Abstract
This article discusses the miniseries Crematorio (Crematorium, Canal+, 2011) as the convergence point of several social and textual currents that illustrate the condition of contemporary Spanish television as a local industry influenced by global change. These currents include the strategy of Canal+ to expand by creating quality television, the influence of producers that look to the industrial modes of the United States, obvious references to contemporary Spanish social history, and the adoption of a visual and narrative language meant to yield the complexity associated with quality television of the HBO type. Crematorio shares HBO’s genre revisionism, increased realism, social critique, and psychological introspection, which overlap a new global trend of crime film and television, while acting and the attitude towards corruption reflect its local nature.
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