Cancel Your Plans: Netflix’s Fan-Favorite Hit Returns With Season 3 Today
At last: Netflix’s fan-favorite Mexican family comedy The Manny (El Niñero) is back. Season 3 drops today with eight new episodes, now streaming.
Netflix just dropped Season 3 of The Manny (El Niñero), the Mexican family comedy that quietly turned into one of the streamer’s bigger international comedy hits. If you’ve been waiting for more Jimena-and-Gabriel chaos, it’s here: eight fresh episodes are now streaming.
"As Jimena struggles to save her company, her relationship with Gabriel faces a series of setbacks. Can their love win, or is this the end of the line?"
That’s the official setup for the season, and it tracks with where the show left off. Quick refresher: this is the Spanish-language series where Jimena, a high-powered exec and mom of three, hires Gabriel — a charming rancher — as her kids’ nanny. Yes, the nanny is a cowboy. And yes, they catch feelings while juggling work politics, parenting, and an almost-ex-husband who never quite exits the chat.
Season 3 keeps the focus tight on Jimena’s business fight and what that pressure does to the relationship. Expect the usual mix of family mess, workplace maneuvering, and the show’s sweet spot: romantic sparks colliding with real-life logistics.
Who’s back this season:
- Sandra Echeverría (La usurpadora) as Jimena
- Iván Amozurrutia (The Five Juanas) as Gabriel
- Diana Bovio (All the Places) as Brenda
- Josemaría Torre Hütt (Crown of Tears) as Joaquín
- Anthony Giulietti (Silent Night) as Leo
- Cassandra Iturralde (Diablero) as Sofía
- Alexander Tavizón (Doña Flor y Sus Dos Maridos) as Santiago
- Moisés Arizmendi (The Marked Heart) as Rogelio
- Eugenio Montessoro (The House of Flowers) as Ernesto
The show comes from showrunner Carolina Rivera and the team at La Granja TV Narrative, with Fernando Sariñana Rivera executive-producing. It’s set in Mexico City and Tepatitlán, which the series actually uses well — big-city boardrooms on one side, ranch-life roots on the other.
If you’re late to the party: The Manny premiered in 2023 and landed an 80% audience score on Rotten Tomatoes (the popcorn rating), which explains why Netflix moved quickly on more.
Bottom line: Season 3 is live now, it’s eight episodes, and it leans into what made the show click in the first place — the rom-com heart, the family juggling act, and the not-so-subtle gender-role flip that the series treats with a nice mix of sincerity and humor.