Here Comes Everyone is the most popular Spanish series of the last 30 years. So it shouldn’t surprise us that, when its creators could not keep it on air due to various long-standing issues that are too lengthy to explain here, they sought to replicate its success. Even bordering on self-plagiarism. This is how an extremely long-running series was born, which no one seems to watch, but which is always on air and of which everyone seems to be always up to date: La que se avecina.
Premiered in 2007, with 194 episodes and 15 seasons aired and renewed for at least two more, La que se avecina is an extremely long-running and popular series. So much so that it shouldn’t surprise us that it has caught the attention of other nearby countries. Like Portugal. They have made their own version of it.
The Portuguese version of an extremely popular series
Premiering on January 18 of this year, 2025, and now in its second season, which premiered on April 5, the series has been a huge success in our neighboring country and has already aired 20 episodes. And as is logical, Vizinhos Para Sempre, or La que se Avecina: Portugal, is now coming to Spain through Amazon Prime Video. But not without first having gone through television. Even if you probably didn’t even realize that this has happened.
The series has been airing on the Factoría de Ficción channel, or FDF, since last Friday, August 8, at 10:55 PM, with three episodes. Later moving to the 10:20 PM slot, with only two episodes, it demonstrated great confidence in the series, as it is considered prime time. And rightly so. The series achieved a 4% audience share at its premiere, which is excellent figures for DTT.
For its part, the audience has received it with mixed feelings. Some have found it too derivative, being too close to the original series in its plots and characters. Others have found it great precisely for that reason: it remains La que se avecina but with a Portuguese touch in its characters and setting, as well as a certain contemporary social critique that is nonexistent in the Spanish series, with the housing issue making a much more forceful appearance in this Portuguese version of the series.
In any case, the series has convinced enough people to now be available on streaming services. Specifically on Amazon Prime Video. So if you are a fan of La que se avecina, you have no excuse not to watch it.
A different version, but perfect for the fans
Because while it is true that it is a different version of the series, it remains La que se avecina. And therein lies its charm and its main selling point: it’s the same, but a little different. Exactly what the die-hard fans of the series expect from it, who will still have to wait two or three more months to see new episodes. Or settle for continuing to watch reruns of the old episodes, of which they undoubtedly have many.
