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 ...

NBC's bland new sitcom starring Eva Longoria tries, and fails, to do what "Jane the Virgin" does so brilliantly. By Tim Goodman There are exactly two reasons for NBC’s Telenovela to be on the air: the ...

In Episode 1 of “Edge of Desire,” Globo’s big new telenovela, launch at Natpe, Eugenio is on the cusp of leaving his family food sales company to establish his own law practice. Events, maybe fate, ...

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, ...

Gone are the days when you had to remember to put a blank tape in your VHS player to record your nightly novelas. Now you can DVR them and, even better, stream some of your favorites on Netflix — with ...

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.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

“Descubre e.l.f.ecto” — or “Discover the e.l.f. effect” — is based in Mexico and comes as the cosmetic purveyor’s presence in the region grows. E.l.f. Cosmetics is stepping into the world of ...