Imagine all the deceit, blackmail, murders and sex of the first two seasons of "Desperate Housewives" crammed into 13 steamy weeks. That's the image three big TV companies are conjuring as they look ...

A telenovela or novela is a Spanish language soap opera. Telenovelas seem to be the opiate of the masses in Latin America. The first telenovelas were produced in Brazil, Cuba and Mexico in the 1950s.

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Carrie Kahn reports on how Spanish-language television network Telemundo is refreshing its slate of prime-time soap operas, called telenovelas, in hopes of climbing out of its perennial second-place ...

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 ...

It’s not just the Latins who are trying to make hay with telenovelas. Korean broadcaster SBS is bringing its own locally produced, but now completely remastered in Spanish, sudser “Escalera al Cielo” ...

ABC's Scandal is so much more than a prime-time television drama — it's a stealth telenovela. Editor's note: If you're not caught up, you may feel that some plot references below are mild spoilers.

Telenovelas are staples of Spanish-language TV. Telemundo was always in second place behind Univision — that is until executives figured out the way to success: telenovelas starring anti-heroes. We're ...