Papás por conveniencia

Plot

Tino Guevara is going through difficult times, struggling with unemployment, mounting debts and the full-time responsibility of caring for his mother and two children. He runs into Guzmán Muriel, the now successful executive of Aidé Mosqueda, owner of an important online sales company, both of whom are former high school classmates of Tino. Tino is invited to a school reunion, and to avoid feeling overshadowed by the achievements of his former classmates, he convinces them that he met all the criteria for a successful adult.

However, the biggest surprise comes when Aidé, the formerly shy nerd who was bullied, reveals that Tino is the father of her rebellious teenage twins, the result of the night they spent together following the graduation party. Despite his disbelief, Tino sees this as an opportunity to fix his financial problems at home and takes on the new parental responsibility by working at Aidé's company. When Tino and his family move in with Aidé in an attempt to integrate into their new life, the household becomes a battleground as their children have trouble adjusting, and to make matters worse, a torrid romance begins to develop between Tino and Aidé, who at first only agreed to act as co-parents.

Thanks to the same school reunion, friends who share a past with Tino and Aidé also end up working in her company. They are: Clara Luz, a talented musician who works as a security guard at concerts, Rudolf: a former child star who now sings his only hit in a bar; and Chano and Lichita, high school sweethearts who got pregnant in high school and now have three children; despite their daily arguments, they want to achieve the goals that were left on the back burner when they had their first child.

Just as Tino begins to find his footing, two obstacles appear: Facundo, Aidé's ex-husband, who seeks to regain the luxurious life he lost after the divorce, and Guzmán himself, who, behind a friendly facade, plans to swindle Aidé. Tino discovers Guzmán's intentions, but is trapped in blackmail when Guzmán threatens with revealing a painful truth to Aidé. Tino is faced with the choice of keeping quiet and allowing Guzmán to continue with his plans or revealing the truth but risking his newly reconstituted family.

Cast

Main

Ariadne Díaz as Aidé Mosqueda

José Ron as Tino Guevara

Ferdinando Valencia as Guzmán Muriel

África Zavala as Federica

Daniela Luján as Clara Luz

Martín Ricca as Rudolf

María Chacón as Lichita Chagoyan

Miguel Martínez as Chano

Horacio Pancheri as Dámaso Rivera

Lambda García as Facundo

Sherlyn as Silvana

Leticia Perdigón as Bertha

Cecilia Gabriela as Pura

María Perroni as Chofis Chamorro Chagoyan

Joaquín Bondoni as Checo Chamorro Chagoyan

Jonathan Becerra as El Calacas

Victoria Viera as Circe

Emilio Beltrán as Ulises

Camila Núñez as Scarlet

Tania Nicole as Lila

Juan Pablo Velasco as Emiliano

Constantino Alonso as Pipe

Mateo Saavedra as Chuchito Chamorro Chagoyan

Sandra Sánchez Cantú as Rina

Guest stars

Daniela Aedo as herself

Fabián Chávez as himself

Naydelin Navarrete as herself

Haydeé Navarra

Ricardo Barona

Andrés Giardello

Odemaris Ruiz

Yurem Rojas

Ramiro Torres

Martha Sabrina

Production

Development

In December 2023, it was reported that Rosy Ocampo had started pre-production on her next telenovela and that it would be unrelated to the Vencer franchise, which Ocampo had produced from 2020 to 2023. On 26 February 2024, Ocampo announced that the title of the telenovela would be Papás por conveniencia. Filming began on 24 April 2024 and concluded on 11 September 2024. On 4 February 2025, Rosy Ocampo announced that Papás por conveniencia was renewed for a second season, with José Ron and Ariadne Díaz reprising their roles. On 19 March 2025, Ocampo announced Papás por siempre as the title of the season and confirmed it would be the final season.

Casting

On 28 February 2024, José Ron and Ariadne Díaz were announced in the lead roles. On 8 March 2024, Ernesto Laguardia, Daniela Luján, Martín Ricca, María Chacón, Miguel Martínez and Jonathan Becerra joined the cast. On 18 March 2024, África Zavala and Ferdinando Valencia were announced as the antagonists of the plot.

Episodes

Specials

Notes

Music

Papás por conveniencia (Banda Sonora) is the soundtrack album to the series. It was released by Warner Music México on 11 October 2024. The soundtrack features new versions of songs from children's telenovelas produced by Rosy Ocampo.

Reception