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Exclusive: Gersh has signed actor and producer Jaime Camil (Jane the Virgin) for representation in all areas.

Perhaps best known for starring in all five seasons of The CW’s telenovela satire Jane the Virgin, Camil is coming off of Apple TV+’s acclaimed musical comedy Schmigadoon!, which ran for two seasons.

Up next, the actor will be seen recurring in the second season of NBC’s Lopez vs. Lopez, also taking on a guest arc on the upcoming season of Acapulco for Apple TV+. Additionally, he’s set to narrate and executive produce Desde La Raíz, a Roku series exploring the origins of Mexican products like coffee, chile, corn and mezcal.

Previously, Camil starred in and executive produced the CBS comedy series Broke, starred as the lead villain opposite Zoë Kravitz in Steven Soderbergh’s thriller Kimi, and hosted and executive produced the game show Lotería Loca for CBS.

Exclusive: Jaime Camil has joined the cast of NBC’s Lopez vs. Lopez for Season 2 in a recurring role that highlights both his acting and musical skills.

Camil will portray Josué Consuelos, a charming personal injury attorney whose face is on billboards all over Los Angeles. Josué sweeps Rosie (Selenis Leyva) off her feet with romantic baladas he plays for her on his Spanish guitar, leaving George (George Lopez) seething with jealousy.

Lopez Vs. Lopez is a working-class family comedy about dysfunction, reconnection and all the pain and joy in between. Starring the father and daughter duo George Lopez and Mayan Lopez—who co-created the series alongside Debby Wolfe—the series tells the story of a working-class, old-school Latino who moves in with his modern Gen Z daughter as they rebuild their dysfunctional relationship one argument at a time.

Brice Gonzalez, Matt Shively and Al Madrigal also star.

Barbie star America Ferrera is no stranger to big franchises. Before appearing in Greta Gerwig’s ode to womanhood and in NBC’s beloved sitcom Superstore, Ferrera got her start on a very relatable ABC primetime soap Ugly Betty.

First premiering in 2006, Ugly Betty ran for four season on network television and built up a devoted fanbase. The series, which is now streaming on Netflix, starred Ferrera as the titular “Ugly” Betty Suarez, a braces-wearing 22-year-old fashion neophyte from Queens. The show follows the awkward Betty as she lands a job at high fashion magazine Mode in Manhattan wear she works as a personal assistant under failson editor-in-chief Daniel Meade (Eric Mabius).

Ugly Betty was a lovely little series chock full of both drama and thoughtful commentary on how young women are expected to navigate their personal and professional lives. If that sounds like the kind of thing that would...

The Roku Channel is making an expansion of its Spanish-language content. The free ad-supported video-on-demand (AVOD) and free ad-supported TV (Fast) channel platform is in production on four new, original Spanish-language titles, and it has announced the release date for two other series as well.

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“The deep engagement we have seen within the Spanish-language content category on The Roku Channel in the U.S., as well as the exceptional growth of the service in Mexico, are all signs of the strong appetite for free ad-supported streaming amongst Spanish-speaking and bilingual audiences,” Roku’s head of content David Eilenberg said. “We’re committed to delivering high-quality, culturally relevant original programming to tens of millions of viewers, and we are thrilled to welcome such an exceptional new group of on-camera and off-camera creative voices to our Roku Originals lineup.”

The new original shows coming to The Roku...

Roku is teaming up with Jennifer Lopez, Jaime Camil and Juanpa Zurita as it expands its Roku Originals in Spanish.

Lopez brings back Thanks a Million as Un Millón de Gracias for a third season and shot entirely in Spanish featuring 10 celebrities that will give away $100,000 to someone that has inspired them. Celebrity guests include Chiquis, Gina Torres, Jaime Camil, Javier “Chicharito” Hernández, Lauren Jauregui, Michael Peña, Michelle Rodriguez, Pau Gasol, Sofia Reyes, and Wilmer Valderrama.

Camil will narrate and executive produce Desde La Raíz that explores the origins of Mexican products like coffee, chile, corn and mezcal.

Social media star Zurita will face challenges in each episode of Carpe Dm with Juanpa as he pushes his body and mind to the limit across the United States.

“The deep engagement we have seen within the Spanish-language content category on The Roku Channel in the U.S., as well as the...

Exclusive: Jaime Camil (Schmigadoon!) has joined the cast of Apple’s Acapulco for Season 3. Production on the 10-episode new season is currently underway.

Camil will guest star as Alejandro, the brother of one of the wealthiest men in Mexico and a new co-owner of Las Colinas who makes his co-owner Diane Davies’ (Jessica Collins) life miserable at the hotel.

From Lionsgate TV, 3Pas Studios, Zihuatanejo Productions and The Tannenbaum Company, in Season 3 of Acapulco, it’s time to reconcile past mistakes and exciting new beginnings. In the present story, older Maximo (Eugenio Derbez) finds himself returning to a Las Colinas he no longer recognizes. While in 1985, younger Maximo (Enrique Arrizon) continues his climb up the ladder of success while potentially jeopardizing all the relationships he’s worked so hard to build.

The cast also includes Fernando Carsa (as Memo), Damián Alcázar (Don Pablo), Camila Perez (Julia), Chord Overstreet (Chad), Vanessa Bauche...

Since launching last month, free ad-supported streaming TV (Fast) platform Sling Freestream has been adding channels at a dizzying pace. That trend continues as the free platform has announced that it is adding 16 new channels to bring its overall total to 230 channels and 41,000 on-demand titles.

Included in this new batch of offerings are several Spanish-language channels and offerings from all types of genres from anime to documentaries to Telenovela classics.

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Check out the list of the new Sling Freestream channels:

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Ana Layevska is a Ukrainian-born Mexican actress, who was born on January 10, 1982, in Kiev, Ukraine. She is known for her roles in telenovelas such as “La Fea Más Bella,” “Heridas de Amor,” and “Querida Enemiga”. Layevska has also appeared in various films and TV series, including “The War Next-door” and “La Muchacha Que Limpia”.

In addition to acting, Layevska is also a mother and has a significant presence on social media. She has over 1.3 million followers on Instagram and regularly shares updates about her life and career with her fans.

Veteran Mexican TV executive and showrunner Rosy Ocampo has signed with APA in all areas.

Ocampo will work with APA to launch a U.S.-based production company focused on bringing authentic Latinx voices and stories to both the U.S. and global television markets. Ocampo is also a former head of studio for Televisa, where she oversaw development and production of content for free and pay TV channels at Televisa and its sister network, Univision.

Ocampo’s production of La Fea Mas Bella (The Prettiest Ugly Girl), the Mexican version of the Colombian telenovela and global franchise that ABC adapted as ...

Veteran Mexican TV executive and showrunner Rosy Ocampo has signed with APA in all areas.

Ocampo will work with APA to launch a U.S.-based production company focused on bringing authentic Latinx voices and stories to both the U.S. and global television markets. Ocampo is also a former head of studio for Televisa, where she oversaw development and production of content for free and pay TV channels at Televisa and its sister network, Univision.

Ocampo’s production of La Fea Mas Bella (The Prettiest Ugly Girl), the Mexican version of the Colombian telenovela and global franchise that ABC adapted as ...

Jaime Camil always dreamed of being a performer.

Born in Mexico City to Brazilian singer Cecilia Saldaña da Gama and Mexican billionaire Jaime Camil Garza, the Jane the Virgin star grew up dreaming of being a performer like his mother.

He hoped to study at Boston’s Berklee College of Music, but his father told him he needed a “real career” instead.

“He wanted me to pursue anything but a career in entertainment,” Camil, 43, says in the current issue of People about his dad .

After getting a business degree, Camil became a radio and television host in Mexico as he pursued singing.

“Jane the Virgin” star Jaime Camil will host the 32nd Annual Television Critics Association (TCA) Awards on August 6 in Los Angeles, TheWrap has learned. Camil began his career as a singer performing alongside Cuban icons Amaury Gutierrez and Pancho Cespedes before going on to star in the mega hit telenovela “La Fea Más Bella” in his native Mexico. He has recorded four platinum selling albums and has led many musicals in his native Mexico City including “West Side Story,” “Hook,” “Aladdin,” “El diluvio que viene” and more. Also Read: 'Jane the Virgin' Star Gina Rodriguez Makes High Schooler's Prom Dream Come True In.

Much of the praise for the CW’s Jane the Virgin centers around surprise Golden Globe–winner Gina Rodriguez’s luminous performance. But Jaime Camil, who plays Jane’s long-absent father and telenovela star Rogelio de la Vega, has gained a fierce fan following thanks to his effortless charm, comic delivery, and unusually endearing vanity. While U.S. viewers are only now discovering Camil, the man is a bona-fide superstar in Latin America, known most widely for his role in the telenovela La Fea Más Bella (Mexico’s original Ugly Betty series). Vulture spoke to Camil about what draws him to the soap format and what’s in store [spoiler alert] for Rogelio now that he’s unemployed.You starred in two of Mexico's most famous telenovelas of all time before transitioning to the telenovela-esque Jane the Virgin. What is it about that form that really allows you to shine?The projects I have done on television,...

Univision has produced a new telenovela for web and mobile devices, adapting this staple of Spanish-language programming for the tablet age.

Univision has just wrapped filming on a new telenovela meant to be streamed on the web and mobile devices. The series, called "No Me Hallo" ("Finding Myself") stars Angelica Vale, a major Mexican star who held the title role in "La Fea Más Bella," one of the inspirations for "Ugly Betty." It concerns a musical artist whose husband/manager leaves her, and will "air" in 15 mini-episodes, each three to five minutes long.

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"Because of cost reasons, [web novelas] are usually done with talent that's not known yet," Univision Networks president Cesar Conde tells Fast Company. "One element we're testing is if we can bring well-known artists from the TV arena" into the world of web and mobile. It's part of a broader strategy on Univision's part to experiment with interactive platforms...

MEXICO CITY -- Mexican helmer and actor Sergio Jimenez, director of Televisa's hit telenovela The Prettiest Ugly Girl, died of a heart attack in his Mexico City home Tuesday evening. He was 69.

Jimenez's acting career spanned five decades, during which he appeared in more than 50 films and television series.

In the 1980s, he began directing telenovelas. His most popular novela was The Prettiest Ugly Girl, Televisa's highly-rated version of Colombian hit I am Betty, the Ugly.