El General Naranjo is a Colombian crime drama television series created by Anita de Hoyos and produced by Fox Telecolombia based on the book El general de las mil batallas written by Julio Sánchez Cristo. The series revolves around Óscar Naranjo (Christian Meier), a Colombian general who was very influential in ending drug trafficking in Colombia and destroying Pablo Escobar and his army of criminals.^[2] The series premiered in Latin America 24 May 2019 on Fox Premium,^[2] and during its premiere Fox released the full episodes through its subscription app, the full seasons can be viewed all by subscription, while Fox airs one episode on television every Friday,^[3][2] except for the second season, which aired the last episode on a Saturday.^[4]

The series consists of 52 one-hour episodes, divided into 3 seasons, which were filmed consecutively.^[2] The first season tells about Óscar Naranjo's beginnings in the Police and focuses on the fight against the Medellín cartel.^[2] The second season focuses on how he was ascending in the police institution, and the entire strategy to catch the drug traffickers of the Cali and Norte del Valle cartels, who kept a lower profile and were much smarter and less impulsive.^[2] While the third season continues the conflict with the FARC and with the paramilitaries, and the role of Naranjo in the peace agreement.^[2]

In Colombia, the series premiered on 15 April 2020 on Caracol Televisión, broadcasting the first two seasons consecutively from Monday to Friday.^[5]

This is the story of Óscar Naranjo (Christian Meier) and Colombia in recent decades, told from the point of view of those who did their best to maintain order and law against Pablo Escobar, paramilitarism, drug cartels and the FARC.