Telemundo Takes Endemol Spain Drama

BARCELONA: U.S. Hispanic broadcaster Telemundo has picked up the rights to Endemol Spain’s serial drama Amar en tiempos revueltos (To Love in Difficult Times).

Slated to launch on Telemundo in September, the series has been airing in Spain since 2005 in a daily afternoon slot on TVE1. Set against the backdrop of the Spanish civil war in 1939, the series is a production of Endemol Spain’s Diagonal TV arm.

Distribution in Latin American territories for the series is to be handled by Telemundo International.