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Article: Telenovelas set to steam up KCOP's prime time lineup.(KCOP Television Inc.)
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- Los Angeles Business Journal
- Article date:
- March 6, 2006
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LOCALLY produced and Americanized versions of steamy telenovelas, the pan y mantequilla of Hispanic broadcasting in Latin America and the United States for decades, are coming to KCOP Channel 13 this fall.
L.A.'s UPN has scheduled the programs in the slots currently occupied by shows such as "Veronica Mars" and "My Name is Chris." The move comes in the wake of UPN's merger with The WB, which will result in new television network that will air on KCOP's cross-town rival, KVTA Channel 5.
KCOP is among l0 stations owned by News Corp.'s Fox Television Stations, Inc. that will air two hours of prime time soap operas filled with greed, lust and blind ambition ...