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I regularly hear from colleagues that telenovelas—sometimes called comedias—aren’t realistic, that they’re cheap melodramas showcasing Hispanic life from an embarrassing angle. But embarrassing to ...

While most kids in the mid-1990s were watching "The Fresh Prince of Bel Air" or "Seinfeld" during the prime-time block, my evenings were packed with back to back episodes of the latest telenovelas. I ...

While Ugly Betty acquainted viewers with the telenovela’s outrageous, irresistibly sugary combination of melodrama and sincerity, Jane the Virgin took the telenovela into the twenty-first century, ...

On Spanish-language streaming platforms, call soapy drama what you like. Just don’t use the term “telenovela.” That’s because the venerable genre — traditionally associated with inexpensive hour-long ...

NPR's Leila Fadel speaks with New York Times reporter Natalie Kitroeff in Mexico City about the surge in audience numbers for Mexican telenovelas during the pandemic, after years of declining ratings.

Mary Siddall has no doubts about her first memorable telenovela: Cuna de Lobos — with the evil Catalina Creel as its incomparable antagonist. Siddall was just a tween then, but like many Latinas of ...

Univision is making a notable shift to its primetime programming in 2025, cutting a telenovela timeslot to premiere the true crime show Código de Investigación. Borja Voces is set to host Código de ...

Foes Univision and Telemundo are stealing TV’s most desired demographic with very different strategies. By Marisa Guthrie The Univision series is set in the ad world. Guns, drugs, fast cars. Not ...

With a worldwide audience surpassing 2 billion, telenovela-mania is spreading like wildfire. By John Hecht, The Associated Press MEXICO CITY — On a soundstage in the heart of Mexico City, a melodrama ...

NBC has cancelled Eva Longoria‘s “Telenovela” after one season, plus freshman comedy “Crowded,” Variety has learned. “Telenovela” gave a behind-the-scenes look at a fictional telenovela and its star ...

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