telenovela
[tel-uh-noh-vel-uh]
- (in Latin America and Hispanic communities) a television soap opera, usually having a limited number of episodes.
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The love scene was just a sex dream—explaining a bit why it was so over the top, like an R-rated telenovela.
Rivera starred in a telenovela called Destilando Amor, or Distilling Love.
Mexico’s Telenovela President: Enrique Peña Nieto’s Saga of Scandal, Gaffes, and ConnectionsTeresa Puente
July 3, 2012
The personal life of Mexico's next president, Enrique Peña Nieto, reads like a telenovela script.
Mexico’s Telenovela President: Enrique Peña Nieto’s Saga of Scandal, Gaffes, and ConnectionsTeresa Puente
July 3, 2012
In other words, the telenovela that is American Idol continues.
The Office came from the British original; Ugly Betty derived from a Colombian telenovela.