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Wow.

Awesome.

Too bad I won't be getting MNTV, lol.

http://66.51.173.18/cgi/pr.cgi?id=20060427mynetworktv01

Wow.

Awesome.

Too bad I won't be getting MNTV, lol.

We all ready knew about "Watch Over Me", I believe. When "Desire" was originally going to be a year round syndicated project, they order three novelas: "Table for Three", "Fashion House" and "Forever Julia". "Forever Julia" was announced shortly before the announcement for My Network TV and I was wondering if they would do anything with it. "Forever Julia" is based on the Argentinian (?) soap "Resistirme" about a love triangle involving blood smuggling. "Watch Over Me" sounds like "Forever Julia".

Wow, these sound very exciting! The family feuds one especially. Wish I had MyNetwork.

I hope, if I don't get MyNetworkTV, that they will at least release these novelas on DVD or that SOAPnet will acquire the rights to them.

The only two I'm even remotely interested in are "Fashion House" and "The Art of Betrayal." The other three sound painfully boring and lame, IMO. Ooooh, mobsters on the run! Ooooh a bodyguard in love with the woman he protects! Ooooh, another Romeo and Juliet story. No thank you.

The only two I'm even remotely interested in are "Fashion House" and "The Art of Betrayal." The other three sound painfully boring and lame, IMO. Ooooh, mobsters on the run! Ooooh a bodyguard in love with the woman he protects! Ooooh, another Romeo and Juliet story. No thank you.

The one thing I find very interesting about the novelas is the multigenerational aspect that is coming up. There is a lot hinging in these plots on the mature adult leads as well as the young adult roles. The crux of two of the stories is about the fighting between the parents: "A Dangerous Love" and "The Art of Betrayal". Daytime soaps are so quick to focus on the younger generation, but these stories are focusing on the two generations, or at least it seems.

When they announced "Forever Julia", now "Watch Over Me", I looked into the original novela "Resistire". It's actually really interesting if they follow the original story. In the IMDB comments it sounds like a very "Edge of Night"-esque story with a love triangle with characters who aren't necessarily black or white in terms of characterization. Of course, who knows how the American one will play out.

My guess is that "Art of Betrayal" and "A Dangerous Love" are also remakes but I'm curious to what the originals might be.

USA today covered a bit more about "Art of Betrayal" in their article on the Daytime Emmys.

Sean Young announced she will be joining the soap world as the star of My Network TV's 5-night-a week telenovela, Art of Betrayal, beginning this fall. "It's been the best part I've had in a long, long time," said Young of her character, Blythe. "I'm a woman scorned getting revenge. My husband (Dynasty's Gordon Thomson) leaves me when my boys are young. They grow up and I raise them with the plot of marrying my ex's step-daughters, divorcing them, framing him for murder, taking over his wife's business and then taking over their estate. All of which I get away with."

these telenovelas all sound really ... bad. Give me a soap anyday over this contrived nonsence.

Sean Young announced she will be joining the soap world as the star of My Network TV's 5-night-a week telenovela, Art of Betrayal, beginning this fall. "It's been the best part I've had in a long, long time," said Young of her character, Blythe. "I'm a woman scorned getting revenge. My husband (Dynasty's Gordon Thomson) leaves me when my boys are young. They grow up and I raise them with the plot of marrying my ex's step-daughters, divorcing them, framing him for murder, taking over his wife's business and then taking over their estate. All of which I get away with."

See, that sounds interesting. I can't wait for that one to come up.

I am REALLY looking forward to these telenovelas and I found out the affiliate here will carry MyNetworkTV. So, in addition to the three soaps I watch during the day, I also have the telenovelas to look forward to at night.

Screw the CW. I want MyNetworkTV!

nothing will beat the Spanish versions. I think it's the language that makes Spanish telenovelas so good. It just wouldn't be the same in English.

I just wonder if these will be more similar to daytime or primetime soaps, lol. I plan on watching the first two, then picking one to watch. Airing it in primetime is a big mistake because who can commit to five days a week? With a DVR you can only record two things at once and I'm sure this will come up during the season.

Well in my case, i watched the original version in spanish of "watch over me" named "Resistiré" (I will resist)

Anyway, let me tell you ist's not lame at all. I'll try not to reveal much about the story so you can know it as you watch it, but i'll tell you a little about it

it starts as a simple soap opera, with the girl (Julia) meeting first her future fyonce (in the original named Mauricio, here: Sebastian), a rich guy who owns some organic farm, and then meeting the guy who'll complete the love triangle, the tailor named Jack (Diego in the original) he gets in their lives when he's hired by Sebastian first as his personal tailor.

Now the thing get's interesting, Jack ends up by accident finding the real business of Sebastian (he's part of a mafious group wich involves senators and other business people in blood traffic)

suddenly in the running of chapters you get involved in an action series wich began as a soap opera, showing scenes of sex action, corruption and more action and a really complicated love story that creates a huge web of characters relationships.

anyway that's a really small review of Watch over me (at least of its original version) hopefully american version will be the same or at least close to it.

Some pics:

Diego (Jack)

Julia

Mauricio (Sebastian)

here's the original "Resisitire" website (in spanish)

http://www.resistire.intrada.com.ar/

Changing the subject:

There's a great series here in Argentina named "los simuladores" about someguys which solve any kind of trouble for their clients making simulations, acts to make believe a certain situation that will help the client. Anyway, thing is that Sony bought the rights for the american version, yet i haven't heard any news about it.Does anyone know anything about it?