Venevision Highlights L.A. Screenings Slate

MIAMI: Venevision International has announced its programming slate for the L.A. Screenings, highlighting the telenovelas La Viuda Joven and Eva Luna.

La Viuda Joven, which is produced by Venevision, is the story of a mysterious woman who has become a recent celebrity through marriage to Baron Von Parker. Due to the curious circumstances surrounding the deaths of her three former husbands, she is suspected of murdering them for their money. La Viuda Joven stars Mariángel Ruiz, Luis Gerónimo Abreu and Verónica Schneider.

Eva Luna is also produced by Venevision and is a love story set in Los Angeles and centers on the beautiful yet humble and enterprising young woman, Eva Gonalez, who comes to the U.S. for a better life. She falls in love with an advertising executive, a wealthy widower with a young daughter. His best friend, however, will stop at nothing to conquer Eva, causing a rift between the two friends. Eva Luna stars Guy Ecker and Blanca Soto.

Miguel Dvorak, the president and COO of the Cisneros Group of Companies, commented: “Armed with the extraordinary success of Eva Luna, we are headed to L.A. Screenings with a lot of enthusiasm and high expectations as we present for the first time the telenovela La Viuda Joven. Our studios in Venezuela and the United States have once again provided us with fresh and innovative content with exceptional interpretations and internationally appealing story lines—all this guarantees our clients will have success.”

Cesar Diaz, Venevision’s VP of sales, “Our sales strategy is definitely focused on the telenovelas, but we have an ample and diverse proposal that includes exciting and innovative television programming that covers a whole gamma of genres, enabling us to fulfill the needs of our clients; our extensive catalogue contains from shocking ‘reality clips’ to a thrilling science-fiction series and from controversial talk shows to captivating documentaries.”