LOS ANGELES – Gina Rodriguez and America Ferrera have more in common than being the only Latinas to have won Golden Globes for best actress: Both of their series were originally Latin American ...

May 26, 2006 — -- The telenovela is the backbone of Latino TV. The genre, characterized by drama and romance, has more than 2 billion viewers in 100 countries, and the United States is expected ...

RIO DE JANEIRO — Telenovelas have powered terrestrial web TV Record to the No. 2 slot in terms of primetime viewers, helping it overtake Sistema Brasileiro de Televisao (SBT) for the first time in ...

Televisa is aiming to craft more U.S. Hispanic-targeted content and further adapt its telenovelas and other content to the fast-evolving multi-platform landscape, said Televisa prexy Jose “Pepe” ...

Remember the days when telenovelas were only watched by parents and abuelita? And when the ending was always the same — prince charming together at last with the poor but overly pretty girl?

June Deoferio, Cavite: It values our Filipino tradition and culture with excellent acting and represents the life of the typical Filipino. Alexander Raquepo, Ilocos Sur: It tells us that Filipino ...

Late last month, TeleFutura (Univisión's younger sister network) launched the Mexican youth-oriented drama Cómplices al Rescate (Friends to the Rescue), an original Televisa production airing ...

Telenovelas have become so popular, that our three top TV channels have been churning out dozens of them per season. They used to be telecast mostly at night, but now we have early-afternoon ...

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 ...

e.tv which has found ratings success by embracing the telenovela genre is ramping up to bring viewers the next one entitled Gold Diggers, with another two telenovelas already in development. South ...