The plot is always the same. In the first three minutes of the first episode the viewer already knows the novela will end with that same couple kissing each other. A telenovela is all about a couple who wants to kiss and a scriptwriter who stands in their way for 150 episodes.
— Patricio Willis, head of development at Telemundo (on telenovelas
, from The Other Wiki)
, from The Other Wiki)"Everyone's just crying and yelling and screaming, and they just keep doing close-ups."
"If you knew ANYTHING about telenovelas, you would KNOW that EVERYTHING is supposed to be DRAMATIC!"
— Rogelio, Jane the Virgin
