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Action

“La Teniente” (“The Lieutenant”) to make U.S. premiere on mun2 in January

Since making its debut on Azteca 7 in Mexico in September, the scripted action series La Teniente (The Lieutenant) has quickly become one of the top programs in the country. The much-buzzed-about show will be making its U.S. debut Jan. 13 at 10pm ET on mun2. The series will be shown on mun2 with English subtitles. La Teniente takes a cinematic approach to scripted TV, using locations throughout Mexico and top Spanish-language TV actors as it depicts the adventures of a Special Operations unit of the Mexican Navy. Centering on Mexican Naval graduate Lieutenant Roberta Ballesteros (María Fernanda Yepes), the […]

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Drama

“La Llorona” legend featured in two spooky Halloween TV episodes

I had been unfamiliar with the Latin American legend of “La Llorona” (“The Weeping Woman”) until compiling our list of this year’s Halloween programming. In doing so, I came upon two episodes of TV series that will feature this ghost story that apparently has deep roots in Latino culture. The legend of La Llorona tells of a distraught mother who drowned her children and then herself. The ghost of the mother emerges from the water and is forced to return to haunt and terrorize the living — mainly children, from the sounds of the descriptions of these two episodes featuring […]

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Awards Shows

Eva Longoria, Ryan Lochte, “Devious Maids” cast on hand at 2012 ALMA Awards

This past Sunday, the 2012 National Council of La Raza (NCLR) American Latino Media Arts (ALMA) Awards event was taped in Los Angeles, honoring American Latinos in the entertainment industry, television, film and music. The awards coincide with the start of Hispanic Heritage Month (Sept. 15-Oct. 15). Once again, NBC will air a primetime special of the ALMA Awards, an hourlong program this Friday, Sept. 21, at 8pm ET. Eva Longoria and George Lopez returned to co-host the event, at which Christina Aguilera received the 2012 NCLR Special Achievement Award for her career and work in philanthropy. America Ferrara, Michael […]

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Reality TV

Jenni Rivera’s daughter Chiquis is all grown up and “n Control”

“Being a Latina,” Janney “Chiquis” Marin told me during an interview at the TCA press tour last week, “you’re used to being cooped up and being protected up until you get married. Well, my mom and I made the decision that now it’s time for me to spread my wings and become a woman.” During our interview, Chiquis certainly sounds confident and in control of where she wants her life to go, so it’s fitting that her new series is called Jenni Rivera Presents: Chiquis ‘n Control. The hourlong show is a spinoff from mun2‘s highest-rated and most popular original reality […]

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Horror

“From Beyond” preview: “Priscilla’s Baby” episode

Getting in the mood for this upcoming Halloween season, here’s a clip from this Sunday’s (October 9) episode of From Beyond, a paranormal investigation series that airs Sundays at 10pm ET/PT on mun2, and which has become a record-setting breakout hit for the bilingual network. In “Priscilla’s Baby,” we meet Priscilla and Frank, who brought home their newborn baby girl several months ago. But that’s when things started going awry. The strange movements, sightings, and what they call “the wind of a spirit” in the dining room did not bother them, until they discovered unexplained scratches on their baby. The […]

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Reality TV

mun2 shows Jenni Rivera the love

By Jeff Pfeiffer Latin singing superstar Jenni Rivera has not only become the most prominent female recording artist in regional Mexican music — she is a multi-gold, platinum and double-platinum award-winning artist — but she has proven equally successful in the world of television and social media. Jenni is back on mun2 (pronounced moon-dos) following the huge success of last year’s series Jenni Rivera Presents Chiquis and Raq-C, which the singer co-executive produced. The series scored record ratings for mun2, helped the network’s website garner over 7 million page views, and established Rivera as a go-to franchise for the bilingual […]