I’ve had this conversation a few times now with adults my age. Usually we start talking about the way we grew up, what it was like living in homes where we had only one television set, and where more often than not we’d spend our evenings watching telenovelas with our […]
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Will Fusion by ABC & Univision Flourish or Flop?
So it’s official. There’s now an estimated date for when Univision and ABC’s new joint venture – the Fusion network (they have a name for it too now) – will be on the air. According to the two major US networks by the end of this summer is when we […]
Ask Juan: Is It Possible To Speak Spanish Quietly?
So the other day I just happened to overhear this conversation. Believe it or not, I wasn’t even trying to listen. My Metiche tendencies have very purposely been subdued over the past couple of months. Okay, okay… so not really. I’ve just been kind of too busy to be as chismoso as […]
Forbes Explores ‘The Next Media Jackpot’: US Latinos
We’ve been writing about it for a while, and now, it looks like the stage is finally set for a battle royal between all of the major players seeking to take the biggest bite out of the reported $1 trillion US Hispanic market. There’s ABC and Univision, Telemundo, Comcast, MundoFox, […]
Should the Big Spanish Networks be Afraid of MundoFox?
Their commercial certainly is sexy. And, of course, when we all hear there will be another new Spanish-language television network for the US Hispanic market, we can’t help but be a little curious. At least I am. But when August comes around and somebody officially says “let’s get ready to […]
Kudos to Lifetime for Picking Up Eva Longoria’s ‘Devious Maids’
For a brief moment it seemed nobody was going to be able to watch Eva Longoria’s Devious Maids. After ABC opted not to pick up the show, which the Desperate Housewives star had co-produced with her Desperate Housewives producer Marc Cherry, it appeared that might have been the end of […]
Can Jackie Guerrido Make The Weather Any More Caliente?
As far meteorology goes – never thought I’d be writing that line – ABC has got Sam Champions and his quirky commentary, NBC has Al Roker and his years of experience, and Univision… well, they’ve got something a little more… uhm, shall we say voluptuous. Yes, compadres y comadres I’m […]
What do Latinos Want on New ABC-Univision News Network?
Soon there will be a new news network in town. As you’ve probably already heard, Univision and ABC have decided to come together to create a brand new television channel that will cater specifically to one demographic and one demographic alone. English-speaking Latinos who prefer to obtain their news en […]