{{Short description|Spanish neo-noir thriller television miniseries}} {{Use dmy dates|date=October 2023}} {{Infobox television | image = The Purple Network poster.jpg | caption = Promotional release poster | native_name = {{Infobox name module|es|La red púrpura|nolink=yes}} | based_on = {{Based on|''La red púrpura''|Carmen Mola}} | genre = {{ubl|Neo-noir|Crime thriller}} | creator = Paco Cabezas | director = {{ubl|Paco Cabezas|Juan Miguel del Castillo}} | num_episodes = 8 | runtime = 47–59 minutes | language = Spanish | country = Spain | network = Atresplayer | company = {{ubl|Paramount Television International Studios|Atresmedia Televisión|Diagonal TV}} | first_aired = {{Start date|2023|10|08|df=yes}} | last_aired = {{End date|2023|11|26|df=yes}} | related = ''The Gypsy Bride'' }} '''''The Purple Network''''' ({{langx|es|'''La red púrpura'''|links=no}})<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.sansebastianfestival.com/2023/sections_and_films/other_activities/1/20998/in|website=sansebastianfestival.com|title=Other activities|access-date=8 October 2023}}</ref> is a Spanish neo-noir thriller<ref name="cazallas" /> television miniseries created, co-directed and executively produced by Paco Cabezas<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.sansebastianfestival.com/2023/festival_diary/1/21274/es|website=sansebastianfestival.com|title=Atresplayer presenta La red púrpura|date=27 September 2023}}</ref> based on the novel of the same name by Carmen Mola. It is a follow-up to ''The Gypsy Bride'', with Nerea Barros returning as inspector Elena Blanco.
== Plot == Upon finding that her long-missing son Lucas is alive but is a member of the sinister Purple Network, inspector Elena Blanco investigates about the aforementioned network.
== Cast == {{Cast listing| * Nerea Barros as Elena Blanco<ref name="cazallas" /> * Vicente Romero as Orduño<ref name="cinemania" /> * {{ill|Ignacio Montes|es}} as Zárate<ref name="cazallas" /> * Mona Martínez as Mariajo<ref name="molina" /> * {{ill|Lucía Martín Abello|es}} as Chesca<ref name="molina" /> * Francesc Garrido as Buendía<ref name="molina" /> * Roberto Álamo as Dimas<ref name="vertele" /> * Ginés García Millán as Rentero<ref name="sport">{{Cite web|url=https://www.sport.es/es/noticias/television/atresplayer-pone-fecha-estreno-red-92078304|website=Sport|date=14 September 2023|title=Atresplayer pone fecha de estreno a 'La red púrpura', la continuación de 'La novia gitana'}}</ref> * Carmen Prada as Marina<ref name="sport" /> * Nuria González as Rocío Narváez<ref name="sport" /> * Andrés Gertrúdix as Casto<ref name="sport" /> * {{ill|María Morales (actress)|es|María Morales|lt=María Morales}} as Soledad<ref name="sport" /> * Michel Herráiz as Daniel<ref name="sport" /> * Font García as Alberto<ref name="sport" /> * Unai Mayo as Lucas<ref name="sport" /> * Andrés Lima as Kortabarria<ref name="sport" /> * Maria Mercado as Aurora<ref name="sport" /> * Hugo Prieto as Lucas niño<ref name="sport" /> }}
== Production == The series was produced by Paramount Television International Studios alongside Atresmedia Televisión and Diagonal (Banijay Iberia).<ref name="sport" />
== Release == The series was presented at the 71st San Sebastián International Film Festival in September 2023.<ref name="vertele">{{Cite web|website=vertele!|via=eldiario.es|url=https://www.eldiario.es/vertele/series/atresplayer-descubre-la-red-purpura-san-sebastian-miedo-enfangarse-levantar-ampollas_1_10551632.html|title=Atresplayer descubre 'La red púrpura', secuela de 'La novia gitana' sin miedo a "enfangarse": "Va a levantar ampollas"|date=28 September 2023}}</ref> It debuted on Atresplayer on 8 October 2023,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.antena3.com/noticias/cultura/red-purpura-sigue-estela-exito-novia-gitana-atresplayer_2023100865230060b2ab5700016c27ae.html|website=Antena 3|date=8 October 2023|title='La red púrpura' sigue la estela del éxito de 'La novia gitana' en Atresplayer|first=Mabel|last=Redondo}}</ref> with a broadcasting run set to wrap on 26 November 2023.<ref name="cinemania">{{Cite web|url=https://www.20minutos.es/cinemania/series/red-purpura-novia-gitana-atresplayer-serie-fecha-estreno-sinopsis-trailer-reparto-5176275/|website=Cinemanía|via=20minutos.es|title=Fecha de estreno y tráiler de 'La red púrpura', la segunda temporada de 'La novia gitana' en Atresplayer|date=27 September 2023}}</ref>{{update inline|date=February 2026}}
== Reception == Javier Cazallas of ''HobbyConsolas'' rated the series with 77 points, pointing out that if you liked ''The Gypsy Bride'' you will like ''La red púrpura''.<ref name="cazallas">{{Cite web|url=https://www.hobbyconsolas.com/reviews/critica-red-purpura-nueva-serie-atresplayer-sigue-novia-gitana-1315124|website=HobbyConsolas|date=5 October 2023|first=Javier|last=Cazallas|title=Crítica de La red púrpura, la nueva adaptación de Carmen Mola para Atresplayer que continúa a La novia gitana}}</ref>
Berto Molina of ''El Confidencial'' deemed ''La red púrpura'' to be one of the best Spanish series of its genre, otherwise bringing attention to Nerea Barros, in possibly the role of her life.<ref name="molina">{{Cite web|website=El Confidencial|first=Berto|last=Molina|title=Crítica 'La Red Púrpura': multiplica la oscuridad de 'La Novia Gitana' con una Nerea Barros descomunal|date=8 October 2023|url=https://www.elconfidencial.com/television/series-tv/2023-10-08/la-red-purpura-critica-atresplayer-nerea-barros_3750202/}}</ref>
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