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- ↑ Telefe: adaptación de Graduados se estrenó en Grecia (in Spanish)
- ↑ "Ο ΑΝΤ1 θέλει να… προβιβάσει στην επόμενη τάξη τους «Συμμαθητές»". 24 June 2015.
- ↑ "Οι «Συμμαθητές» πήραν το πράσινο φως για του χρόνου". 27 May 2016.
