Another WOTY Candidate

[Dave Wilton]

This one was suggested by one of the regulars on my site (Aldiboronti for
those that are familiar with it).

telenovela, n.

>From Wikipedia:

"Telenovela is the term used to describe limited-run television serials and
is derived from the terms tele, short for television, and novela ("novel").
In spite of their many differences, telenovelas are essentially soap operas
in miniseries format, with an origin in Spanish and Portuguese broadcasting.
While most English-language soap operas can potentially continue
indefinitely - often only concluding when the show had been cancelled by its
producers for business reasons, such as declining ratings - most telenovelas
run for a predetermined duration, though there are some long-running
exceptions."

The first telenovela on a major US network, "Ugly Betty," aired this year.
The new MyNetworkTV, owned by Murdoch's Newscorp, started operations this
year and is featuring telenovelas in prime time--mostly English-language
adaptations of Spanish-language telenovela hits.

--Dave Wilton
  dave at wilton.net

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