Univision Set for Version of Desperate Housewives

MIAMI, May 14: Univision and Disney-ABC International
Television Latin America have signed an agreement for the production of a U.S.
Hispanic version of ABC’s Desperate Housewives.

The hit ABC show is distributed to more than 200 countries
and has spawned three original productions for the Latin American market. Amas
de Casa Desesperadas will air in a
prime-time slot on Univision next season. Like previous Spanish-language
versions, POL-K A Producciones in Buenos Aires, Argentina, will produce Amas
de Casa Desesperadas for the Univision
Network. Its format and scripts will follow the original U.S. version, with
U.S. Hispanic cultural aspects taken into account.

Alina Falcón, Univision Network’s executive VP and operating
manager, commented: “Our collaboration enables us to provide a premier
production of this renowned television series specifically for U.S. Hispanic
viewers and deliver more of the best in entertainment that they have come to
expect from Univision.”

Fernando Barbosa, senior VP at Disney-ABC International
Television Latin America, added: “To us, this venture represents the beginning
of new, out of the box content to the U.S. Hispanic TV market, through the
number one U.S. Spanish-language broadcaster, Univision. It also represents the
consolidation of our international versions of Desperate Housewives, locally produced in Argentina. This is the first
time that our TV content, produced in Latin America, debuts in the leading U.S.
Hispanic prime-time slot.”