Brazil Avenue
Some shows earn their reputation, and Avenida Brasil is one of them. The premise is revenge at its purest: Rita, abandoned as a girl in a landfill by her scheming stepmother Carminha, returns as a grown woman, the chef Nina,…
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Filhos do Divino
Early Word: in January 2027 TV Globo returns to the Divino neighborhood. Filhos do Divino is the sequel to Avenida Brasil, the 2012 revenge phenomenon that stopped Brazil cold, and it arrives with names that mean everything to anyone who…
Rebirth
Renascer is hallowed material, the 1993 cacao epic set in Ilhéus, Bahia, and the 2024 remake treats it with visible respect. Marcos Palmeira anchors the whole thing as José Inocêncio, the stubborn farmer whose land, loves and house full of…
Queen of Myself
Dona de Mim is the kind of show that sneaks up on you. On paper it is a warm comedy drama about a young nanny and the lonely child she cares for in Rio de Janeiro. In practice it became…
Crazy About You
Mania de Você opened in 2024 like a shot: two girls born on the same day into wildly different worlds, an island near Angra dos Reis, and a friendship curdling into obsession. Gabz and Agatha Moreira throw themselves into Viola…
Anything Goes
Remaking Vale Tudo was asking for trouble. The 1988 original is sacred ground, the story of honest Raquel and her daughter Maria de Fátima, who trades every principle for fame and money. The 2025 version mostly justifies the risk: Taís…
Coração Acelerado
Coração Acelerado wants to be three things at once: a musical, a romantic comedy and a star vehicle for Isadora Cruz, who plays Agrado, a country girl chasing sertanejo stardom. For long stretches it pulls the trick off, powered by…
Three Graces
Três Graças finished its run in May 2026, and it sticks as one of the more satisfying Globo novelas of recent seasons. Sophie Charlotte leads as Gerluce, raising her family in a São Paulo favela while going after a politician…
The Nobility of Love
A princess fleeing a coup, a hidden identity in 1920s Brazil, a love that crosses class lines: A Nobreza do Amor is TV Globo betting big on pure fantasy, and the early returns are promising. Duda Santos stars as Alika,…
Por Você
How far would you go for a dying friend? Por Você opens with a promise: a doctor vows to raise her best friend’s four children, and her tidy life in Rio de Janeiro cracks under grief, custody fights and a…