Telenovela

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Telenovela is the Spanish and Portuguese word for prime time serial or soap opera.

Spanish language prime time serials, or telenovelas, are produced in all Spanish speaking countries, and the United States. Portuguese language telenovelas made in Brazil are also dubbed into Spanish for the Latin American market. Telenovelas are usually aired during prime time. Some of the most famous telenovelas have come from Mexico, Brazil, Argentina, Colombia, Venezuela, Chile, Spain,Peru and Puerto Rico. In Spain they are also called culebrón ("long snake") because of the convoluted plots and large number of episodes, usually in the hundreds.

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Worldwide appeal

Telenovelas are not only immensely popular in Latin America, Spain, Portugal, and in Hispanic communities in the United States, but also have a wide following in Russia, Eastern Europe, France, Malaysia, Singapore, China, the Philippines, and Japan as well.

In Argentina, they are usually produced by Telefe and Pol-ka, in Brazil they are usually produced by Rede Globo, SBT or Bandeirantes, in Chile they are produced by TVN and Canal 13, in Venezuela they are usually produced by Venevision or Radio Caracas Television, in Mexico by the two main networks Televisa and TV Azteca and by the independent company Producciones Argos, in Puerto Rico, they were produced by WAPA-TV or Telemundo Puerto Rico. In the United States, Telemundo and Univision, mostly importers of Latin American soap operas, have started producing telenovelas with Latin American casts and, in the case of Telemundo, Mexican producers (Producciones Argos).

Comparison with American soap operas

However, unlike American soap operas, which can endure for decades with an ever rotating cast of players and characters, most Latin American telenovelas have an average run of eight months to one year (Mundo de Juguete is the exception to the rule with a total of 605 chapters (1974-1977) ), and have few cast changes within the course of a serial.

Telenovelas have a different type of stories than english-language soap operas. A popular plot is about a poor beautiful woman who meets a rich an handsome guy. They fall in love and he breaks with her rich, evil and frivolous girlfriend to be with her, but the girlfriend (usually accompanied by the rich guy's mother or other close relative) stands in their way to happiness. Sometimes the struggle is ethnic (such as in Gitanas and Yesenia with gypsies or in Maria Isabel with natives). A popular pivotal point is also used when it is discovered who the real father/mother of one of the main characters is.

However, there are stories in telenovelas that would never be shown on soap operas such as people with supernatural powers ("El extraño retorno de Diana Salazar") or who have been cloned ("O Clone") as well as women who have raised over poverty and slavery through prostitution ("Xica da Silva").

Famous telenovelas

Some of the most famous telenovelas in history include:

Brazil

Mexico

Televisa

TV Azteca

Argentina

Colombia

Chile

Peru

Telenovelasperu.com  (http://www.telenovelasperu.com) information about peruvian telenovelas, history of latinoamerican television,links to latinoamerican tv stations and more. (in spanish)

Puerto Rico

Currently,Puerto Rico is no longer producing telenovelas but watch other latinoamerican telenovelas. There are negotiations to reopen again the production of telenovelas in Puerto Rico. One of the new productions is going to be called "Dueña y Señora" and is going to be co-produced with Venevision Internacional and with a 90% puertorican cast.

Venezuela

Venezuelan productions and peruvian-venezuelan productions are watched all over the world and traducted into russian,greek,thailandese,chinese,japanese,arabian and other languages.

Actors and actresses

Some of the famous actors and actresses who have made their mark in these shows include:

Argentina

Brazil

Colombia

Cuba

Dominican Republic

Mexico

Peru

Puerto Rico

Venezuela

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