For three consecutive weeks this summer, the Spanish-language TV network Univision has won the prime-time ratings among young adult viewers. Latin drama series called telenovelas — similar to but not ...

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 ...

Fiallo's telenovelas including 'Lucecita,' 'Peregrina,' 'María de nadie,' 'Pobre diabla' and 'Esmeralda' were translated into languages such as Japanese and Czech, reaching millions of people in more ...

As stated above, the Jane The Virgin you know from The CW is actually based on a 2002 Venezuelan telenovela of the same name, Juana La Virgen. It starts off with the exact same premise: a woman gets ...

Perhaps only slightly more addictive to their audiences than to the many actors who earn their livings in them, Latin American telenovelas are an international sensation. In the United States, ...

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 ...

MIAMI, FL -- Most of us now confess to binge-watching our favorite shows, and the holiday season is a perfect time to do this. But I may be spending even more time on my couch, thanks to the trove of ...

Morning Edition has been reporting from Venezuela this week about the legacy of the late President Hugo Chavez. During the two years Chavez spent in prison for an attempted coup in 1992, he never ...

Telenovelas were probably one of the most consistent part our our childhood if you grew up in the '90s. What child of the era doesn't remember sitting by the TV to watch La Usurpadora, María la del ...

Alejandra Balbuena, 21, and her mom, Carlota Balbuena, watch the Spanish-dubbed Turkish series Hercai inside their Cedar Hill, Texas home. Turkey is the second largest exporter of television content ...

From their radio drama roots to today’s high-production global hits, telenovelas have evolved into a cultural and economic powerhouse. They blend romance, drama, and social commentary in a way that ...