Friends & Enemies was a telenovela

Telenovela

A telenovela is a limited-run serial dramatic programming popular in Latin American, Portuguese, and Spanish television programming. The word combines tele, short for televisión or televisão , and novela, a Spanish or Portuguese word for "novel"...

 planned for the American

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 television network

Television network

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 MyNetworkTV

MyNetworkTV

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.http://www.mediaweek.com/mw/news/spotlight/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1002503467 Twentieth Television

Fox Television Studios

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 was developing this limited-run serial

MyNetworkTV telenovelas

The MyNetworkTV telenovelas were Fox Television's attempt to create a successful low-cost programming franchise by adapting Spanish-language telenovelas for U.S. viewers. While originally planned for syndication, the format became the original lineup of MyNetworkTV in 2006...

. It was based on the 2001 TV Azteca

TV Azteca

Azteca, is the second largest Mexican television entertainment. It was established in 1983 as the state-owned Instituto Mexicano de la Televisión , a holding of the national TV networks channel 13 and 7 and was privatized under its current name in 1993 and now is part of Grupo Salinas...

 series Como En El Cine (Like in the Movies).

Story

This romantic melodrama featured a gorgeous young dancer who lives a double life to put her sister through school. She pretends to be a psychiatrist, then falls madly in love with a handsome patient. The two grow close as he recovers from the death of his twin brother and the blackmailing of his mother.

They begin a steamy affair, until his family uncovers the secret and reveals her other identity. This leads to intrigue, heartbreak, and betrayal. When a baby arrives, tensions rise even higher, as confusion and misunderstanding test the strength of true love.

Development

Originally, the show was developed for syndication under the Desire umbrella title. MyNetworkTV

MyNetworkTV

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 then planned to run the serial

MyNetworkTV telenovelas

The MyNetworkTV telenovelas were Fox Television's attempt to create a successful low-cost programming franchise by adapting Spanish-language telenovelas for U.S. viewers. While originally planned for syndication, the format became the original lineup of MyNetworkTV in 2006...

 for 65 hour-long episodes, airing weekday evenings, with a recap on Saturdays. It was to be filmed at Stu Segall Productions

Stu Segall Productions

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 in San Diego.

It was set to premiere on June 5, 2007, then postponed. MyNetworkTV

MyNetworkTV

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's March 1, 2007 announcement that it stopped developing scripted content spelled an end for both the series and the network's slate of telenovelas

MyNetworkTV telenovelas

The MyNetworkTV telenovelas were Fox Television's attempt to create a successful low-cost programming franchise by adapting Spanish-language telenovelas for U.S. viewers. While originally planned for syndication, the format became the original lineup of MyNetworkTV in 2006...

.

External links

• TV Azteca official Como En El Cine site. (Spanish)
• Zone Romantica official Como En El Cine site. (English)