Mexico’s love affair with melodrama was over. After decades of reigning supreme over prime-time slots, telenovelas, the country’s iconic soap operas, were losing viewers. Industry executives declared ...

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 ...

Spanish-language television giant Univision Communications long has towered over its rivals, boosted by a steady stream of over-the-top Cinderella love stories, imported from Mexico, featuring ...

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, ...

When I lived in Rio de Janeiro, no one ever wanted to meet up for a drink before 10 in the evening. Yes, Brazilians tend to eat late, but that wasn't the real reason – it was because the day's most ...

Mexico and Brazil have the strongest telenovela traditions, in terms of having a defined style and volume of output. As television grew in audience and sophistication during the 1970s, telenovelas ...