Rebelde

Rebelde (English: Rebel) is a Mexican teen drama and comedy telenovela produced by Pedro Damián for Televisa, broadcast by Canal de las Estrellas. and Univision in the USA. It was a remake of the 2002 Argentine telenovela Rebelde Way, created by Cris Morena. Rebelde originally aired from 4 October 2004 to 5 December 2006, being replaced with Las dos caras de Ana on 6 December . Univision aired Rebelde on weekdays afternoon at 3pm EST/ 2c starting on 21 March 2005 replacing Corazones al límite. El Gordo y La flaca would air after Rebelde at 4 pm EST/ 3 C

The show stars Anahí, Dulce María, Alfonso Herrera, Christian Chávez and Christopher von Uckermann, with Maite Perroni in her debut role. The adult protagonists are Juan Ferrara, and Ninel Conde starring in a stellar performance, with Enrique Rocha and Tony Dalton portraying the antagonists. Due to its school setting, the telenovela features an ensemble cast, including Angelique Boyer, Estefanía Villarreal, Karla Cossío, Zoraida Gómez, Jack Duarte, and Eddy Vilard. The first actors Hector Gómez and Lourdes Canale also appear in the show.

Rebelde is set in the Elite Way School, a prestigious private boarding school on the outskirts of Mexico City, with a major plot line revolving around six adolescent students forming a band. Additional subplots involve the school's faculty and the students' parents. One trademark of the telenovela is the random use of English words and phrases, often used by fresa characters as well as famous American Guest stars such as Gorillaz, Lenny Kravitz, and Hillary Duff to name a few.

Another notable aspect of the show is that the actors playing the band members are themselves in an actual group named RBD and perform most of the music used on the telenovela, including the title theme song, "Rebelde". The group achieved international success from 2004 until their separation in 2009 and sold over 15 million records worldwide, making them one of the best-selling Latin music acts of all time.

In 2021, Netflix announced a reboot of the show, set for release the following year. The series, also titled Rebelde, was released on 5 January 2022, and is set 16 years after the end of the show.