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Telenovela

January 03, 2023

For other uses, see Telenovel.

A telenovela[a] is a type of a television serial drama or soap opera produced primarily in Latin America.[2] The word combines tele (for "television")[b] and novela (meaning "novel").[c] Similar drama genres around the world include teleserye (Philippines), téléroman (Canada, specifically Quebec), and sinetron (Indonesia).

Vida Alves and Walter Forster on Sua Vida Me Pertence (Rede Tupi, Brazil, 1951), the first telenovela in television history

Commonly described using the American colloquialism Spanish soap opera, many telenovelas share some stylistic and thematic similarities to the soap opera familiar to the English-speaking world. The significant difference is their series run length; telenovelas tell one self-contained story, typically within the span of a year or less whereas soap operas tend to have intertwined storylines told during indefinite, continuing runs.[3][4] This makes them shorter than most other television series, but still much longer than a miniseries. This planned run results in a faster-paced, more concise style of melodrama compared to a typical soap opera.[5] Episodes of telenovelas usually last between 30 and 45 minutes, and rarely more than an hour, except for final episodes. The telenovela combines drama with the 19th-century feuilleton, and naturally evolved from the Latin American radionovela, according to Blanca de Lizaur.[6]

The medium has been used frequently by authorities in various countries to transmit sociocultural messages by incorporating them into storylines.[7] By the 1950s, Brazil became one of the first countries to produce novelas with high budgets and aimed both to the national and international markets. Mexico soon followed, and by the 1970s and 1980s the country started to engage more profusely in using telenovelas to shape behavior. This was particularly successful in introducing the idea of family planning. The 1990s played a key role in the international export of telenovelas, thus the so-called 'Telenovela Craze' that spread in many regions in the world.[8]

By 2018, some signs of fading popularity had emerged.[9]

History

Brazil is considered the pioneer of the telenovela genre. In 1951 Brazil produced Sua vida me pertence ("Your Life Belongs to Me"), the first telenovela in the world. In 1952 Cuba released Senderos de amor ("Paths of Love") and Mexico released Ángeles de la calle ("Angels of the Street"), shown once a week. Between 1957 and 1958 Mexico produced its first drama serial in the modern telenovela format of Monday to Friday slots, Senda prohibida ("Forbidden Path"), written by Fernanda Villeli. The first global telenovela was Los ricos también lloran ("The Rich Also Cry", Mexico, 1979), which was exported to Russia, China, the United States and other countries.

Genres

Telenovelas tend to fall within these seven categories:

  • Working-class melodrama, which is the most popular to date, easy to understand and contains less explicit content. This is heavily reliant of the common rags-to-riches plot, typically featuring a poor woman who falls in love with a rich man whose family spurns her, such as the Las Tres Marias ("Maria Trilogy", 1992, 1994 and 1995).
  • Historical romance is set in the past, such as the colonial period (Martín Garatuza, 1986), the restoration of the Republic (El carruaje "The Carriage", 1972), the late 19th Century (El vuelo del águila "The Flight of The Eagle", 1994) the Mexican Revolution (Bodas de odio "Weddings of Hate", 1982), and the 20th-century military dictatorships (such as Anos Rebeldes "Rebellious Years", 1992)
  • Teen drama, which portrays the lives of high school teenagers and their issues with sex, drugs and other coming-of-age topics. This genre started with Quinceañera in 1987.
  • Mystery/thriller is a category of telenovela that is more cold-hearted than the other subgenres. It may portray a mysterious death or disappearance, which may tear couples, even families apart, such as Cuna de Lobos ("Wolves Crib"), La Casa al Final de la Calle ("The House at the Street End"), La Mujer de Judas ("The Woman of Judas"), ¿Dónde está Elisa? ("Where's Elisa?"), El Rostro de la Venganza ("The Face of Revenge") or La Casa de al Lado ("The House Next Door"). Chile has produced this genre.
  • Horror is a subgenre of telenovelas that is rarer than the rest, it can deal with anything of the horror genre, but the majority of these telenovelas deal with the themes of the supernatural like demons, witchcraft, ghosts, and the occult. It is one of the few subgenres that use special effects. It always portrays the main protagonist trying to find out the truth while at the same time confronting frightening events and the main antagonist which is always a witch or a warlock, demon, evil or vengeful ghost, or the devil itself such as El maleficio, El Extraño Retorno de Diana Salazar, and La chacala.
  • Romantic comedy, which portrays love stories with some or much comedy such as Las tontas no van al cielo "Fools Don't Go to Heaven" or Yo soy Betty, la fea (the most successful telenovela in history).[10]
  • Pop band story portrays the lives of aspiring popstars such as in Alcanzar una estrella ("Reaching a Star", 1990) and its sequel Alcanzar una estrella II (1991), as well as Rebelde (2004), which spawned a multi-platinum pop group, RBD. Some, though not all, of these type of telenovelas are geared towards a teenage and/or pre-teen audience.
  • Narcotraffic Recently narcotrafficer telenovelas have become frequently produced.

Besides these, another category of series that has become popular in recent years is the youth telenovela, which borrows some elements of the teen drama format but is usually more family-oriented in structure, contains comedic elements and sometimes maintains a high concept or supernatural plotline (such as 11:11: En mi cuadra, nada cuadra and Chica vampiro).

Telenovelas have geographically diverged into two major groups – the Latinovelas, and the Asianovelas, portmanteaus of Latin and Asian with novelas. Telenovelas, in particular, are the most popular non-English-speaking scripted forms of entertainment in the world to date.

Novelas made in Spain and the Spanish-speaking Americas are widely popular in spanish-speaking countries and communities.

Novelas made in Portugal and Brazil are highly popular in Lusophone countries, with Angolan novelas also making their way recently.


Some novelas also have a huge following in Europe's Mediterranean and eastern countries, as well as in Asia and Oceania. Latinovelas are primarily responsible for the telenovela trend in regions outside of Latin America, which is known as the biggest producer of telenovelas up until the early 2000s.[11]

The Asianovelas are dominating television programming through most of Africa and Eurasia, and have recently made inroads in the Latinovelas-dominated television in the Americas. In the Arab world, telenovelas are very popular with families taking breaks during the day from midday onward to watch these shows, whose content often reflects many of the moral and social issues faced in cultures like Morocco, Algeria and Egypt.[12] The medium has been used repeatedly to transmit sociocultural messages by incorporating them into storylines.[13]

Millennial telenovela

In the 2010s, the terms "millennial telenovela" and "modern telenovela" have been coined to describe an emerging genre related to the telenovela. Based in the same culture, the target audience is much younger (the millennials); the typical storylines and melodrama were recreated to better appeal to this demographic.[14] Commenters have written that a millennial telenovela will contain many of the following themes: it fits into contemporary politics and culture;[14] has positive representations of LGBT+ people when present;[15] features themes of female empowerment and the sexualization of the male body;[15] involves use of social media;[14] presents characters of moral ambiguity rather than in black and white, and with more complexity;[16] contains intentionally comedic moments;[17] and is centered on an unconventional family.[18]

Though the term "millennial telenovela" was first used in 2016 when BuzzFeed and Telemundo co-produced a short series to cater for the emerging Latin American millennial market,[14] it became more widely used in 2018 after the success of the Netflix black comedy The House of Flowers.[17][19][20][d]

The development of the genre may be a response to a controversial market practice of importing telenovelas to US channels, with a Univision and Televisa deal having to be renegotiated when traditional telenovelas fell in popularity around 2016; at this point, the majority of Hispanic people in the US were millennials, and "drawn to edgier and more fast-paced programs than traditional telenovelas." Though Univision did not start making its own hybrid shows, they began investing in online and multimedia programming, and bought into Netflix's original Mexican programming.[21]

Series described as millennial telenovelas

Major producers of telenovelas

Some of the world's major producers of telenovelas include the following:[citation needed]

Telenovelas by country

Argentina

See also: List of Argentine telenovelas

Argentina's telenovelas generally focus on melodramatic twists of traditional middle class life, with touches of comedy. Many telenovelas are broadcast by the main television networks, Canal 13 and Telefe. Many popular "youth telenovelas", aimed primarily at children and teenagers, are produced in Argentina. Several youth telenovelas have become hits in other countries, where they have been remade or rebroadcast. Some well known youth telenovelas include Chiquititas ("Tiny Angels"), Rebelde Way, Floricienta, Muñeca Brava ("Wild Angel"), Violetta and Patito Feo ("Ugly Duckling").

Bolivia

See Red ATB, Bolivisión, Unitel Bolivia, Safipro and TeleArte.

In Bolivia, themes of drama, romance, music, natural landscapes, remote situations and adventure are common. Some are based on novels, historical and factual events. Such melodramas produced in Bolivia include Las Tres Perfectas Solteras, Indira, Tierra Adentro, La Virgen de las 7 calles, Luna de Locos and Tres de Nosotras. The country has made over 15 telenovelas so far, and most of the productions take place in Santa Cruz de la Sierra. The majority of telenovelas shown on domestic television networks are international productions (imported from Brazil, Colombia, Argentina and Mexico). A lot of Bolivian telenovelas are produced by independent producers, since many producers are more dedicated to the country's film industry.[citation needed]

Brazil

See TV Globo, RecordTV, Sistema Brasileiro de Televisão, Rede Bandeirantes, Rede Manchete and Rede Tupi

Brazilian telenovelas (more often "novelas") are both more realistic and apt to broach controversial subjects. These programs tend to showcase realistic depictions of middle class, working class and upper class individuals in society.[citation needed] Brazilian productions are the highest-budget telenovelas in South America.[22] Escrava Isaura (1976) was a major hit in South America, the Eastern Bloc, Africa and China.[23] Novelas usually last six to eight months at most in Brazil. One of the longest-running telenovelas in the country, however, is the teen-oriented Malhação (Young Hearts), which had aired from 1995 until 2020; as such, it is commonly classified as a Western-format soap opera instead.

Brazilian telenovelas often have convoluted subplots involving three or four different settings. Usually, there is a rich setting, a poor setting and one or more settings in which the characters of both settings can interact. There is no clear-cut line between "good" and "evil" characters, with protagonists often displaying weaknesses such as promiscuity, drinking, drug abuse, stupidity and excessive ambition, among others. Antagonists equally show positive features or motivations, including abuses suffered in the past, family problems and poverty. It is not uncommon for a villain to attract the sympathy of the public, or even to have their storylines conclude with a satisfactory ending. For instance, in the novela Belíssima ("Most Beautiful") in 2006, villainess Bia Falcão (played by Fernanda Montenegro) escaped a police siege and fled to France, where she settled with a boyfriend, living using a secret bank account in Switzerland that she had maintained prior. As well as this, it is not uncommon for a hero to be relegated to a secondary role due to an actor's lack of charisma. Besides the convoluted plots, Brazilian telenovelas also approach sensitive social issues and try to present some of the country's actual culture, occasionally in an idealized way.[citation needed]

Another important characteristic of Brazilian telenovelas is that they rely less on individual stars than other South American works. A Brazilian telenovela may have a permanent cast of more than 40 actors, of which some seven or eight are considered "central" to the show. The chief reason for this is that telenovelas are not shot in advance (instead chapters are shot around two weeks before their airdate) so that they can respond to public reaction. Under this scheme, the occasional death or poor performance of the actor playing the main character may turn the production into a flop, which happened with the 1982 telenovela Sol de Verão ("Summer Sun") after the death of main star Jardel Filho[24] and in 2016, in Velho Chico ("Old River"), after the death of lead-actor Domingos Montagner.

Canada

Main article: Téléroman
See Culture of Quebec, Television of Quebec and Television in Canada

In Canada, telenovelas are known as téléromans in French and are a part of the culture of the Francophone province of Quebec. Nearly all television stations in the country that broadcast in the French language carry téléromans. The first téléroman was La famille Plouffe ("The Plouffe Family"), which was broadcast on Radio-Canada in the 1950s.

The téléroman was created during the earliest days of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation's television network, when CBC was the only television network in Canada (as per the 1949 Massey Commission). Whereas theoretically, CBC's main English-language television network could broadcast English-language shows from American stations (and also was forced to compete with U.S. television networks), CBC's Radio-Canada network had to develop its own programmes for French-Canadian viewers. As a consequence, Francophone television in Canada developed differently from Anglophone television.

In 2003, Ontario's provincial French-language public television service, TFO, began broadcasting the first Franco-Ontarian téléroman, Francoeur.

Beginning with its tenth season in 2010, Degrassi: The Next Generation was produced and broadcast in a style similar to the telenovelas format. This lasted until episode 21 of the twelfth season in 2012. Degrassi: Next Class also adapts this format for its broadcast on Family Channel.

Chile

Chilean telenovelas typically focus on both traditional drama and middle-class life, with some touches of comedy. Often, these programs show life outside of the capital, like with the TVN novela Iorana (which took place on Easter Island). Telenovelas in the country are usually produced and broadcast by Canal 13, and the public broadcaster Televisión Nacional de Chile (TVN), which debut their main telenovelas in March each year with a few days between their premiere dates, which have led marketing to a "telenovela war" of sorts. Lately, other Chilean television networks such as Mega and Chilevisión are joining the so-called "telenovela war". Many of the most successful telenovelas in Chile are set in a historical era such as Pampa Ilusión (1935), El Señor de la Querencia (1920), Los Pincheira (1918), Secretos en el jardín (1981) or Perdona Nuestros pecados (1953–1961).

Colombia

See Caracol TV, RTI Colombia, and RCN TV

Colombian telenovelas such as Betty la fea ("Betty, the ugly one") often focus on comedic storylines. However, some are of a more realistic vein or are adaptations of novels.

The first Colombian telenovela was El 0597 está ocupado, produced in 1959 by the programadora Producciones PUNCH.[25] From then until the late 1990s arrival of private television in the country, a variety of programadoras produced and aired their own telenovelas, such as those from Colombiana de Televisión, TeVecine, Cenpro Televisión (the producer of Perro amor, which was popular in the late 1990s).

Telenovelas produced by RTI Colombia and Telemundo are usually shown and produced on Caracol, while Televideo and Fox Telecolombia produce some of RCN's telenovelas. Caracol and RCN also produce and broadcast their own shows. Currently, four or five Colombian telenovelas are usually broadcast from 6:00 to around 11:00 p.m. on those networks.

It is notable that many novelas designed and written by Colombians sell outside the country well, as a prime export. Other countries then localize them by creating novelas based on the same story, barely changing names, settings and, more often than not, mixing the cast with Colombian actors to respect ownership/property agreements and copyright laws. One fine example is Betty, la fea (adapted by ABC in the United States as Ugly Betty) in which the franchise for the storyline was translated and adapted by over 30 networks around the world.

Croatia

The first Croatian telenovela was Villa Maria, made in 2004 by AVA Production. After Villa Maria, AVA made Ljubav u zaleđu (2005–2006), Obični ljudi (2006–2007), Ponos Ratkajevih (2007–2008) and Zakon ljubavi (2008). Telenovelas made by AVA were aired in more than 25 countries.

With Serbian FOX Televizija, RTL Televizija made Serbo-Croatian version of Yo soy Betty, la fea called Ne daj se, Nina (2007). After that RTL made Ruža vjetrova (2011–2013), Tajne (2013–2014), Vatre ivanjske (2014-2015) and Prava žena (2016–2017). Ring Multimedia production made Sve će biti dobro (2008–2009), Dolina sunca (2009–2010) and Pod sretnom zvijezdom (2011) for Nova TV. Nova TV itself made some telenovelas too: Najbolje godine (2009–2011), Larin izbor (2011–2013), Zora dubrovačka (2013–2014), Kud puklo da puklo (2014–2016), Zlatni dvori (2016–2017) and Čista ljubav (2017–2018).

Croatian telenovelas by AVA Production are very popular in Serbia too, so AVA created a branch office, AVA Film, in Serbia. AVA Film's first project is a Serbian telenovela called Zaustavi vreme.

Dominican Republic

Television networks in the Dominican Republic have started to produce their own novelas through Venevision International, Iguana Productions and Antena Latina Productions. The first Dominican telenovela, María José, oficios del hogar ("María José, Housewife"), was produced by Venevision and television station Color Visión, which formed the first Dominican telenovela company (now inactive) in 1986. Comedy-drama series such as Catalino el Dichoso and sequel En La Boca de los Tiburones were also considered telenovelas during the early 1990s. The telenovela Tropico was produced by Venevision International, Iguana Productions, and Antena Latina Productions, in 2007 with mostly Dominican actors and a few from Venezuela and Peru. It aired domestically on Antena Latina 7 and in United States on Univision. There are currently plans for more telenovelas to be filmed and produced in the Dominican Republic.[citation needed]

Germany

See Bavaria Film Studios, Studio Hamburg Serienwerft and Grundy UFA

In 2004, Germany began producing its own telenovelas. All German telenovelas are formatted as melodramatic love stories. With the exception of Storm of Love ("Sturm der Liebe"), which is produced by Bavaria Film Studios, and Rote Rosen which is produced by Studio Hamburg Serienwerft, every German telenovela is produced by Grundy UFA. The most successful ones, Bianca – Wege zum Glück ("Bianca: Paths to Happiness"), Wege zum Glück ("Paths to Happiness"), Verliebt in Berlin ("In Love in Berlin"/"In Love with Berlin"), Storm of Love and Rote Rosen, were also syndicated in Italy, France and other European countries; Verliebt in Berlin was also syndicated in Canada. German television channels ARD, ZDF, Sat. 1 and ProSieben all include telenovelas on their programme schedules.

India

Main article: Indian soap opera

Indonesia

In Indonesia, a similar format exists called the sinetron (a portmanteau of sine, short for cinema and tron, from "electronic"), which are essentially soap operas in a miniseries-style format. While most English-language soap operas can continue indefinitely, almost all Sinetrons have a predetermined duration, usually running for only five-, six- or seven days a week and in total for more than five months.

Sinetrons are usually made by production companies such as SinemArt and MD Entertainment. These programmes are usually broadcast on national television networks during the country's designated primetime period (6.00 to 11.00 pm), often a priority since these programme earn significant ratings, attracting advertisers.

Malaysia

In Malaysia, the equivalent of telenovela for a local language drama is drama rantaian. The drama may last for 13 episodes for a weekly drama and more than 15 episodes if broadcast by a daily basis, usually three to five days a week.

However, since almost all television broadcasters that air domestically produced dramas also air foreign dramas, Malaysian television dramas are less prolific compared to Indonesian, Philippine, South Korean or Turkish dramas.

Mexico

Further information: List of Mexican telenovelas
See also: Televisa, TV Azteca, and Argos Comunicación

Mexico was one of the first countries in the world to become known for producing telenovelas aimed at shaping social behavior – one issue of which is family planning during the 1970s. The Mexican model of telenovelas – quick to be replicated by other telenovela-producing countries in Latin America and Asia for most of the 1990s – usually involves a romantic couple that encounters many problems throughout the show's run including a villain. One common ending archetype consists of a wedding and the villain dying, going to jail, becoming permanently injured or disabled, or losing their mind. The use of sexually themed episodes starring the leading couple of the story has been a common element through most Mexican (and Latin American) telenovelas.

Televisa and TV Azteca are the largest producers and exporters of Mexican telenovelas. Their main competitor is independent company Argos Comunicación. Telenovelas produced by U.S.-based network Telemundo tend to follow the Mexican model. Previously, telenovelas were often thought to be used as a government tool to distract citizens from national issues, a reason cited for temporary decrease in their credibility and popular appeal. Nowadays, Mexican television has managed to counteract government influence in its telenovelas. In particular, around 1990, Televisa found an enormous market for its telenovelas in regions such as Brazil and parts of Latin America, post-Cold War Eastern Europe and Asia. This precipitated the so-called 'Telenovela Craze'. Credited by media experts to Televisa's move in the early 1990s of exporting its telenovelas, it rivalled the wave of American sitcoms that were broadcast worldwide in the same period.

During the peak of the global success of Latin American telenovelas in the 1990s and 2000s, several prominent Mexican actors and actresses gained huge following for the telenovelas that they starred in. For example, Verónica Castro's international fame grew when the novela she had starred in many years earlier, Los Ricos Tambien Lloran in 1979, became a major hit in Russia. In the same period, Thalía earned the title as the "Queen of Soap Operas" after starring in the so-called Las Tres Marias or the "Maria Trilogy" telenovelas – Maria Mercedes, Marimar and Maria la del Barrio – and Rosalinda, converting her into one of the world's foremost television icons, as her telenovelas were broadcast in Mexico and more than 180 other countries to almost 2 billion viewers worldwide, earning the all-time highest television ratings both in Mexico and other regions.[citation needed]

Due to the international success of the telenovelas broadcast in and out of Mexico, by the late 1990s, it was claimed that telenovelas were Mexico's leading export product. Many consider the period from 1958 to 2004 to be Televisa's Golden Age of telenovelas. At the same time the Mexican government loosened its control over television. Telenovelas, primarily those produced by Argos Comunicación, consequently addressed new themes, including poverty, political corruption, immigration and drug smuggling. However, with American drama and comedy series becoming increasingly popular among Mexican audiences through cable or satellite television and unlicensed copying, the television companies opted to adapt stories from Argentina, Colombia and Brazil. These used veteran actors in order to decrease expenses.

Currently, the most successful telenovelas are being created by Argos and Telemundo and are rebroadcast (or adapted) by the main companies. The most successful one, La Reina del Sur, based on the book by Arturo Perez Reverte, is based on the true story of a female drug trafficker in Sinaloa. Though it was censored somewhat due to the Drug War and was broadcast on a low-rated channel, it achieved higher viewership than other programs in the same timeframe.

Pakistan

Main article: Pakistani dramas

Peru

Peruvian telenovelas, like other telenovelas, revolve around the character's personal lives. There are usually slight touches of comedy, drama and suspense. Al Fondo Hay Sitio has become one of the most famous telenovelas of Peru and has been shown around South America in Ecuador, Bolivia, Paraguay and Uruguay.[citation needed]

Philippines

Main article: Philippine television drama

Domestically produced telenovelas first appeared on Philippine television in the 1960s, beginning with the ABS-CBN program Hiwaga sa Bahay na Bato. The format of Philippine telenovelas is almost the same as Spanish and Mexican telenovelas, as they have borrowed many elements including many clichés. However, Philippine telenovelas, which portray the reality of Filipino (as well as much of other Asian) societies, have evolved through decades and feature specific characteristics distinct from most of the world's telenovelas.

The late 1980s and 1990s coincided with the end of martial law and the resulting expansion of commercial television networks as the Philippine government loosened controls over the press and media. With the help of simultaneous nationwide programming across the Philippines and the advent of the "telenovela craze" precipitated by Mexican telenovelas broadcast worldwide, previously dominant Filipino sitcoms had been largely replaced by domestically produced drama series airing on primetime television to encourage more competition among networks and reach out to more audiences across the nation. Examples of such classic telenovelas include Flordeluna, Villa Quintana, Mara Clara, Esperanza, Valiente, Kung Mawawala Ka, Mula Sa Puso and Sa Dulo Ng Walang Hanggan.

Modern Philippine television dramas are usually termed teleserye, a portmanteau of the Filipino words "telebisyon" ("television") and "serye" ("series"). The term "teleserye" originated in the 2000s from the ABS-CBN-produced Pangako Sa 'Yo, dubbed by the Philippine media as the first true teleserye as well as the most widely exported and most watched single Philippine television series abroad. In the 21st century, teleseryes may belong to one or several genres such as fantasy, suspense, action, or comedy, but featured several new variations from the previous Philippine telenovelas of the preceding century. In 1997-2004, the International Channel from comcast aired Telenovelas such as Pangako Sa 'Yo, Basta't Kasama Kita, Mula Sa Puso, Recuerdo de Amor, Saan Ka Man Naroroon, and Flames on its international simulcast. The last series to air on its AZN network were Krystala and Marina

Portugal

Main article: List of Portuguese telenovelas

The first Portuguese telenovela was Vila Faia, in 1982. Throughout the 1980s and 1990s, almost all Portuguese telenovelas were broadcast by RTP. However, since the start of the 21st century, TVI has emerged as the most prolific broadcaster of Portuguese telenovelas. Morangos com Açúcar, one of its most successful telenovelas, lasted for nine seasons. SIC, which usually imported telenovelas from Brazil's Rede Globo, has also started to produce its own telenovelas. Portuguese telenovelas have since exceeded telenovelas from neighboring Spain in terms of international popularity by the 2010s. In 2010, Portugal won the first Emmy for a Telenovela, with Meu Amor ("My Love"). In 2011, Portugal won its second consecutive International Emmy for a Telenovela with Laços de Sangue ("Blood Ties"). Portugal also sells telenovelas to Eastern Europe and America.[citation needed]

Puerto Rico

The telenovela genre was historically popular in the U.S. territory and there still is some interest to this day. The serials in days past were usually broadcast on domestic television stations three days a week at 6:30pm, with hour-long telenovelas airing at 7:00 and 9:00 p.m. during prime time. Production of telenovelas in Puerto Rico began in the 1950s with "Ante la ley" in 1955. Successful novelas to have come out of Puerto Rico have included La Mujer de aquella Noche, El Hijo de Angela Maria, El Cuarto Mandamiento, Tomiko, Cristina Bazan, El Idolo, Yo Se Que Mentia, Vivir Para Ti, Tanairi, Tres Destinos and many others.[citation needed]

During the 1980's, Sully Diaz, Ivonne Goderich, Millie Aviles, Giselle Blondet and Von Marie Mendez were generally considered as "the five queens" of Puerto Rican telenovelas.[26] (in Spanish)

Russia

Telenovelas were first introduced to Soviet viewers in 1988, when a stripped-down version of Escrava Isaura (running only 15 episodes) was shown on central television channel. The adaptation of that series was very popular with the Soviet viewers. An even bigger success was Los Ricos También Lloran, shown shortly afterwards. After the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991, Russian TV channels commenced broadcasting telenovelas (usually those imported from Brazil) on a regular basis. Today, Latin American telenovelas are usually replaced by Russian-made alternatives.[citation needed]

Serbia

The first Serbian telenovela was made in 2004 by BK TV and its name is Jelena. After that RTV Pink made Ljubav i mržnja (2007–2008). AVA Film (branch office of Croatian AVA Production) made Zaustavi vreme 2008, but it wasn't aired. A Serbian version of Graduados, Istine i laži, was made by Prva Srpska Televizija and Smart Media Production. It currently airs on Prva Srpska Televizija.[citation needed]

South Africa

The first telenovela in South Africa was Inkaba, which was aired on Mzansi Magic. Inkaba was canceled after it flopped to lure in viewers. Isibaya was the first ever successful telenovela on the channel of Mzansi Magic.

The most successful South African telenovela is Uzalo. Uzalo has over 10.25 million viewers in South Africa.[27] Uzalo tells the story of two families in the township of Kwa-Mashu: the Mdletshe family which plays a significant role in the management of the Kwamashu Kingdom Church and the Xulu family which runs a car theft syndicate. The connection between the families is that their eldest sons were switched at birth during the period when Nelson Mandela was released from prison. Uzalo details the relationships and conflict between members of the two families as part of a complex story.

Following the trend, other telenovelas started to flood in, with Mzansi Magic holding the monopoly of the genre with shows like Isithembiso, The Queen and The River among others. Other channels, such as e.tv and SABC, launched productions such as Keeping Score, Giyani: Land of Blood, High Rollers, Ashes To Ashes, Gold Diggers and Broken Vows.

South Korea

Main article: Korean drama

Korean telenovelas are often similar to a soap opera but without a neverending plot and frank sexual content. These dramas typically involve conflicts around dating and marital relationships, money problems, relationships between family members and in-laws (usually between the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law), and often complicated love triangles. The heroine usually falls in love with the main character who may treat her badly for a while unlike the person who always cares for her. Korean telenovelas tend to run for 100+ episodes (rarely exceeding 200) and air from Monday to Friday. The main broadcasters and producers are KBS, MBC and SBS.[citation needed]

South Korea became one of the world's largest Asian-based television drama producers at the start of the 21st century. Korean dramas have been exported globally and have contributed to the Korean Wave phenomenon known as Hallyu.[citation needed]

Spain

Spanish telenovelas are known in the nation as culebrones (Spanish of "long snakes") because of their convoluted plots. Broadcasters of telenovelas in the country are Telecinco, Antena3, and La 1; there are regional telenovelas produced in Basque and Catalan languages. They are produced by EITB (in Basque) and TV3 (in Catalan). However, Spain is not a producer of telenovelas so much as it is an importer of these programs.[citation needed]

Telenovelas have also aided in the formation of a transnational 'Hispanic' identity, as the Venezuelan scholar Daniel Mato has suggested. The appeal of the genre lies in the melodramatic and often simplistic narrative which can be understood and enjoyed by audiences in a wide variety of cultural contexts. Bielby and Harrington have argued that this reverse flow has influenced soap operas in the United States, leading to "genre transformation", especially with daytime soaps.[28]

Thailand

Main article: Thai television soap opera

Thailand began producing its own telenovelas, also known in Thai as Lakorn, in the 1990s at the same time as the Philippines, Turkey and South Korea began exporting their own television dramas as well in parts of Asia. The first Thai soap opera is Dao Pra Sook internationally in Cambodia, followed by Singapore with Nang Tard and Love Destiny and the Philippines with You're My Destiny. Likewise, Thai content have also gained considerable following in the Philippines, with numerous Thai series such as 2gether: The Series and The Gifted regularly topping Twitter trends in the country.

Turkey

Main article: Turkish television drama

Turkey began producing its own telenovelas, also known in Turkish as televizyon dizileri, in the late 1990s at the same time that as the Philippines and South Korea began exporting their own television dramas as well in parts of the world. The storylines of Turkish dramas are usually based from the country's classic novels as well as historical settings (mostly during the Ottoman Empire period), and are known to have episodes lasting at least two hours each, much longer than an ordinary telenovela episode. These drama shows, in general, are of miniseries type, typically lasting for less than half a year, and are broadcast either as canned series or simultaneous telecasts in Turkey's key television markets with subtitles in multiple languages depending on the country outside Turkey where it has been aired.[citation needed]

Turkish telenovelas have gained wide popularity and appeal among viewers especially in the Arab world as well as the Balkans, Eastern Europe, Russia, and Central-South Asia due in part to the picturesque cinematography. This exportation of dramas has been cited as one of Turkey's foremost strategies in boosting their popularity in these regions by promoting Turkish culture and tourism. As a result, these make up one of its most economically and culturally important international exports.[citation needed]

International media experts have cited the 2010s as the biggest turning point of Turkish television production, which shifted to a balance of export of religious shows that were often widely viewed in these predominantly Muslim-majority countries (with Ramadan known to be the most lucrative month of every television season in most Islamic countries for imported Turkish television shows) and secular shows tackling national issues of Turkey and even of the rest of the Islamic world. Some of the most internationally prominent Turkish television dramas include Muhteşem Yüzyıl, Fatmagül'ün Suçu Ne?, Aşk-ı Memnu, Binbir Gece, Dolunay, and Erkenci Kuş. The rise of Turkish television drama on the international market attracted worldwide attention during this decade when it began gaining more viewers in Latin America, which is cited as a difficult market for foreign shows to be broadcast as its own produced telenovelas dominate programming there since the 1990s.

Islamic conservatives in many Arab countries, however, condemn these Turkish shows as "vulgar" and "heretical" to Islam, as most of the prominent secular Turkish television series often have political undertones as well as a noticeable trend on emphasis of female empowerment, which contrasts with their patriarchal interpretation of Islam. Nonetheless, Turkish television drama broadcasts reach 1 billion viewers from approximately 100 countries in the world[citation needed], helping it surpass Latin America by the 2010s as the second largest exporter of television series worldwide after the United States.[29]

United States

See English language producers Fox Broadcasting Company and The CW
See Spanish language producers Univision and Telemundo
See MyNetworkTV telenovelas

In the United States, the telenovela concept has been adapted into the English language. The first American telenovela was the soap opera Port Charles, which, although starting off as a traditional soap when it debuted in 1997, adopted a 13-week telenovela-style storyline format beginning in 2000 which continued in use until the show's cancellation in 2003. MyNetworkTV, an upstart network launched by News Corporation (now owned by 21st Century Fox), launched on September 5, 2006, with two nightly serials. The inaugural series Desire and Fashion House were moderately successful, however, ratings began to decline. The second pair of telenovelas, Wicked Wicked Games and Watch Over Me had decent ratings but were not as successful as its two predecessors. By the time the third batch of serials, American Heiress and Saints and Sinners debuted, ratings had declined significantly to where the network scaled back and eventually dropped the novela format in favor of reality-based series and specials by the fall of 2007.

In contrast, ABC's adaptation of Betty la Fea, Ugly Betty, proved to be successful; however, the network opted to develop the show as a standard weekly series with elements of the comedic telenovela. An adaptation of the Venezuelan comedic telenovela Juana la virgen, Jane the Virgin, aired to success on The CW beginning in 2014, airing in a weekly format similar to other American series. NBC developed an adaptation of the racy Colombian telenovela Sin tetas no hay paraíso called Without Breasts There Is No Paradise, however, it was never picked up to series.

In 2001, after it was purchased by NBC (which later merged with Vivendi Universal to form NBCUniversal in 2003), Telemundo decided to stop importing Latin American telenovelas and produce its own. The network collaborated with RTI Colombia and Argos Comunicación to co-produce its telenovelas, which follow the Mexican model, though Telemundo is a Puerto Rican firm. In order for its telenovelas to be recognized by the U.S. and Latin American audiences and even Spanish audiences, Telemundo chose to hire established telenovela actors from Mexico, Colombia, Venezuela, Puerto Rico, and other Latin American countries; the network's novelas have since also hired American-born Hispanic actors. Telemundo's first telenovela co-productions were Amantes del Desierto (with RTI) and Cara o Cruz (with Argos) in 2001. The network also co-produced the 2002 novela Vale Todo in conjunction with Rede Globo, that series did not fare well in the ratings. In 2003, Telemundo began producing its novelas stateside in Miami, beginning with the RTI co-production Amor Descarado. Telemundo has experienced increasing success with its telenovelas, which have also been syndicated to Colombia, Venezuela, Peru, and Chile. Argos ended its co-production deal with Telemundo on December 31, 2006, with the last such co-production being Marina. Telemundo continues to co-produce telenovelas with RTI but has also started to produce these serials on its own. In 2005, the network opened Telemundo Television Studios in Miami, as a production studio for its telenovelas; Dame Chocolate also became the first telenovela to be fully produced by Telemundo. In 2006, Telemundo broadcast two telenovelas not created by the network or its partners, Amor Mío (co-produced by Televisa and Telefe) and La Esclava Isaura (produced by Rede Record).

Cisneros Media Distribution (formerly Venevisión International) has also produced American-based telenovelas, which follow the Venezuelan story pattern and aired on Telemundo competitor Univision in the U.S. (in addition to being carried by main Venevisión network in Venezuela); its telenovelas portray the lives of Venezuelan Americans in the United States. Although a Venezuelan-owned company, Cisneros Media not only hired established telenovela actors from Venezuela, but also from other Latin American countries like Mexico, Colombia, Peru, Puerto Rico, etc. like in Telemundo, in order for its telenovelas to be recognized by the U.S., Latin American, and Spanish audiences. In recent years, Univision has also begun producing its own telenovelas for its primetime schedule.

Some Spanish-language telenovelas are now translated into English. Univision and Telemundo provide closed captioning in English in order to attract English-speaking American viewers (primarily American-born Mexicans who are not fluent in Spanish), carried as the second or third caption channel depending on the station. Xenon Pictures also includes English subtitles on its DVD releases of Mexican serials. The sudden interest in English telenovelas can be attributed to the appeal and successful ratings of the genre. Producers also see this as a way to attract the fast-growing Mexican population, most notably the female sector of this demographic. In addition, telenovelas break the traditional production format in the United States, in which a television program runs for 20–25 episodes a season, on a once-weekly basis.

Since 2010, Nickelodeon and its sibling networks have aired several programs produced in the style of telenovelas. These shows are usually broadcast in a daily-strip format over a one-month period. House of Anubis, based on a drama produced by its Dutch counterpart, was the first show produced for the network to adopt this format. Nickelodeon has since produced adaptions of some of its Latin American counterpart's telenovelas, including Every Witch Way (based on Grachi), Talia in the Kitchen (based on Toni la chef), and I Am Frankie (based on Yo soy Franky). The popular Canadian drama series, Degrassi, periodically used this format and aired daily during summer runs on Teennick.

Venezuela

See RCTV, Venevisión and Televen

Telenovelas in Venezuela are mainly produced by RCTV, Venevisión and Televen. Like Televisa in Mexico, Venevision controls a large portion of the entertainment industry in that country. Some of Venevision's telenovelas were also broadcast on Univision in the United States until the late 2000s. Some major telenovelas produced in Venevision include Amor Comprado, Dulce Enemiga, Cara Sucia, Bellisima and Pecado de Amor.

Venezuela is one of the largest producers of telenovelas in the world, with up to 279 serials of this style have aired to date. Many of the major productions have been syndicated to Colombia, Brazil, Mexico, Peru, Ecuador, Spain, Italy, Japan, and the United States, among other countries.

In the beginning, Venezuelan telenovelas followed the telenovela rosa format of a poor Cinderella who falls in love with Prince charming. Later in the 1980s, writers began writing realistic telenovelas that reflected everyday life of the common citizens where the audience could relate with the characters with telenovelas such as El sol sale para todos, Natalia de 8 a 9 and La señora de Cárdenas. The most famous of such telenovelas was Por estás calles which ran from 1992 to 1994. Another popular telenovela genre was the mystery telenovela which involved a serial killer with telenovelas such as Angélica Pecado, La Mujer de Judas and La viuda joven which became successful during their original run and were sold to several countries around the world.

In recent years, telenovela production has declined in the country especially after the closure of RCTV which was a major telenovela producer and exporter. Channels such as Venevisión end up producing only one national production per year. Government sanctions and regulations on media content has led to self-censorship of telenovela writers, also leading to reduced telenovela production.

Awards

The most important Telenovela award shows are the Mexican TVyNovelas Award, hosted by the Televisa-owned TVyNovelas magazine, and the award presented by Contigo in Brazil. TVyNovelas also has editions in Colombia, Chile, Puerto Rico, and the United States, while Contigo has an edition in Chile. In 2008, International Academy of Television Arts and Sciences (IATAS) created a new International Emmy Award category for telenovelas produced and initially aired outside of the United States.

Comparison with soap operas

The standard American, British or Australian soap opera is of indefinite length, sometimes running for decades, with an ever-rotating cast of players and characters. However, most Latin American telenovelas have an average run of six months up to a year. The show's duration is pre-planned at the show's inception, with the overall story arc and conclusion also known by the show's creators and producers at its inception. Mundo de Juguete is one exception to the rule, with a total of 605 episodes (1974–1977), and a few cast changes during the course of the serial. Some earlier Argentine telenovelas (most of them written by Alberto Migré) had also run for a few years.

Telenovelas also have a different type of story from English-language soaps, the typical telenovela story being focused on a rivalry between two or more people or families in romance or business. Many of them use stock themes like a Cinderella (who is a rival of the male protagonist's evil girlfriend), two brothers after one woman (or two sisters after one man) or mistaken/unknown parentage. Typically, the hero gets shot (or some form of fate equivalent to that).[30][failed verification][unreliable source?]

Telenovelas comprise the great majority of the dramatic productions by South American television networks, whereas in the United States, other formats like sitcoms or drama series are more popular on English language networks.

See also

Notes

  1. ^ /ˌtɛlənoʊˈvɛlə/ or /ˌtɛlənəˈvɛlə/;[1] Spanish: [telenoˈβela], European Portuguese: [ˌtɛlɛnuˈvɛɫɐ], Brazilian Portuguese: [ˌtɛlenoˈvɛla]
  2. ^ Spanish: televisión, Portuguese: televisão
  3. ^ Novela is the Spanish word for "novel". The word for "novel" in Portuguese is "romance", so "telenovela" should be "teleromance" in Portugal and Brazil, but due to the popularity of the Spanish term, it was adopted in Portuguese-speaking countries, which helped fuel confusion between the novel and novella literary forms ("novela" is the word for "novella" in Portuguese).
  4. ^ See also: The House of Flowers: Status as a telenovela

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  • Castellot de Ballin, Laura (1993). Historia de la televisión en México. Narrada por sus protagonistas. México: Alpe.
  • Covarrubias, Karla; Angélica, Bautista y Ana B. Uribe (1994). Cuéntame en qué se quedó. La telenovela como fenómeno social. México: Trillas.
  • de Lizaur Guerra, María Blanca (2002). La telenovela en México 1958–2002: Forma y contenido de un formato narrativo de ficción de alcance mayoritario. Master's degree dissertation in Mexican Literature. Univ. Nal. Autónoma de México.»
  • Roura, Assumpta (1993). Telenovelas, pasiones de mujer. El sexo en el culebrón. España: Gedisa.
  • Trejo Silva, Marcia (2011). La telenovela mexicana. Orígenes, características, análisis y perspectivas. México: Trillas. ISBN 978-6071709141
  • Uribe, Ana B. (2009). Mi México Imaginado: telenovelas, televisión y migrantes. México: Porrúa
  • Varios autores (2007). El gran libro de las telenovelas. 50 años de historia. México: Editorial Televisa.
  • Verón, Eliseo y Lucrecia Escudero Chauvel (comp.) (1997). Telenovela, ficción popular y mutaciones culturales. España: Gedisa.
  • Villanueva Solorio, Mario (1997). Para una tipología de villanos telenoveleros en México. Tesis profesional. México: ENEP (FES) Acatlán. Mención Honorífica.

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For other uses see Telenovel A telenovela a is a type of a television serial drama or soap opera produced primarily in Latin America 2 The word combines tele for television b and novela meaning novel c Similar drama genres around the world include teleserye Philippines teleroman Canada specifically Quebec and sinetron Indonesia Vida Alves and Walter Forster on Sua Vida Me Pertence Rede Tupi Brazil 1951 the first telenovela in television history Commonly described using the American colloquialism Spanish soap opera many telenovelas share some stylistic and thematic similarities to the soap opera familiar to the English speaking world The significant difference is their series run length telenovelas tell one self contained story typically within the span of a year or less whereas soap operas tend to have intertwined storylines told during indefinite continuing runs 3 4 This makes them shorter than most other television series but still much longer than a miniseries This planned run results in a faster paced more concise style of melodrama compared to a typical soap opera 5 Episodes of telenovelas usually last between 30 and 45 minutes and rarely more than an hour except for final episodes The telenovela combines drama with the 19th century feuilleton and naturally evolved from the Latin American radionovela according to Blanca de Lizaur 6 The medium has been used frequently by authorities in various countries to transmit sociocultural messages by incorporating them into storylines 7 By the 1950s Brazil became one of the first countries to produce novelas with high budgets and aimed both to the national and international markets Mexico soon followed and by the 1970s and 1980s the country started to engage more profusely in using telenovelas to shape behavior This was particularly successful in introducing the idea of family planning The 1990s played a key role in the international export of telenovelas thus the so called Telenovela Craze that spread in many regions in the world 8 By 2018 some signs of fading popularity had emerged 9 Contents 1 History 2 Genres 3 Millennial telenovela 4 Major producers of telenovelas 5 Telenovelas by country 5 1 Argentina 5 2 Bolivia 5 3 Brazil 5 4 Canada 5 5 Chile 5 6 Colombia 5 7 Croatia 5 8 Dominican Republic 5 9 Germany 5 10 India 5 11 Indonesia 5 12 Malaysia 5 13 Mexico 5 14 Pakistan 5 15 Peru 5 16 Philippines 5 17 Portugal 5 18 Puerto Rico 5 19 Russia 5 20 Serbia 5 21 South Africa 5 22 South Korea 5 23 Spain 5 24 Thailand 5 25 Turkey 5 26 United States 5 27 Venezuela 6 Awards 7 Comparison with soap operas 8 See also 9 Notes 10 References 11 Further readingHistory EditBrazil is considered the pioneer of the telenovela genre In 1951 Brazil produced Sua vida me pertence Your Life Belongs to Me the first telenovela in the world In 1952 Cuba released Senderos de amor Paths of Love and Mexico released Angeles de la calle Angels of the Street shown once a week Between 1957 and 1958 Mexico produced its first drama serial in the modern telenovela format of Monday to Friday slots Senda prohibida Forbidden Path written by Fernanda Villeli The first global telenovela was Los ricos tambien lloran The Rich Also Cry Mexico 1979 which was exported to Russia China the United States and other countries Genres EditTelenovelas tend to fall within these seven categories Working class melodrama which is the most popular to date easy to understand and contains less explicit content This is heavily reliant of the common rags to riches plot typically featuring a poor woman who falls in love with a rich man whose family spurns her such as the Las Tres Marias Maria Trilogy 1992 1994 and 1995 Historical romance is set in the past such as the colonial period Martin Garatuza 1986 the restoration of the Republic El carruaje The Carriage 1972 the late 19th Century El vuelo del aguila The Flight of The Eagle 1994 the Mexican Revolution Bodas de odio Weddings of Hate 1982 and the 20th century military dictatorships such as Anos Rebeldes Rebellious Years 1992 Teen drama which portrays the lives of high school teenagers and their issues with sex drugs and other coming of age topics This genre started with Quinceanera in 1987 Mystery thriller is a category of telenovela that is more cold hearted than the other subgenres It may portray a mysterious death or disappearance which may tear couples even families apart such as Cuna de Lobos Wolves Crib La Casa al Final de la Calle The House at the Street End La Mujer de Judas The Woman of Judas Donde esta Elisa Where s Elisa El Rostro de la Venganza The Face of Revenge or La Casa de al Lado The House Next Door Chile has produced this genre Horror is a subgenre of telenovelas that is rarer than the rest it can deal with anything of the horror genre but the majority of these telenovelas deal with the themes of the supernatural like demons witchcraft ghosts and the occult It is one of the few subgenres that use special effects It always portrays the main protagonist trying to find out the truth while at the same time confronting frightening events and the main antagonist which is always a witch or a warlock demon evil or vengeful ghost or the devil itself such as El maleficio El Extrano Retorno de Diana Salazar and La chacala Romantic comedy which portrays love stories with some or much comedy such as Las tontas no van al cielo Fools Don t Go to Heaven or Yo soy Betty la fea the most successful telenovela in history 10 Pop band story portrays the lives of aspiring popstars such as in Alcanzar una estrella Reaching a Star 1990 and its sequel Alcanzar una estrella II 1991 as well as Rebelde 2004 which spawned a multi platinum pop group RBD Some though not all of these type of telenovelas are geared towards a teenage and or pre teen audience Narcotraffic Recently narcotrafficer telenovelas have become frequently produced Besides these another category of series that has become popular in recent years is the youth telenovela which borrows some elements of the teen drama format but is usually more family oriented in structure contains comedic elements and sometimes maintains a high concept or supernatural plotline such as 11 11 En mi cuadra nada cuadra and Chica vampiro Telenovelas have geographically diverged into two major groups the Latinovelas and the Asianovelas portmanteaus of Latin and Asian with novelas Telenovelas in particular are the most popular non English speaking scripted forms of entertainment in the world to date Novelas made in Spain and the Spanish speaking Americas are widely popular in spanish speaking countries and communities Novelas made in Portugal and Brazil are highly popular in Lusophone countries with Angolan novelas also making their way recently Some novelas also have a huge following in Europe s Mediterranean and eastern countries as well as in Asia and Oceania Latinovelas are primarily responsible for the telenovela trend in regions outside of Latin America which is known as the biggest producer of telenovelas up until the early 2000s 11 The Asianovelas are dominating television programming through most of Africa and Eurasia and have recently made inroads in the Latinovelas dominated television in the Americas In the Arab world telenovelas are very popular with families taking breaks during the day from midday onward to watch these shows whose content often reflects many of the moral and social issues faced in cultures like Morocco Algeria and Egypt 12 The medium has been used repeatedly to transmit sociocultural messages by incorporating them into storylines 13 Millennial telenovela EditIn the 2010s the terms millennial telenovela and modern telenovela have been coined to describe an emerging genre related to the telenovela Based in the same culture the target audience is much younger the millennials the typical storylines and melodrama were recreated to better appeal to this demographic 14 Commenters have written that a millennial telenovela will contain many of the following themes it fits into contemporary politics and culture 14 has positive representations of LGBT people when present 15 features themes of female empowerment and the sexualization of the male body 15 involves use of social media 14 presents characters of moral ambiguity rather than in black and white and with more complexity 16 contains intentionally comedic moments 17 and is centered on an unconventional family 18 Though the term millennial telenovela was first used in 2016 when BuzzFeed and Telemundo co produced a short series to cater for the emerging Latin American millennial market 14 it became more widely used in 2018 after the success of the Netflix black comedy The House of Flowers 17 19 20 d The development of the genre may be a response to a controversial market practice of importing telenovelas to US channels with a Univision and Televisa deal having to be renegotiated when traditional telenovelas fell in popularity around 2016 at this point the majority of Hispanic people in the US were millennials and drawn to edgier and more fast paced programs than traditional telenovelas Though Univision did not start making its own hybrid shows they began investing in online and multimedia programming and bought into Netflix s original Mexican programming 21 Series described as millennial telenovelasJane the Virgin 18 Much Ado About Nada 14 The House of Flowers Luis Miguel The Series 16 Major producers of telenovelas EditSome of the world s major producers of telenovelas include the following citation needed North America United States Telemundo Univision Canada CBC Ici Radio Canada Tele TVA Noovo TFOLatin America Argentina Telefe El Trece Pol Ka Underground Producciones Brazil Globo RecordTV SBT Band Manchete defunct Tupi defunct and Excelsior defunct Chile TVN Canal 13 Mega Chilevision Colombia Caracol RTI RCN Ecuador Ecuavisa TC Television Mexico Televisa TV Azteca Argos Comunicacion Peru America Television ATV Inka Vision Puerto Rico WAPA TV WKAQ TV Venezuela Venevision RCTV defunct Marte TV VTV Televen Europe Spain Telecinco Antena 3 EITB in Basque TV3 in Catalan Portugal RTP TVI SIC Germany ARD Das Erste ZDF ProSieben Sat 1 RTL Croatia HRT RTL Nova TV Serbia RTS BK TV Prva Pink Russia Channel One Russia STS NTV VGTRK Peretz TNT REN TV TV 3 Asia Philippines ABS CBN GMA TV5 East Timor RTTL Turkey TRT Kanal D Star TV ATV Show TV Kanal 7 TV8 Samanyolu TV defunct South Korea KBS MBC SBS tvN OCN JTBC Channel A MBN TV Chosun Thailand Channel 3 Channel 7 Channel 8 One 31 GMM 25 Pakistan Hum TV Geo TV Geo Entertainment PTV India Zee TV amp TV Zee Bangla Zee Punjabi Zee Telugu Zee Kannada Zee Tamil ZEE5 Zindagi Sony Entertainment Television Sony SAB Colors TV Colors Bangla Colors Marathi Colors Tamil DD Metro DD National StarPlus Hotstar Life OK Star One Star Vijay Star Bharat Star Jalsha Sun TV Sahara One Gemini TV Imagine TV ALTBalaji AsianetTelenovelas by country EditArgentina Edit See also List of Argentine telenovelas Argentina s telenovelas generally focus on melodramatic twists of traditional middle class life with touches of comedy Many telenovelas are broadcast by the main television networks Canal 13 and Telefe Many popular youth telenovelas aimed primarily at children and teenagers are produced in Argentina Several youth telenovelas have become hits in other countries where they have been remade or rebroadcast Some well known youth telenovelas include Chiquititas Tiny Angels Rebelde Way Floricienta Muneca Brava Wild Angel Violetta and Patito Feo Ugly Duckling Bolivia Edit See Red ATB Bolivision Unitel Bolivia Safipro and TeleArte In Bolivia themes of drama romance music natural landscapes remote situations and adventure are common Some are based on novels historical and factual events Such melodramas produced in Bolivia include Las Tres Perfectas Solteras Indira Tierra Adentro La Virgen de las 7 calles Luna de Locos and Tres de Nosotras The country has made over 15 telenovelas so far and most of the productions take place in Santa Cruz de la Sierra The majority of telenovelas shown on domestic television networks are international productions imported from Brazil Colombia Argentina and Mexico A lot of Bolivian telenovelas are produced by independent producers since many producers are more dedicated to the country s film industry citation needed Brazil Edit See TV Globo RecordTV Sistema Brasileiro de Televisao Rede Bandeirantes Rede Manchete and Rede TupiBrazilian telenovelas more often novelas are both more realistic and apt to broach controversial subjects These programs tend to showcase realistic depictions of middle class working class and upper class individuals in society citation needed Brazilian productions are the highest budget telenovelas in South America 22 Escrava Isaura 1976 was a major hit in South America the Eastern Bloc Africa and China 23 Novelas usually last six to eight months at most in Brazil One of the longest running telenovelas in the country however is the teen oriented Malhacao Young Hearts which had aired from 1995 until 2020 as such it is commonly classified as a Western format soap opera instead Brazilian telenovelas often have convoluted subplots involving three or four different settings Usually there is a rich setting a poor setting and one or more settings in which the characters of both settings can interact There is no clear cut line between good and evil characters with protagonists often displaying weaknesses such as promiscuity drinking drug abuse stupidity and excessive ambition among others Antagonists equally show positive features or motivations including abuses suffered in the past family problems and poverty It is not uncommon for a villain to attract the sympathy of the public or even to have their storylines conclude with a satisfactory ending For instance in the novela Belissima Most Beautiful in 2006 villainess Bia Falcao played by Fernanda Montenegro escaped a police siege and fled to France where she settled with a boyfriend living using a secret bank account in Switzerland that she had maintained prior As well as this it is not uncommon for a hero to be relegated to a secondary role due to an actor s lack of charisma Besides the convoluted plots Brazilian telenovelas also approach sensitive social issues and try to present some of the country s actual culture occasionally in an idealized way citation needed Another important characteristic of Brazilian telenovelas is that they rely less on individual stars than other South American works A Brazilian telenovela may have a permanent cast of more than 40 actors of which some seven or eight are considered central to the show The chief reason for this is that telenovelas are not shot in advance instead chapters are shot around two weeks before their airdate so that they can respond to public reaction Under this scheme the occasional death or poor performance of the actor playing the main character may turn the production into a flop which happened with the 1982 telenovela Sol de Verao Summer Sun after the death of main star Jardel Filho 24 and in 2016 in Velho Chico Old River after the death of lead actor Domingos Montagner Canada Edit Main article Teleroman See Culture of Quebec Television of Quebec and Television in CanadaIn Canada telenovelas are known as teleromans in French and are a part of the culture of the Francophone province of Quebec Nearly all television stations in the country that broadcast in the French language carry teleromans The first teleroman was La famille Plouffe The Plouffe Family which was broadcast on Radio Canada in the 1950s The teleroman was created during the earliest days of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation s television network when CBC was the only television network in Canada as per the 1949 Massey Commission Whereas theoretically CBC s main English language television network could broadcast English language shows from American stations and also was forced to compete with U S television networks CBC s Radio Canada network had to develop its own programmes for French Canadian viewers As a consequence Francophone television in Canada developed differently from Anglophone television In 2003 Ontario s provincial French language public television service TFO began broadcasting the first Franco Ontarian teleroman Francoeur Beginning with its tenth season in 2010 Degrassi The Next Generation was produced and broadcast in a style similar to the telenovelas format This lasted until episode 21 of the twelfth season in 2012 Degrassi Next Class also adapts this format for its broadcast on Family Channel Chile Edit Chilean telenovelas typically focus on both traditional drama and middle class life with some touches of comedy Often these programs show life outside of the capital like with the TVN novela Iorana which took place on Easter Island Telenovelas in the country are usually produced and broadcast by Canal 13 and the public broadcaster Television Nacional de Chile TVN which debut their main telenovelas in March each year with a few days between their premiere dates which have led marketing to a telenovela war of sorts Lately other Chilean television networks such as Mega and Chilevision are joining the so called telenovela war Many of the most successful telenovelas in Chile are set in a historical era such as Pampa Ilusion 1935 El Senor de la Querencia 1920 Los Pincheira 1918 Secretos en el jardin 1981 or Perdona Nuestros pecados 1953 1961 Colombia Edit See Caracol TV RTI Colombia and RCN TVColombian telenovelas such as Betty la fea Betty the ugly one often focus on comedic storylines However some are of a more realistic vein or are adaptations of novels The first Colombian telenovela was El 0597 esta ocupado produced in 1959 by the programadora Producciones PUNCH 25 From then until the late 1990s arrival of private television in the country a variety of programadoras produced and aired their own telenovelas such as those from Colombiana de Television TeVecine Cenpro Television the producer of Perro amor which was popular in the late 1990s Telenovelas produced by RTI Colombia and Telemundo are usually shown and produced on Caracol while Televideo and Fox Telecolombia produce some of RCN s telenovelas Caracol and RCN also produce and broadcast their own shows Currently four or five Colombian telenovelas are usually broadcast from 6 00 to around 11 00 p m on those networks It is notable that many novelas designed and written by Colombians sell outside the country well as a prime export Other countries then localize them by creating novelas based on the same story barely changing names settings and more often than not mixing the cast with Colombian actors to respect ownership property agreements and copyright laws One fine example is Betty la fea adapted by ABC in the United States as Ugly Betty in which the franchise for the storyline was translated and adapted by over 30 networks around the world Croatia Edit The first Croatian telenovela was Villa Maria made in 2004 by AVA Production After Villa Maria AVA made Ljubav u zaleđu 2005 2006 Obicni ljudi 2006 2007 Ponos Ratkajevih 2007 2008 and Zakon ljubavi 2008 Telenovelas made by AVA were aired in more than 25 countries With Serbian FOX Televizija RTL Televizija made Serbo Croatian version of Yo soy Betty la fea called Ne daj se Nina 2007 After that RTL made Ruza vjetrova 2011 2013 Tajne 2013 2014 Vatre ivanjske 2014 2015 and Prava zena 2016 2017 Ring Multimedia production made Sve ce biti dobro 2008 2009 Dolina sunca 2009 2010 and Pod sretnom zvijezdom 2011 for Nova TV Nova TV itself made some telenovelas too Najbolje godine 2009 2011 Larin izbor 2011 2013 Zora dubrovacka 2013 2014 Kud puklo da puklo 2014 2016 Zlatni dvori 2016 2017 and Cista ljubav 2017 2018 Croatian telenovelas by AVA Production are very popular in Serbia too so AVA created a branch office AVA Film in Serbia AVA Film s first project is a Serbian telenovela called Zaustavi vreme Dominican Republic Edit Television networks in the Dominican Republic have started to produce their own novelas through Venevision International Iguana Productions and Antena Latina Productions The first Dominican telenovela Maria Jose oficios del hogar Maria Jose Housewife was produced by Venevision and television station Color Vision which formed the first Dominican telenovela company now inactive in 1986 Comedy drama series such as Catalino el Dichoso and sequel En La Boca de los Tiburones were also considered telenovelas during the early 1990s The telenovela Tropico was produced by Venevision International Iguana Productions and Antena Latina Productions in 2007 with mostly Dominican actors and a few from Venezuela and Peru It aired domestically on Antena Latina 7 and in United States on Univision There are currently plans for more telenovelas to be filmed and produced in the Dominican Republic citation needed Germany Edit See Bavaria Film Studios Studio Hamburg Serienwerft and Grundy UFAIn 2004 Germany began producing its own telenovelas All German telenovelas are formatted as melodramatic love stories With the exception of Storm of Love Sturm der Liebe which is produced by Bavaria Film Studios and Rote Rosen which is produced by Studio Hamburg Serienwerft every German telenovela is produced by Grundy UFA The most successful ones Bianca Wege zum Gluck Bianca Paths to Happiness Wege zum Gluck Paths to Happiness Verliebt in Berlin In Love in Berlin In Love with Berlin Storm of Love and Rote Rosen were also syndicated in Italy France and other European countries Verliebt in Berlin was also syndicated in Canada German television channels ARD ZDF Sat 1 and ProSieben all include telenovelas on their programme schedules India Edit Main article Indian soap opera Indonesia Edit In Indonesia a similar format exists called the sinetron a portmanteau of sine short for cinema and tron from electronic which are essentially soap operas in a miniseries style format While most English language soap operas can continue indefinitely almost all Sinetrons have a predetermined duration usually running for only five six or seven days a week and in total for more than five months Sinetrons are usually made by production companies such as SinemArt and MD Entertainment These programmes are usually broadcast on national television networks during the country s designated primetime period 6 00 to 11 00 pm often a priority since these programme earn significant ratings attracting advertisers Malaysia Edit In Malaysia the equivalent of telenovela for a local language drama is drama rantaian The drama may last for 13 episodes for a weekly drama and more than 15 episodes if broadcast by a daily basis usually three to five days a week However since almost all television broadcasters that air domestically produced dramas also air foreign dramas Malaysian television dramas are less prolific compared to Indonesian Philippine South Korean or Turkish dramas Mexico Edit Further information List of Mexican telenovelas See also Televisa TV Azteca and Argos Comunicacion Mexico was one of the first countries in the world to become known for producing telenovelas aimed at shaping social behavior one issue of which is family planning during the 1970s The Mexican model of telenovelas quick to be replicated by other telenovela producing countries in Latin America and Asia for most of the 1990s usually involves a romantic couple that encounters many problems throughout the show s run including a villain One common ending archetype consists of a wedding and the villain dying going to jail becoming permanently injured or disabled or losing their mind The use of sexually themed episodes starring the leading couple of the story has been a common element through most Mexican and Latin American telenovelas Televisa and TV Azteca are the largest producers and exporters of Mexican telenovelas Their main competitor is independent company Argos Comunicacion Telenovelas produced by U S based network Telemundo tend to follow the Mexican model Previously telenovelas were often thought to be used as a government tool to distract citizens from national issues a reason cited for temporary decrease in their credibility and popular appeal Nowadays Mexican television has managed to counteract government influence in its telenovelas In particular around 1990 Televisa found an enormous market for its telenovelas in regions such as Brazil and parts of Latin America post Cold War Eastern Europe and Asia This precipitated the so called Telenovela Craze Credited by media experts to Televisa s move in the early 1990s of exporting its telenovelas it rivalled the wave of American sitcoms that were broadcast worldwide in the same period During the peak of the global success of Latin American telenovelas in the 1990s and 2000s several prominent Mexican actors and actresses gained huge following for the telenovelas that they starred in For example Veronica Castro s international fame grew when the novela she had starred in many years earlier Los Ricos Tambien Lloran in 1979 became a major hit in Russia In the same period Thalia earned the title as the Queen of Soap Operas after starring in the so called Las Tres Marias or the Maria Trilogy telenovelas Maria Mercedes Marimar and Maria la del Barrio and Rosalinda converting her into one of the world s foremost television icons as her telenovelas were broadcast in Mexico and more than 180 other countries to almost 2 billion viewers worldwide earning the all time highest television ratings both in Mexico and other regions citation needed Due to the international success of the telenovelas broadcast in and out of Mexico by the late 1990s it was claimed that telenovelas were Mexico s leading export product Many consider the period from 1958 to 2004 to be Televisa s Golden Age of telenovelas At the same time the Mexican government loosened its control over television Telenovelas primarily those produced by Argos Comunicacion consequently addressed new themes including poverty political corruption immigration and drug smuggling However with American drama and comedy series becoming increasingly popular among Mexican audiences through cable or satellite television and unlicensed copying the television companies opted to adapt stories from Argentina Colombia and Brazil These used veteran actors in order to decrease expenses Currently the most successful telenovelas are being created by Argos and Telemundo and are rebroadcast or adapted by the main companies The most successful one La Reina del Sur based on the book by Arturo Perez Reverte is based on the true story of a female drug trafficker in Sinaloa Though it was censored somewhat due to the Drug War and was broadcast on a low rated channel it achieved higher viewership than other programs in the same timeframe Pakistan Edit Main article Pakistani dramas Peru Edit Peruvian telenovelas like other telenovelas revolve around the character s personal lives There are usually slight touches of comedy drama and suspense Al Fondo Hay Sitio has become one of the most famous telenovelas of Peru and has been shown around South America in Ecuador Bolivia Paraguay and Uruguay citation needed Philippines Edit Main article Philippine television drama Domestically produced telenovelas first appeared on Philippine television in the 1960s beginning with the ABS CBN program Hiwaga sa Bahay na Bato The format of Philippine telenovelas is almost the same as Spanish and Mexican telenovelas as they have borrowed many elements including many cliches However Philippine telenovelas which portray the reality of Filipino as well as much of other Asian societies have evolved through decades and feature specific characteristics distinct from most of the world s telenovelas The late 1980s and 1990s coincided with the end of martial law and the resulting expansion of commercial television networks as the Philippine government loosened controls over the press and media With the help of simultaneous nationwide programming across the Philippines and the advent of the telenovela craze precipitated by Mexican telenovelas broadcast worldwide previously dominant Filipino sitcoms had been largely replaced by domestically produced drama series airing on primetime television to encourage more competition among networks and reach out to more audiences across the nation Examples of such classic telenovelas include Flordeluna Villa Quintana Mara Clara Esperanza Valiente Kung Mawawala Ka Mula Sa Puso and Sa Dulo Ng Walang Hanggan Modern Philippine television dramas are usually termed teleserye a portmanteau of the Filipino words telebisyon television and serye series The term teleserye originated in the 2000s from the ABS CBN produced Pangako Sa Yo dubbed by the Philippine media as the first true teleserye as well as the most widely exported and most watched single Philippine television series abroad In the 21st century teleseryes may belong to one or several genres such as fantasy suspense action or comedy but featured several new variations from the previous Philippine telenovelas of the preceding century In 1997 2004 the International Channel from comcast aired Telenovelas such as Pangako Sa Yo Basta t Kasama Kita Mula Sa Puso Recuerdo de Amor Saan Ka Man Naroroon and Flames on its international simulcast The last series to air on its AZN network were Krystala and Marina Portugal Edit Main article List of Portuguese telenovelas The first Portuguese telenovela was Vila Faia in 1982 Throughout the 1980s and 1990s almost all Portuguese telenovelas were broadcast by RTP However since the start of the 21st century TVI has emerged as the most prolific broadcaster of Portuguese telenovelas Morangos com Acucar one of its most successful telenovelas lasted for nine seasons SIC which usually imported telenovelas from Brazil s Rede Globo has also started to produce its own telenovelas Portuguese telenovelas have since exceeded telenovelas from neighboring Spain in terms of international popularity by the 2010s In 2010 Portugal won the first Emmy for a Telenovela with Meu Amor My Love In 2011 Portugal won its second consecutive International Emmy for a Telenovela with Lacos de Sangue Blood Ties Portugal also sells telenovelas to Eastern Europe and America citation needed Puerto Rico Edit The telenovela genre was historically popular in the U S territory and there still is some interest to this day The serials in days past were usually broadcast on domestic television stations three days a week at 6 30pm with hour long telenovelas airing at 7 00 and 9 00 p m during prime time Production of telenovelas in Puerto Rico began in the 1950s with Ante la ley in 1955 Successful novelas to have come out of Puerto Rico have included La Mujer de aquella Noche El Hijo de Angela Maria El Cuarto Mandamiento Tomiko Cristina Bazan El Idolo Yo Se Que Mentia Vivir Para Ti Tanairi Tres Destinos and many others citation needed During the 1980 s Sully Diaz Ivonne Goderich Millie Aviles Giselle Blondet and Von Marie Mendez were generally considered as the five queens of Puerto Rican telenovelas 26 in Spanish Russia Edit Telenovelas were first introduced to Soviet viewers in 1988 when a stripped down version of Escrava Isaura running only 15 episodes was shown on central television channel The adaptation of that series was very popular with the Soviet viewers An even bigger success was Los Ricos Tambien Lloran shown shortly afterwards After the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991 Russian TV channels commenced broadcasting telenovelas usually those imported from Brazil on a regular basis Today Latin American telenovelas are usually replaced by Russian made alternatives citation needed Serbia Edit The first Serbian telenovela was made in 2004 by BK TV and its name is Jelena After that RTV Pink made Ljubav i mrznja 2007 2008 AVA Film branch office of Croatian AVA Production made Zaustavi vreme 2008 but it wasn t aired A Serbian version of Graduados Istine i lazi was made by Prva Srpska Televizija and Smart Media Production It currently airs on Prva Srpska Televizija citation needed South Africa Edit The first telenovela in South Africa was Inkaba which was aired on Mzansi Magic Inkaba was canceled after it flopped to lure in viewers Isibaya was the first ever successful telenovela on the channel of Mzansi Magic The most successful South African telenovela is Uzalo Uzalo has over 10 25 million viewers in South Africa 27 Uzalo tells the story of two families in the township of Kwa Mashu the Mdletshe family which plays a significant role in the management of the Kwamashu Kingdom Church and the Xulu family which runs a car theft syndicate The connection between the families is that their eldest sons were switched at birth during the period when Nelson Mandela was released from prison Uzalo details the relationships and conflict between members of the two families as part of a complex story Following the trend other telenovelas started to flood in with Mzansi Magic holding the monopoly of the genre with shows like Isithembiso The Queen and The River among others Other channels such as e tv and SABC launched productions such as Keeping Score Giyani Land of Blood High Rollers Ashes To Ashes Gold Diggers and Broken Vows South Korea Edit Main article Korean drama Korean telenovelas are often similar to a soap opera but without a neverending plot and frank sexual content These dramas typically involve conflicts around dating and marital relationships money problems relationships between family members and in laws usually between the mother in law and daughter in law and often complicated love triangles The heroine usually falls in love with the main character who may treat her badly for a while unlike the person who always cares for her Korean telenovelas tend to run for 100 episodes rarely exceeding 200 and air from Monday to Friday The main broadcasters and producers are KBS MBC and SBS citation needed South Korea became one of the world s largest Asian based television drama producers at the start of the 21st century Korean dramas have been exported globally and have contributed to the Korean Wave phenomenon known as Hallyu citation needed Spain Edit Spanish telenovelas are known in the nation as culebrones Spanish of long snakes because of their convoluted plots Broadcasters of telenovelas in the country are Telecinco Antena3 and La 1 there are regional telenovelas produced in Basque and Catalan languages They are produced by EITB in Basque and TV3 in Catalan However Spain is not a producer of telenovelas so much as it is an importer of these programs citation needed Telenovelas have also aided in the formation of a transnational Hispanic identity as the Venezuelan scholar Daniel Mato has suggested The appeal of the genre lies in the melodramatic and often simplistic narrative which can be understood and enjoyed by audiences in a wide variety of cultural contexts Bielby and Harrington have argued that this reverse flow has influenced soap operas in the United States leading to genre transformation especially with daytime soaps 28 Thailand Edit Main article Thai television soap opera Thailand began producing its own telenovelas also known in Thai as Lakorn in the 1990s at the same time as the Philippines Turkey and South Korea began exporting their own television dramas as well in parts of Asia The first Thai soap opera is Dao Pra Sook internationally in Cambodia followed by Singapore with Nang Tard and Love Destiny and the Philippines with You re My Destiny Likewise Thai content have also gained considerable following in the Philippines with numerous Thai series such as 2gether The Series and The Gifted regularly topping Twitter trends in the country Turkey Edit Main article Turkish television drama Turkey began producing its own telenovelas also known in Turkish as televizyon dizileri in the late 1990s at the same time that as the Philippines and South Korea began exporting their own television dramas as well in parts of the world The storylines of Turkish dramas are usually based from the country s classic novels as well as historical settings mostly during the Ottoman Empire period and are known to have episodes lasting at least two hours each much longer than an ordinary telenovela episode These drama shows in general are of miniseries type typically lasting for less than half a year and are broadcast either as canned series or simultaneous telecasts in Turkey s key television markets with subtitles in multiple languages depending on the country outside Turkey where it has been aired citation needed Turkish telenovelas have gained wide popularity and appeal among viewers especially in the Arab world as well as the Balkans Eastern Europe Russia and Central South Asia due in part to the picturesque cinematography This exportation of dramas has been cited as one of Turkey s foremost strategies in boosting their popularity in these regions by promoting Turkish culture and tourism As a result these make up one of its most economically and culturally important international exports citation needed International media experts have cited the 2010s as the biggest turning point of Turkish television production which shifted to a balance of export of religious shows that were often widely viewed in these predominantly Muslim majority countries with Ramadan known to be the most lucrative month of every television season in most Islamic countries for imported Turkish television shows and secular shows tackling national issues of Turkey and even of the rest of the Islamic world Some of the most internationally prominent Turkish television dramas include Muhtesem Yuzyil Fatmagul un Sucu Ne Ask i Memnu Binbir Gece Dolunay and Erkenci Kus The rise of Turkish television drama on the international market attracted worldwide attention during this decade when it began gaining more viewers in Latin America which is cited as a difficult market for foreign shows to be broadcast as its own produced telenovelas dominate programming there since the 1990s Islamic conservatives in many Arab countries however condemn these Turkish shows as vulgar and heretical to Islam as most of the prominent secular Turkish television series often have political undertones as well as a noticeable trend on emphasis of female empowerment which contrasts with their patriarchal interpretation of Islam Nonetheless Turkish television drama broadcasts reach 1 billion viewers from approximately 100 countries in the world citation needed helping it surpass Latin America by the 2010s as the second largest exporter of television series worldwide after the United States 29 United States Edit See English language producers Fox Broadcasting Company and The CW See Spanish language producers Univision and Telemundo See MyNetworkTV telenovelasIn the United States the telenovela concept has been adapted into the English language The first American telenovela was the soap opera Port Charles which although starting off as a traditional soap when it debuted in 1997 adopted a 13 week telenovela style storyline format beginning in 2000 which continued in use until the show s cancellation in 2003 MyNetworkTV an upstart network launched by News Corporation now owned by 21st Century Fox launched on September 5 2006 with two nightly serials The inaugural series Desire and Fashion House were moderately successful however ratings began to decline The second pair of telenovelas Wicked Wicked Games and Watch Over Me had decent ratings but were not as successful as its two predecessors By the time the third batch of serials American Heiress and Saints and Sinners debuted ratings had declined significantly to where the network scaled back and eventually dropped the novela format in favor of reality based series and specials by the fall of 2007 In contrast ABC s adaptation of Betty la Fea Ugly Betty proved to be successful however the network opted to develop the show as a standard weekly series with elements of the comedic telenovela An adaptation of the Venezuelan comedic telenovela Juana la virgen Jane the Virgin aired to success on The CW beginning in 2014 airing in a weekly format similar to other American series NBC developed an adaptation of the racy Colombian telenovela Sin tetas no hay paraiso called Without Breasts There Is No Paradise however it was never picked up to series In 2001 after it was purchased by NBC which later merged with Vivendi Universal to form NBCUniversal in 2003 Telemundo decided to stop importing Latin American telenovelas and produce its own The network collaborated with RTI Colombia and Argos Comunicacion to co produce its telenovelas which follow the Mexican model though Telemundo is a Puerto Rican firm In order for its telenovelas to be recognized by the U S and Latin American audiences and even Spanish audiences Telemundo chose to hire established telenovela actors from Mexico Colombia Venezuela Puerto Rico and other Latin American countries the network s novelas have since also hired American born Hispanic actors Telemundo s first telenovela co productions were Amantes del Desierto with RTI and Cara o Cruz with Argos in 2001 The network also co produced the 2002 novela Vale Todo in conjunction with Rede Globo that series did not fare well in the ratings In 2003 Telemundo began producing its novelas stateside in Miami beginning with the RTI co production Amor Descarado Telemundo has experienced increasing success with its telenovelas which have also been syndicated to Colombia Venezuela Peru and Chile Argos ended its co production deal with Telemundo on December 31 2006 with the last such co production being Marina Telemundo continues to co produce telenovelas with RTI but has also started to produce these serials on its own In 2005 the network opened Telemundo Television Studios in Miami as a production studio for its telenovelas Dame Chocolate also became the first telenovela to be fully produced by Telemundo In 2006 Telemundo broadcast two telenovelas not created by the network or its partners Amor Mio co produced by Televisa and Telefe and La Esclava Isaura produced by Rede Record Cisneros Media Distribution formerly Venevision International has also produced American based telenovelas which follow the Venezuelan story pattern and aired on Telemundo competitor Univision in the U S in addition to being carried by main Venevision network in Venezuela its telenovelas portray the lives of Venezuelan Americans in the United States Although a Venezuelan owned company Cisneros Media not only hired established telenovela actors from Venezuela but also from other Latin American countries like Mexico Colombia Peru Puerto Rico etc like in Telemundo in order for its telenovelas to be recognized by the U S Latin American and Spanish audiences In recent years Univision has also begun producing its own telenovelas for its primetime schedule Some Spanish language telenovelas are now translated into English Univision and Telemundo provide closed captioning in English in order to attract English speaking American viewers primarily American born Mexicans who are not fluent in Spanish carried as the second or third caption channel depending on the station Xenon Pictures also includes English subtitles on its DVD releases of Mexican serials The sudden interest in English telenovelas can be attributed to the appeal and successful ratings of the genre Producers also see this as a way to attract the fast growing Mexican population most notably the female sector of this demographic In addition telenovelas break the traditional production format in the United States in which a television program runs for 20 25 episodes a season on a once weekly basis Since 2010 Nickelodeon and its sibling networks have aired several programs produced in the style of telenovelas These shows are usually broadcast in a daily strip format over a one month period House of Anubis based on a drama produced by its Dutch counterpart was the first show produced for the network to adopt this format Nickelodeon has since produced adaptions of some of its Latin American counterpart s telenovelas including Every Witch Way based on Grachi Talia in the Kitchen based on Toni la chef and I Am Frankie based on Yo soy Franky The popular Canadian drama series Degrassi periodically used this format and aired daily during summer runs on Teennick Venezuela Edit See RCTV Venevision and TelevenTelenovelas in Venezuela are mainly produced by RCTV Venevision and Televen Like Televisa in Mexico Venevision controls a large portion of the entertainment industry in that country Some of Venevision s telenovelas were also broadcast on Univision in the United States until the late 2000s Some major telenovelas produced in Venevision include Amor Comprado Dulce Enemiga Cara Sucia Bellisima and Pecado de Amor Venezuela is one of the largest producers of telenovelas in the world with up to 279 serials of this style have aired to date Many of the major productions have been syndicated to Colombia Brazil Mexico Peru Ecuador Spain Italy Japan and the United States among other countries In the beginning Venezuelan telenovelas followed the telenovela rosa format of a poor Cinderella who falls in love with Prince charming Later in the 1980s writers began writing realistic telenovelas that reflected everyday life of the common citizens where the audience could relate with the characters with telenovelas such as El sol sale para todos Natalia de 8 a 9 and La senora de Cardenas The most famous of such telenovelas was Por estas calles which ran from 1992 to 1994 Another popular telenovela genre was the mystery telenovela which involved a serial killer with telenovelas such as Angelica Pecado La Mujer de Judas and La viuda joven which became successful during their original run and were sold to several countries around the world In recent years telenovela production has declined in the country especially after the closure of RCTV which was a major telenovela producer and exporter Channels such as Venevision end up producing only one national production per year Government sanctions and regulations on media content has led to self censorship of telenovela writers also leading to reduced telenovela production Awards EditThe most important Telenovela award shows are the Mexican TVyNovelas Award hosted by the Televisa owned TVyNovelas magazine and the award presented by Contigo in Brazil TVyNovelas also has editions in Colombia Chile Puerto Rico and the United States while Contigo has an edition in Chile In 2008 International Academy of Television Arts and Sciences IATAS created a new International Emmy Award category for telenovelas produced and initially aired outside of the United States Comparison with soap operas EditThe standard American British or Australian soap opera is of indefinite length sometimes running for decades with an ever rotating cast of players and characters However most Latin American telenovelas have an average run of six months up to a year The show s duration is pre planned at the show s inception with the overall story arc and conclusion also known by the show s creators and producers at its inception Mundo de Juguete is one exception to the rule with a total of 605 episodes 1974 1977 and a few cast changes during the course of the serial Some earlier Argentine telenovelas most of them written by Alberto Migre had also run for a few years Telenovelas also have a different type of story from English language soaps the typical telenovela story being focused on a rivalry between two or more people or families in romance or business Many of them use stock themes like a Cinderella who is a rival of the male protagonist s evil girlfriend two brothers after one woman or two sisters after one man or mistaken unknown parentage Typically the hero gets shot or some form of fate equivalent to that 30 failed verification unreliable source Telenovelas comprise the great majority of the dramatic productions by South American television networks whereas in the United States other formats like sitcoms or drama series are more popular on English language networks See also Edit Television portalArab television drama Fantaserye a genre of teleserye Fotonovela the magazine equivalent a sort of photo comic book usually with a romantic theme Hong Kong television drama List of telenovelas Limited run series MyNetworkTV telenovelas Serial radio and television for a general discussion of the serial format including soap operas and telenovelas Taiwanese Drama Teleserye Korean drama Indian soap opera Japanese television drama Asadora Teleroman the French Canadian equivalent Thai television soap opera Turkish television drama Webnovela movement on the Internet which is equivalent to the simulation of telenovelas Notes Edit ˌ t ɛ l en oʊ ˈ v ɛ l e or ˌ t ɛ l en e ˈ v ɛ l e 1 Spanish telenoˈbela European Portuguese ˌtɛlɛnuˈvɛɫɐ Brazilian Portuguese ˌtɛlenoˈvɛla Spanish television Portuguese televisao Novela is the Spanish word for novel The word for novel in Portuguese is romance so telenovela should be teleromance in Portugal and Brazil but due to the popularity of the Spanish term it was adopted in Portuguese speaking countries which helped fuel confusion between the novel and novella literary forms novela is the word for novella in Portuguese See also The House of Flowers Status as a telenovelaReferences Edit Telenovela Define Telenovela at Dictionary com Dictionary reference com Retrieved July 21 2013 The Power of the Telenovela PBS NewsHour January 25 2012 Retrieved November 28 2017 Hecht John September 26 2006 Telenovela market The Hollywood Reporter Retrieved July 15 2007 Paula Andalo Love Tears Betrayal and Health Messages Perspectives in Health Magazine The Magazine of the Pan American Health Organization vol 8 no 2 2003 Beccera Hector April 17 2015 A not so fond farewell to Sabado Gigante a corny buffoonish show Los Angeles Times Retrieved April 17 2015 The telenovelas were better than American soap operas because the action was faster Mercifully unlike their slower paced American brethren they also were finite La telenovela en Mexico 1958 2002 Forma y contenido de un formato narrativo de ficcion de alcance mayoritario Tesis de Maestria en Letras Mexicanas Univ Nal Autonoma de Mexico 2002 Brown William J Winter 1992 Sociocultural Influences of Prodevelopment Soap Operas in the Third World Journal of Popular Film and Television Vol 19 no 4 Carnegie Endowment for International Peacen p 157 Gabriela Soto Laveaga Let s become fewer Soap operas contraception and nationalizing the Mexican family in an overpopulated world Sexuality Research and Social Policy September 2007 vol 4 no 3 pp 19 33 Luhnow David and Santiago Perez April 23 2018 Netflix Breaks Up Audience Romance With Telenovela The Wall Street Journal Retrieved from WSJ com December 12 2018 Yo soy Betty la fea entra al libro de los Guinnes Records permanent dead link Latin Soaps Fever Tv listings Retrieved June 10 2015 Vigo Julian 1995 The Latin American telenovela and Moroccan Popular Culture Logos Ethos Mythos in the Middle East and North Africa Vol Special Issue no 151 Etvos Lorand University amp University of Leeds p 48 Brown William J 1996 Sociocultural Influences of Pro development Soap Operas in the Third World Journal of Popular Film and Television Vol 19 no 4 Carnegie Endowment for International Peace p 157 Retrieved September 4 2008 dead link a b c d e Spangler Todd May 11 2016 Telemundo and BuzzFeed Want to Reinvent the Telenovela Using Audience Data EXCLUSIVE Variety Retrieved December 12 2019 a b Garran Daniel October 16 2019 Manolo Caro La correccion politica atenta contra la creatividad Cadena SER in Spanish Retrieved December 12 2019 a b Las nuevas series de Netflix son telenovelas para millennials Life and Style in Spanish August 16 2018 Retrieved December 12 2019 a b Reina Elena August 10 2018 La casa de las flores reinventa la telenovela millennial para Netflix El Pais in Spanish ISSN 1134 6582 Retrieved December 12 2019 a b Jane the Virgin Is Buffy the Vampire Slayer For Millennials Decider March 30 2017 Retrieved December 12 2019 La Casa de las Flores Una telenovela millennial Ep 26 WEEKLY UPDATE archived from the original on October 30 2021 retrieved December 12 2019 Pascual Garcia Alberto September 4 2018 Por que triunfa La Casa de las Flores Es la telenovela millennial del mo men to Quo in Spanish Retrieved December 12 2019 Campo Flores Shalini Ramachandran and Arian September 4 2016 Univision Televisa Wrestle With Changing Tastes Among Hispanic Millennials Wall Street Journal Retrieved December 12 2019 Telenovelas in South America November 8 1999 Retrieved July 15 2007 Brazilian telenovela actor Rubens de Falco star of The Slave Isaura dies at 76 International Herald Tribune Associated Press February 22 2008 Retrieved February 24 2008 de Castro Thell September 14 2014 Morte de protagonista tumultuou final de novela da Globo em 1983 Noticias da tv in Portuguese Retrieved March 21 2021 El 0597 esta ocupadoin Colarte Ivonne Goderich Tvsa Tvsa Team Top Shows on TV September 2018 tvsa Retrieved October 8 2018 4th edition published 2012 edited by Frank J Lechner and John Boli Wiley Blackwell p 355 Mandalit del Barco Turkish TV Travels Far As Craze For Dramas Goes Global NPR org NPR Retrieved May 18 2016 phorum Amarte Asi Frijolito forum Archived October 19 2013 at the Wayback Machine Foro telenovela world com Retrieved July 21 2013 Further reading EditCastellot de Ballin Laura 1993 Historia de la television en Mexico Narrada por sus protagonistas Mexico Alpe Covarrubias Karla Angelica Bautista y Ana B Uribe 1994 Cuentame en que se quedo La telenovela como fenomeno social Mexico Trillas de Lizaur Guerra Maria Blanca 2002 La telenovela en Mexico 1958 2002 Forma y contenido de un formato narrativo de ficcion de alcance mayoritario Master s degree dissertation in Mexican Literature Univ Nal Autonoma de Mexico Roura Assumpta 1993 Telenovelas pasiones de mujer El sexo en el culebron Espana Gedisa Trejo Silva Marcia 2011 La telenovela mexicana Origenes caracteristicas analisis y perspectivas Mexico Trillas ISBN 978 6071709141 Uribe Ana B 2009 Mi Mexico Imaginado telenovelas television y migrantes Mexico Porrua Varios autores 2007 El gran libro de las telenovelas 50 anos de historia Mexico Editorial Televisa Veron Eliseo y Lucrecia Escudero Chauvel comp 1997 Telenovela ficcion popular y mutaciones culturales Espana Gedisa Villanueva Solorio Mario 1997 Para una tipologia de villanos telenoveleros en Mexico Tesis profesional Mexico ENEP FES Acatlan Mencion Honorifica Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Telenovela amp oldid 1125563708, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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