as Vir<ref name=estreno>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bekia.es/television/noticias/punta-escarlata-triunfa-mejor-estreno-ficcion-telecinco/|website=Bekia|title='Punta Escarlata' triunfa y se convierte en el mejor estreno de ficción de Telecinco desde 2008|first=Guillermo|last=Álvarez-Duque|date=21 July 2001}}</ref> * Víctor Elías as Ximo<ref name=estreno /> * Andrea Guasch as Itzíar<ref name=bekia /> * {{ill|Carlotta Cosials|es}} as Anabel<ref name=bekia /> }}
== Production and release == thumb|right|The coast of the province of Tarragona near Altafulla (in the image the Tamarit beach and the Castle of Tamarit) was a shooting location The executive producers were Pablo Barrera and Manuel Valdivia.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.telelocura.com/comienza-grabacion-punta-escarlata.html|website=Telelocura|first=Elisa|last=Blanco|date=29 September 2009|title=Comienza la grabación de Punta Escarlata}}</ref> The series was produced by Cuatro and {{ill|Globomedia|es}},<ref name=vertele /> and it was intended to air on the former TV channel. The series was filmed in 2009 in Altafulla, province of Tarragona.<ref name=bekia>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bekia.es/television/noticias/final-punta-escarlata-quien-mato-chicas-camping/|website=Bekia|title=Se acerca el final de 'Punta Escarlata', ¿quién mató a las chicas del camping?|first=Guillermo A.|last=Corrales|date=5 September 2011}}</ref><ref name=vertele>{{Cite web|url=https://vertele.eldiario.es/verteletv/actualidad/completa-reparto-intriga-Punta-Escarlata_0_1073292662.html|website=Vertele|publisher=eldiario.es|title=Cuatro completa el reparto de su serie de intriga 'Punta Escarlata'|date=18 October 2009}}</ref> However, after the merging of the Cuatro and Telecinco's operators, the series was shelved for a while.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.espinof.com/series-de-ficcion/punta-escarlata-cuando-el-enemigo-esta-en-tu-propia-casa|website=Espinof|date=8 September 2011|first=P. Roberto|last=J.|title='Punta Escarlata': Cuando el enemigo está en tu propia casa}}</ref> The first episode eventually aired on Telecinco on 20 July 2011,<ref name=bekia /> at 23:26, attracting an audience of 2,054,000 viewers (18.6%), becoming the best fiction release on the channel since ''Sin tetas no hay paraíso'' in 2008.<ref name=estreno /> The broadcasting run ended on 7 September 2009, averaging a 12.8% share, slightly below the channel's average.<ref name=viewership>{{Cite web|url=https://www.formulatv.com/noticias/21133/punta-escarlata-despide-128-media-superar-media-cadena/|website=FormulaTV|title='Punta Escarlata' se despide con un 12,8% de media y no logra superar la media de la cadena|first=José|last=Álvarez|date=8 September 2011}}</ref>
It premiered in the US market on 20 September 2012, aired on VME.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.elperiodicodeaqui.com/epda-noticias/-punta-escarlata-telecinco-entra-en-el-mercado-hispano-de-estados-unidos/27890|website=El Periódico de Aquí|title="Punta Escarlata" (Telecinco) entra en el mercado hispano de Estados Unidos|date=25 September 2012}}</ref>
<div class="center"> {{Series overview | infoA = Viewers | infoB = Share (%) | infoC = {{Abbr|Ref.|References}}
| color1 = #541716 | link1 = | episodes1 = 9 | start1 = {{Start date|2011|07|20|df=y}} | end1 = {{End date|2011|09|07|df=yes}} | infoA1 = 1,610,333 | infoB1 = 12.8 | infoC1 = <ref name=viewership /><ref>{{Cite web|access-date=14 March 2021|title=Punta Escarlata. Capítulos|url=https://www.formulatv.com/series/punta-escarlata/capitulos/|website=FormulaTV}}</ref> | network1 = Telecinco }} </div> {{Episode table|caption=This is a caption|background=#541716 |season=2 |title=13 |airdate=10 |aux3 = 6|aux3T = Viewers|aux4=6|aux4T = Share (%) {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber2 = 1 |Title = Soñé que despertaba |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2011|07|20|df=y}} |Aux3 = 2,056,000 |Aux4 = 18.6 |LineColor = 005F6C }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber2 = 2 |Title = El pasado vuelve hoy |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2011|07|27|df=y}} |Aux3 = 1,719,000 |Aux4 = 16.7 |LineColor = 005F6C }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber2 = 3 |Title = El adiós |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2011|08|03|df=y}} |Aux3 = 1,650,000 |Aux4 = 12.6 |LineColor = 005F6C }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber2 = 4 |Title = El bosque |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2011|08|10|df=y}} |Aux3 = 1,470,000 |Aux4 = 12.4 |LineColor = 005F6C }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber2 = 5 |Title = La sombra |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2011|08|17|df=y}} |Aux3 = 915,000 |Aux4 = 6.1 |LineColor = 005F6C }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber2 = 6 |Title = Los bailes de Marte |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2011|08|24|df=y}} |Aux3 = 1,305,000 |Aux4 = 10.7 |LineColor = 005F6C }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber2 = 7 |Title = El monstruo que habita en los hombres |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2011|08|31|df=y}} |Aux3 = 1,628,000 |Aux4 = 12.8 |LineColor = 005F6C }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber2 = 8 |Title = La duda |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2011|09|06|df=y}} |Aux3 = 1,810,000 |Aux4 = 10.9 |LineColor = 005F6C }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber2 = 9 |Title = La maldición del fin del mundo |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2011|09|07|df=y}} |Aux3 = 1,940,000 |Aux4 = 14.2 |LineColor = 005F6C }} }}
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