VivirLatino

Debuting Thursday, September 28 at 8:00EST, is America’s first response to the moneymaking, country-captivating and saucy Spanish-language novela. Known for keeping your mother, your grandmother, your sisters and your girlfriends glued to the television (sometimes your father, too) if you’re Latino, you learn what a novela is at an early age. (I still remember what Thalia looked like in Marimar and I still remember that Chayanne’s speedo in the opening credits of Volver a Empezar was yellow. I’m not the only one who does. Am I?)

Anyhow, novelas are a very important part of our culture. Whether we watch them or not, novelas are due a great deal of respect for their ability to captivate an entire people. Sure people have their favorite novela-producing countries, i.e. Mexico and Colombia: but Latinos are really concerned with the best cast and the best story. Period. ABC’s Ugly Betty borrowed from the most successful novela ever, Yo Soy Betty La Fea is long overdue.

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