79 episodes of neighbors going feral over buried gold? The telenovela fever dream you didn't know you needed.
Season 1 • Episode 79
LatestDigging for Love is a fun story for all the family. It narrates the life of two neighbor families: The Murcia and the Otero family, who have had the best relationship until one day they fight, and as destiny would have it, that same day something unexpected occurs: The Murcia family discovers a treasure in the garden of their house, a giant golden statue buried in the ground between both of their houses. From that moment on, a series of failed attempts to try to unearth it will make way for a countless number of entertaining and dramatic situations. What both families are unaware of, is that the original owner of the desired treasure is about to be released from jail and will come back to recover his fortune at any price.
Writing
79 episodes of treasure-failing inventiveness
Production
Colombian telenovela maximalism at full volume
Erick Cuéllar
Richard Murcia Ruiz
Vivian Ossa
Luz del Sol Otero Cubillos
Susana Posada
Doctora Cecilia Zuleta
Paula Estrada
Rocío
Julio Pachón
Silvio Murcia
Alina Lozano
Judith Ruiz de Murcia
Juliette Pardau
Jenny Murcia Ruiz
Lorna Cepeda
Nazly Cubillos de Otero
Margalida Castro
Adela de Otero
Ana Wills
Sara Bermejo
Jacques Toukhmanian
Sebastián Holguín
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Colombian telenovelas in the 2010s leaned hard into high-concept premises like buried treasure to compete with streaming — this is peak 'event television' for family viewing.
79 episodes for one season is absolutely unhinged — most US series run 10-22. This was clearly designed for daily broadcast dominance.
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