telenovela

[tel-uh-noh-vel-uh]

noun

(in Latin America and Hispanic communities) a television soap opera, usually having a limited number of episodes.

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Examples from the Web for telenovela

Contemporary Examples of telenovela

The love scene was just a sex dream—explaining a bit why it was so over the top, like an R-rated telenovela.
Inside True Blood’s Steamy Gay Sex Scene
Kevin Fallon
June 30, 2014
Rivera starred in a telenovela called Destilando Amor, or Distilling Love.
Mexico’s Telenovela President: Enrique Peña Nieto’s Saga of Scandal, Gaffes, and Connections
Teresa 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 Connections
Teresa Puente
July 3, 2012
In other words, the telenovela that is American Idol continues.
Ellen's First Night
Richard Rushfield
February 9, 2010
The Office came from the British original; Ugly Betty derived from a Colombian telenovela.
Ben Silverman's Unlikely Rise
Kim Masters
November 19, 2008