TVE airs three-episode La Promesa special for Curro and Ángela wedding

Special three-episode broadcast schedule

Spanish public broadcaster TVE altered its programming lineup on Wednesday, 30 September, offering three separate premiere episodes of its daily period drama La Promesa. The programming strategy distributed the serial across distinct broadcast windows to accommodate the wedding narrative. The first installment aired at 18:35 in the show's regular afternoon timeslot on La 1. The network scheduled two subsequent special episodes during prime time and late-night hours, commencing at approximately 23:00 (or 23:10 depending on evening programming) right after La Revuelta. The third episode followed at 00:05 and concluded around 01:15. All three episodes were released simultaneously on the RTVE Play streaming service. Following the late-night broadcast, the program Teleplanistas presented a special discussion featuring series creator Josep Cister alongside actors Xavi Lock and Marta Costa.

Preparations and the poisoning revelation

The extended television event centred on the wedding between Curro, played by Xavi Lock, and Ángela, played by Marta Costa. In the afternoon episode, household staff completed the final logistical preparations at the palace estate. The domestic staff resolved a dispute regarding the wine supply, the cooks neared completion of the formal dinner menu, and Ángela agreed to let Máximo escort her down the church aisle. In an intimate family scene, Alonso and Manuel surprised Curro by presenting him with the official coat of arms of the County of Linaja. However, the calm ended when Curro stepped into Pía's bedroom before sleeping to leave a surprise gift. While there, he found a private letter written by Pía revealing that his sister Jana did not die from Cruz's gunfire, but was poisoned by Leocadia de Figueroa, the mother of his bride-to-be.

Altar standoff and parallel developments

The overnight discovery caused Curro to vanish from the palace grounds without notice, sparking alarm among the family who hoped he would arrive at the church in time. Curro returned directly to the religious venue before the ceremony, demanding a private confrontation with Pía to reproach her for concealing the truth about Jana's murder for so long. During the religious service, officiant Samuel delivered the homily and guided the couple toward the exchange of vows. When prompted for his consent, Curro locked eyes with Leocadia and froze entirely at the altar, leaving the completion of the marriage unresolved. Concurrently, Manuel used the hectic wedding preparations as an opportunity to meet Julieta inside the estate hangar, where the two shared a private intimate encounter.

Long-running broadcast metrics

The wedding storyline arrived after more than 900 episodes of La Promesa, which has aired on La 1 afternoons for nearly four years. August television ratings recorded an average audience share of 12.5% for the production. The serial attracted an average of 828,000 traditional linear television viewers during that month, a metric that expanded to 1,059,000 viewers when factoring in deferred and on-demand consumption.

Linear television viewers828,000

Total viewers including deferred viewing1,059,000

Linear television viewers

828000 viewers

Total viewers including deferred viewing

1059000 viewers

Data from the article text