This interview originally appeared in the MIPTV 2015 issue of TV Formats. Loosely based on the Venezuelan telenovela Juana la virgen, the American show Jane the Virgin has developed a following of passionate fans—as all good novelas do. The show on The CW, about a young woman who decides to ...
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Jennie Snyder Urman had already created the series Emily Owens, M.D. for The CW when she heard about an unusual project, one based on a Venezuelan telenovela. Intrigued, she quickly fell in love with the genre and jumped right into creating an American adaptation, Jane the Virgin. TV FORMATS: How did you start adapting ...
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