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Telenovela - Worldwide appeal
Telenovelas are not only immensely popular in Latin America, Spain, Portugal, and in Hispanic communities in the United States, but also have a wide following in Russia, Eastern Europe, France, Malaysia, Singapore, China, the Philippines, and Japan as well.
In Argentina, they are usually produced by Telefe and Pol-ka; in Brazil, usually by Rede Globo, SBT, TV Record or Bandeirantes; in Chile by TVN and Canal 13; in Venezuela by Venevision or Radio Caracas Television; and in Puerto Rico, they were produced by WAPA-TV or Telemundo Puerto Rico. In the United States, Telemundo and Univision, mostly importers of Latin American telenovelas, have started producing telenovelas with Latin American casts and, in the case of Telemundo, Mexican producers Producciones Argos.
In Mexico telenovelas are produced by the two main networks Televisa, which is the largest producer and exporter of Telenovelas and Spanish-language media, TV Azteca, and by the independent company Producciones Argos; these telenovelas are more traditional and one of the four main types is the stereotypical aimed at the working class, which explains their worldwide popularity—they are easy to understand and appropriate family viewing. The plots are often based on stories about a poor girl who falls in love with a rich man whose family spurns her. Four telenovelas are shown on Mexico's most-watched channel alone. Another type of telenovelas in Mexico are "era telenovela" and based on the early 20th century or before, during the colonial period (Martín Garatuza), the independence (El carruaje), the late 1800s (El vuelo del águila) and the revolution (Bodas de odio). A third type of telenovelas started with (Quinceañera) in the late 1980s, this is the "teen telenovela" which portrays the lives of high-school teenagers and their issues with sex, drugs and other coming-of age topics. The fourth type is the "musical telenovela" which portrays the lives of aspiring musicians such as in Alcanzar una estrella and its sequel Alcanzar una estrella II.
Brazil's telenovelas are both more racy and apt to broach controversial subjects—many Brazilians can relate, because of the telenovelas' realistic depiction of the middle class, working class and upper class. Brazilian productions are the most expensively produced in Latin America. A teenage telenovela, Malhação ("Working Out") is the longest-running telenovela in Brazil. Telenovelas usually last 8 months at most in Brazil, but Malhação has been on the air since 1995. Four telenovelas are shown on Globo, Brazil's leading channel.
Venezuelan and Peruvian-Venezuelan productions are watched all over the world and have been dubbed into Russian, Greek, Filipino, Thai, Chinese, Japanese, Korean, and Arabic, among other languages.
Puerto Rico no longer produces telenovelas, although there are negotiations to reopen production there. One of the new productions is going to be called "Dueña y señora" which will be co-produced with Venevision Internacional and a 90% Puerto Rican cast.
Telenovelas are the most-watched shows in Latin America and are the top-rated shows in all Latin-American countries. Each telenovela runs 30, 60 or 90 minutes per episode.
The most-widely marketed telenovelas are Televisa's, from Mexico, followed by Globo's from Brazil. They are more popular worldwide than American, British and Australian soap operas combined.
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