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

News Corp. launches MyNetworkTV (MNT) on Sept. 5, gambling on a concept never before tried on American television: offering low-cost, limited-run, hour-long nightly soaps based on Spanish-language ...

Suddenly, everyone wants to be in the telenovela business. The first programs for the newly announced My Network TV, the mini-network of News Corp.’s nine former UPN affiliates, will be two prime-time ...

In a projected landmark venture, L.A.-based international entertainment studio MFF & Co is partnering with Brazilian TV colossus Globo, the company behind Oscar winner “I’m Still Here,” to adapt for ...

MIAMI – One of the hottest telenovelas on Spanish-language television – aptly titled “El Cuerpo del Deseo” (“The Body of Desire”) – features steamy sex scenes, an evil woman in the lead role, and ...

Latin American soap operas are being reimagined for an American audience through a cross-border partnership between Globo and MFF & Co. Plus: Three classic telenovelas to watch this winter. The ...

The Latinization of U.S. culture will step into the living room this fall with the debut of two telenovelas in English. Twentieth Television, a unit of News Corp., has already taped “Desire” in San ...

Foes Univision and Telemundo are stealing TV’s most desired demographic with very different strategies. By Marisa Guthrie The Univision series is set in the ad world. Guns, drugs, fast cars. Not ...