1st TVyNovelas Awards

The 1st TVyNovelas Awards was an academy of special awards to the best soap operas and TV shows. The awards ceremony took place in 1983 in Mexico City.

Mañana es primavera won 3 awards, the most for the evening. Other winners El derecho de nacer won 2 awards, including Best Telenovela, and Al final del arco iris, Chispita, El amor nunca muere, Gabriel y Gabriela, Toda una vida and Vanessa won 1 each.

Winners and nominees




Special Awards

 * Audience's Favorite Star: Lucía Méndez for Vanessa
 * Lifetime Artistic Achievement Award to a Female Artist: Isabela Corona
 * Lifetime Artistic Achievement Award to a Male Artist: Ernesto Alonso
 * Best Television Vedette: Lilia Deneken

"Shows" of the Year

 * Elías Selem's Jazz Band
 * Los Five Fingers
 * Víctor Guzmán's Band
 * Wizard Chen Kai
 * Yoshio