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 ...

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 ...

Romance. Drama. That’s what drives telenovelas, Latin American soap operas, one of the most popular forms of entertainment in the world, with hundreds of millions of viewers worldwide. Telenovelas — ...

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, ...

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 ...

The best telenovelas on Netflix offer a captivating mix of drama, romance, intrigue, and unforgettable characters. Whether subscribers love classic love stories, high-stakes crime dramas, or modern ...

More Brazilians watched telenovela America than their World Cup win The telenovelas - Latin American soap dramas - are stereotypical, over the top and melodramatic - but, also, highly successful. In ...

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 ...

Morgan Fairchild and Bo Derek have been going at it for hours. On an otherwise quiet Saturday night, there seems to be no end to the yelling, face slapping, hair pulling, tussling, and hurling of ...

Here's a classic scene from a telenovela. It's the funeral of a very rich man whose heirs are battling over his fortune. An indignant woman says to a female guest: "You are disrupting the service. Who ...