Word: hispanicization
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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The lone Latino breakthrough on the networks for next season: Benjamin Bratt, the part-Hispanic actor who starred in Juarez, will play one of the leads in Knightwatch, a new ABC series about a community crime-fighting group. "It's absurd that we don't have one half-hour of...
Why hasn't the large Hispanic community -- which watches 32% more TV than the rest of the population, according to a survey commissioned by Univision, a Spanish-language network -- been courted more aggressively by mainstream TV? One reason may be the proliferation of Spanish-language TV stations (130 outlets broadcasting...
Network executives insist that they are receptive, even eager, for shows $ dealing with Hispanic characters and culture. "Everyone is dying to come up with a Hispanic show," asserts Thomas Murphy, chairman of Capital Cities/ABC. "It would be good for the Spanish-speaking population and for the network." What is needed...
Some advances are being made. Planned for next fall is a syndicated music- variety series called The Latin Connection, a Hispanic-flavored cross between American Bandstand and Entertainment Tonight. Bravo, a Philadelphia- based talk show focusing on Hispanic issues, is gearing up for nationwide syndication. The show will be taped...
El Norte is not just a parable for immigrant visions crushed by reality. It is a caustic metaphor for Hispanic-American filmmakers lusting to conquer Hollywood. Years of slammed doors have tempered hope with skepticism, even when one smash movie has opened doors a crack. La Bamba, a low-budget...