Disney Says Hola! To Latin Desperate Housewives
by Karina Longworth, posted Jun 13th 2005 2:20PM
It makes perfect sense that Buena Vista International, Disney's Latin American TV division would be contemplating launching Spanish-language versions of Desperate Housewives in at least six territories - after all, what is the show, anyway, if not a high-gloss telenovela? Oh, but, wait a minute - does the Latin American market really need another telenovela? I don't know, but a Disney VP tells Variety that they'll only sell remake rights to subsidiaries who agree to air the original series first. But check this out - guess what else is on the Buena Vista International Spanish-language "reversioning" list? Moonlighting. Now that's something we could all use more of ...