In the '90s, Mexican superstar Thalia became a well-loved TV icon in the Philippines. It started in 1996 when RPN-9 aired her Mexican drama series MariMar. The Filipino audience loved it! MariMar ...

NPR's Leila Fadel speaks with New York Times reporter Natalie Kitroeff in Mexico City about the surge in audience numbers for Mexican telenovelas during the pandemic, after years of declining ratings.

In the 1990s, Mexican telenovelas became the mania, with huge hits like "Rosalinda" and "Marimar" attracting ratings above 50 percent. Asian dramas, including Korean, have become hits in the 2000s.

Eduardo Palomo, 41, a film and television actor who gained fame as a heartthrob in Mexican telenovelas, died of a heart attack Thursday while dining in a Los Angeles restaurant.

(JTA) — Iconic Mexican telenovela producer Valentin Pimstein, whose serial dramas were dubbed and subtitled in dozens of languages and shown around the world, has died Pimstein died on Tuesday ...

In the Kenyan capital, Mexican culture is everywhere, from television to music to restaurants. A primer on the latest global mash-up.

Mexico’s love affair with melodrama was over. After decades of reigning supreme over prime-time slots, telenovelas, the country’s iconic soap operas, were losing viewers. Industry execu… ...

There is a Rizal monument in Mexico City. Today, Mexican telenovelas are a big hit with the Filipinos. This is because Mexican movies are credible when dubbed in Tagalog.

On the other hand, the Philippines does have close cultural ties with Mexico, having been under Spanish rule for over 300 years and being governed for a time by the Mexican viceroy in behalf of Spain.

The era of showing Telenovelas each day on the local television stations will soon come to an end, according to an Executive Member of the Film Producers Association of Ghana.