Bermúdez is a 2009 Colombian telenovela produced and broadcast by Caracol TV. It was initially released as Todas odian a Bermúdez Este lunes descubra por qué ‘Todas odian a Bermúdez’ , Caracol TV, 2 February 2009 ("All women hate Bermúdez").
Plot The telenovela tells the story of Arturo Bermúdez (Víctor Hugo Cabrera), a sports journalist who works for Hechos, a Bogotá-based weekly current issues news magazine. Bermúdez, who excels as a journalist, nevertheless is regarded as an annoying person, who tends to make disrespectful remarks and jokes, especially toward women. The former editor-in-chief of the magazine quit because of Bermúdez's behaviour.
Hechos'''s owner, Gonzalo Lleras (Diego Bertie), who returns to Colombia in order to run his businesses, appoints Silvia Vargas (Valentina Rendón) —at the moment editor-in-chief of an evening newspaper— as the new publisher of the magazine. Both Lleras and Vargas are college classmates of Bermúdez, who jokingly refers to Silvia as cuatrolámparas ("four-lamps", because Silvia used to wear glasses during her college years).
Bermúdez, who thought he would become the new editor-in-chief of the magazine as he was friends with then publisher Aníbal Fernández (Alberto León Jaramillo), is transferred by Silvia from the sports section to the "home and women's issues" section instead, as a punishment for an article by Bermúdez published on the magazine during Aníbal's tenure, criticizing the role of women in the Police, responsible for security at football stadia during matches (incidentally, Silvia's older sister, Lina, a police official, was harshly criticized by Arturo in the article), which prompted a backlash among readers and advertisers. Silvia makes Bermúdez rectify the article. Therefore, he is decided to not allow Silvia to "humiliate" him, trying to make Silvia feel bad or angry, with little success. Instead, Vargas ends up helping Bermúdez when he needs it.
Unknowingly, Silvia and Arturo have a friendship via internet. On night hours, they chat using the nicks Solitaria and Solitario respectively (both meaning "lonely"). Their anonymity allows them to pour out and support honestly each other, unlike real life.
Silvia has a crush on Gonzalo, whom he calls in secret the jefe papito, because of his looks and apparent gentlemanliness. On the other hand, since college Bermúdez has had a crush on Lucía Congote (Andrea Nocetti), who works at a television network owned by her family, and Gonzalo's ex-girlfriend. Lucía uses Bermúdez in order to upset Silvia, whom she hates (referring to her disrespectfully as Gatúbela, Batichica or Mujer maravilla), blaming her for "stealing" Gonzalo's love.
Cast Apart from the four main characters, there have been some inconsistencies regarding the other characters' last names, between the initial press releases and related promotional material issued by Caracol TV to the media Sergio Villamizar D., Colprensa, Todos quieren a Víctor Hugo, El País (Colombia), 2 February 2009 Prensa Canal Caracol, , actuemos.net and the actual broadcast of the telenovela. In one episode, outgoing Hechos publisher Aníbal introduces most of the staff to his successor, Silvia.Arturo, el experto en generar polémica , Bermúdez episode 4, original air date 5 February 2009, Caracol TV The most notorious case is Luz Adriana ("Archila" as for the press releases, "Giraldo" as for episode 3, "Jiménez" as mentioned by Gerardo Bermúdez in another episodePaola cree que está embarazada , Bermúdez episode 22, original air date 4 March 2009, Caracol TV (Gerardo reproaches his son as he reads the magazine's masthead and finds out Luz Adriana "Jiménez" is the new editor-in-chief)). .
Víctor Hugo Cabrera as Arturo Bermúdez Valentina Rendón as Silvia Vargas Diego Bertie as Gonzalo Lleras Andrea Nocetti as Lucía Congote Isabel Cristina Estrada as Paola Ramírez / Paola Rincón (Silvia's best friend, journalist) Cecilia Navia as Luz Adriana Archila / Luz Adriana Giraldo / Luz Adriana Jiménez (journalist, appointed editor-in-chief by Silvia) Carlos Barbosa as Gerardo Bermúdez (Arturo's father) Consuelo Moure as Lola Ortiz de VargasLola Ortiz de Vargas / Consuelo Moure , Caracol TV / Lola Angarita de VargasBermúdez vuelve a atacar , Bermúdez episode 16, original air date 23 February 2009, Caracol TV (Lola introduces herself to Gonzalo Lleras) (Silvia's mother) Claudia Liliana González as Captain Lina Vargas (Silvia's older sister, police official; referred to as Carmenza in promotional material,Silvia Vargas / Valentina Rendón , Caracol TV not in actual broadcast) Andrés Felipe Martínez as Rodrigo Mejía (Arturo's best friend, sales chief) María Angélica Mallarino as Olga Guerrero (journalist, international editor, former teacher of Silvia) Ana María Arango as Marinita González Carmenza Cossio as Albita (Silvia's secretary) Claudio Cataño as Diego Medina (Lucía's best friend, photojournalist) María Isabel Henao as Ana Fernanda Ramírez (journalist, national and economy editor) Manolo Orjuela as Manuel Aguilar (journalist, art-and-design editor) Natalia Reyes as Marcela DelgadoBermúdez, un conquistador innato , Bermúdez episode 41, original air date 6 April 2009, Caracol TV (Marcela is introduced by Silvia to the rest of the magazine staff) (from episode 18) Néstor Alfonso Rojas¿Cómo es la vida amorosa de los famosos? , Bermúdez, 2 April 2009, Caracol TV (the actor appears on 1:13) as Yiyo (moneylender, Gerardo Bermúdez gets intro trouble with him) Gloria Echeverry as Stella (Gonzalo Lleras's secretary) Kepa Amuchastegui as Lorenzo CastilloUn admirador está por ser descubierto , Bermúdez, episode 44, 13 April 2009, Caracol TV (Olga greets professor Castillo by calling him by his first name) (university law professor, love interest of Lola) María Cecilia Botero as Cecilia ArbeláezBermúdez saca de sus casillas a Paola , Bermúdez episode 98, original air date 9 July 2009, Caracol TV de Lleras (Gonzalo's mother, from episode 81) Taliana VargasUna virreina universal de la belleza en ‘Bermudez’ , Bermúdez, 17 June 2009, Caracol TV as Robin Arzuaga (executive from a Spaniard publishing company) María Claudia TorresLa madrastra de Bermúdez disfruta de los personajes indecentes , Bermúdez, 16 February 2009, Caracol TV as Astrid (until episode 15) Alberto León Jaramillo as Aníbal Fernández (until episode 4) Marion Zapata as an unnamed personal trainer (episodes 75 to 78) Mauricio SarmientoUn restaurador de primera , Bermúdez, 9 June 2009, Caracol TV as Danilo Tocarruncho (episodes 77 and 78) Andrés Martínez as Manuel Albornoz, aka Manueca (boss of a thief gang, helps Silvia to get a gift for Arturo, involved with a politician, from episode 81)
Episodes Only the first 2 episodes were around 1 hour long. From episode 3 onwards, episodes last around half hour. It must be noticed that, since the telenovela is being broadcast in Colombia with half hour or even shorter episodes, the numbering has no relation with the 80 hours produced.