Malhação: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

Malhação is a Brazilian soap-opera for the teenage audience. The soap started in 1995, and was set in a fictional Gym Club called Malhação on Barra da Tijuca, Rio de Janeiro. Through the years the location varied slightly. Although the name of the soap remained the same, it was set in the Múltipla Escolha (English: Multiple Choice) High School for nine seasons. In the twenty-second season, the location returned to be a gym, the Gael's Martial Arts Gym, placed within the art school Ribalta.

Series details

• Title: Malhação
• Format: Scripted
• Language: Portuguese
• Genres: Drama
• Premiere date: 1995-04-24
• Status in TVmaze: Running
• Network listed by TVmaze: TV Globo
• Network country: Brazil
• Typical episode runtime: 40 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 17587
• IMDb ID: tt0144724
• TVDB ID: 301838

Cast and credited roles

• Gustavo Goulart — Juninho
• Alexandre Frota — Pavão
• Luiza Mariani — Isadora
• Cláudio Heinrich — Dado
• Danielle Winits — Melissa Brown
• Gonçalo Diniz — Diego
• Luca Rodrigues — Henrique Luiz
• Samanta Monteiro — Joana
• Chrysti Ane — Meg
• Luisa Micheletti — Luciana
• Bruno Gradim — Ruy
• Bia Montez — Dona Vilma

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 1995-04-24; final listed air date 1996-04-05.
• Season 3: premiered 1997-07-24; final listed air date 1997-07-24.
• Season 5: premiered 1998-12-09; final listed air date 1999-10-15.
• Season 6: premiered 1999-10-18; final listed air date 1999-10-22.
• Season 7: premiered 2000-06-19; final listed air date 2001-05-04.
• Season 8: premiered 2001-07-24; final listed air date 2002-04-19.
• Season 11: premiered 2004-01-20; final listed air date 2004-01-20.
• Season 12: premiered 2005-02-14; final listed air date 2005-11-17.
• Season 13: premiered 2007-01-12; final listed air date 2007-01-12.
• Season 16: premiered 2009-01-12; final listed air date 2009-11-06.
• Season 20: premiered 2012-08-13; final listed air date 2013-07-05.
• Season 21: premiered 2013-07-08; final listed air date 2013-07-09.
• Season 23: premiered 2015-08-17; final listed air date 2015-08-17.
• Season 24: premiered 2016-08-22; final listed air date 2017-05-03.
• Season 25: premiered 2017-05-08; final listed air date 2018-03-05.
• Season 26: premiered 2018-05-07; final listed air date 2019-04-15.
• Season 27: premiered 2019-04-16; final listed air date 2020-02-12.

Source and licence

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