Creating Locally for a Global Audience: Seis hermanas and the Costume Serial Drama as Quality Television

This chapter analyzes the Spanish daytime serial Seis hermanas (2015–2017) as an example of the renewal process experienced by local television fictions since the 2008 economic crisis. The author shows how, with this rare foray into the daytime serial genre, the successful independent company Bambu Producciones devoted a lot of effort to creating a quality program with above average production values, with a special emphasis on elements of the mise-en-scene such as locations and sets. Cascajosa also argues that Seis hermanas updates the British costume drama formula with a progressive vision of social change, seen in its reception by the online LGTBQ community. The chapter includes fragments of personal interviews with script coordinator Veronica Fernandez and series co-creator Gema R. Neira.