At various points throughout this decade, Telemundo has introduced nightly hour-long telenovelas that push this staple of Spanish-language television into groundbreaking territory. The lessons learned from each of these series has, to the credit of telenovela creators everywhere, resulted in greater diversity of subject matter — way beyond the standard "boy gets girl, loses girl, both find each other for good" plotline — and higher production quality.
"Betty en NY": Telenovela Lessons Learned
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