# ¡Vivan los niños! (2002)

> A Mexican children's telenovela following a devoted second grade teacher and her pupils through a classroom full of sweet melodrama and song.

Canonical page: https://ember.film/tv/18090

## Facts

- Seasons: 1
- Episodes: 155
- Episode runtime: 45 min
- Status: Ended
- Genres: family, drama
- Created by: Abel Santacruz
- Network: Las Estrellas
- Cast: Andrea Legarreta, Eduardo Capetillo, Miguel de León, Alejandra Procuna, Joaquín Cordero, Ignacio López Tarso, Raquel Olmedo, Renata Flores
- TMDB rating: 6.2/10
- IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0331806/

## Ember's analysis

- Pacing: measured
- Intensity: mild
- Complexity: simple
- Violence: none
- Tone: sunny, sentimental, whimsical, musical

## What critics say

Remembered mainly with nostalgia as a children's telenovela, with limited critical coverage and a small vote base.

## Synopsis

Vivan los niños is a sunny Mexican children's telenovela made for Las Estrellas and produced by Televisa. Andrea Legarreta stars as Lupita, a warm second grade teacher whose days are filled with the small dramas of her young pupils and the grown-ups around them. The series follows the daily life of a classroom, with lessons, playground rivalries, family worries and romantic entanglements among the adults, all handled with the heightened emotion the telenovela form expects. Its story unfolds as one continuing thread across a single season rather than as isolated case-of-the-week episodes. The register is sentimental, playful and musical, with a theme song that gives the show a bright identity. Set in a contemporary Mexican school, it offers a gentle, colorful world of childhood where kindness and loyalty are rewarded and conflicts are eased by warmth. Viewers who enjoy wholesome melodrama, youthful ensembles and feel-good storytelling will find much to like in its cheerful, earnest tone.

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