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3	''Telenovela'' is a 2016 NBC WorkCom which takes place on the UsefulNotes/{{Miami}} set for a Spanish-speaking {{telenovela}} called ''Las Leyes de Pasión''.
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5	It premiered on January 2016, and its last episode aired on February 22, 2016. On May 13, 2016 it was cancelled after one season due to low ratings and mediocre critical reception, leaving it a ShortRunner at only eleven episodes.
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8	!!''Los Tropos de Telenovela'':
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10	* AllGirlsWantBadBoys: in "Split Personalities," Mimi's ex-husband is released from minimum-security prison and has changed from a dorky embezzling accountant into a tattooed and ripped hunk, making her wonder if she's a "''cholo'' chaser." Conversely, this episode reveals that Isabell's overwhelmingly HappilyMarried to a rather dorky man.
11	* AlliterativeName: Roxie Rios, Gael Garnica, Mimi Moncada.
12	* AlphaBitch: Isabella. Ana's a lighter version.
13	* AmicableExes: After being at each other's throats in early episodes, Ana and Xavier have settled into a good working relationship, limiting themselves to only the occasional jab.
14	* BerserkButton: Rodrigo really doesn't like if anyone mentions that he can't grow a mustache and must use stick-ons.
15	* BigStormEpisode: "The Hurricane," in which the cast is stranded in the studio during a hurricane.
16	* BitingTheHandHumor: In "The Hurricane," when Ana Sofia notes to her castmates that the approaching Hurricane Chloe wasn't as harmless as they thought it was, she states that "Chloe's kind of a bitch, kind of like a Chrissy or a Jessica". Chrissy Pietrosh and Jessica Goldstein are two of the creators and executive producers of ''Telenovela''.
17	* BlandNameProduct: Vivavision, which seems to be a stand-in for Creator/{{Univision}}.
18	* BrainlessBeauty: Roxie and Gael, with Roxie also being a DumbBlonde.
19	* CampGay: A mild case with Gael, who also doubles as a walking ShirtlessScene.
20	* ChivalrousPervert: Rodrigo according to Mimi after they slept together in "Evil Twin": he's a foot fetishist who says "end scene" after every go-around...but he's not into casual sex and wants his women to feel special.
21	* CloudCuckoolander: Roxie, Gustavo, and to a lesser extent Isaac.
22	* DumbBlonde: Roxie.
23	* EasyAmnesia: Invoked when Ana Sofia gets hit on the head by a stage light and everyone else thinks she's gotten amnesia, to which Mimi responds that [[YouWatchTooMuchX they've been working on telenovelas too long]]. Later, Ana fakes having amnesia to spite Mimi.
24	* EvilTwin: Isabela has a twin sister, Carmen (they were the Olsen Twins of Latin television). When Carmen visits the set, this trope is played straight, subverted, inverted, and generally twisted around until no one can tell who's the "good" twin and who's the "evil" twin.
25	* ExcusePlot: ''Los Scientificos Sexy'' is a rival telenovela featuring a cast that wears little more than underwear and lab coats and plots that involve the two leads having sex for the flimsiest of reasons.
26	* FanDisservice: in "Sexual Awakening," hairy, pudgy, balding Gustavo is completely and shamelessly nude for the photo shoot.
27	* {{Fanservice}}: in spades.
28	* FunctionalAddict: Isaac writes while drunk out of his mind and is just as surprised by plot twists as everyone else because he has no memory of coming up with them.
29	* GenreBlind: Despite working on a telenovela, the cast are completely blind to the classic soap opera tropes at play in their everyday lives.
30	* GirlOnGirlIsHot: in "Split Personalities," it's revealed that Roxie and Ana kissed while blackout drunk, and even Gael finds this erotic.
31	* HeterosexualLifePartners: Ana and Mimi.
32	* HeritageDisconnect: Ana Sofia is a ''telenovela'' star that can't actually speak Spanish.
33	* InformedFlaw: As said below, Ana Sofia doesn't know Spanish at all, yet her pronounciation in the scenes where she is actually playing Pasión is very good.
34	* IronyAsSheIsCast:
35	** InUniverse, as Ana Sofia is the lead of ''Las Leyes De Pasión'', which is filmed in Spanish for a Spanish audience, yet she is unable to speak it.
36	** Gael plays Ana Sofia's love interest on ''Las Leyes'' but is actually both CampGay and the female characters' GayBestFriend.
37	* LoonyFan: [[spoiler:Kelly, Xavier's ex-girlfriend,]] is obsessed with Ana and wants to have her life, or at least be her best friend. [[spoiler:She only dated Xavier to get to Ana and wants to kill him so she'll have Ana all to herself.]]
38	* MeanCharacterNiceActor: Rodrigo, the actor who plays the main antagonist on ''Leyes'', is actually very friendly and quite dorky.
39	* MoustacheTwirlingVillain: Rodrigo's ShowWithinAShow villain character. To his shame, however, he can't actually grow a moustache and has to use a variety of stick-ons.
40	* MrFanservice: Gael is well aware that he's hired for his looks and will rip open his shirt (revealing a well-toned body) whenever he feels as if his job is being threatened.
41	* MsFanservice: Roxi is ''Las Leyes De Pasión'''s primary female eye candy. Her costumes are the most revealing out of the female cast (which is saying something).
42	* NavelDeepNeckline: Many of the female actresses' costumes plunge down to their navels.
43	* NinjaPirateZombieRobot: The first season finale teases the cast's next telenovela, ''Doctores Vaqueros'' (Cowboy Doctors).
44	%%* OnlySaneWoman: Mimi.
45	* PornStash: Mimi freaks out when she finds one hidden under her son's mattress. Ana, on the other hand, is flattered that it includes an old bikini shot of her.
46	* TheReveal: The cast are constantly flummoxed by their show's plot twists. Isaac, the ''writer'' is surprised at them as well. He usually says that the twists are the result of his being black-out drunk while writing or because of typos that he never got around to correcting.
47	* RightHandCat: Rodrigo's character is usually stroking a cat when he isn't twirling his moustache. Hugo, the cat, is usually seen by Rodrigo's side when the cameras aren't rolling as well.
48	* RuleOfThree: Isaac claims that accidents on the set come in threes, and one of them usually happens to him.
49	* SexyWhateverOutfit: All the costumes in ''Las Leyes De Pasión'', apparently--when Ana goes to talk to Mimi's son about sex, she tries to find the least-revealing outfit she can in order to do so. Ultimately, the best she can find is a "Naughty Nun" costume--while it's not nearly as revealing as the rest of the stuff that she and the other actresses wear, it does have a rather short skirt, which really shows off her legs.
50	* SoapWithinAShow: ''Las Leyes De Pasión''.
51	* StylisticSuck: What little that is seen of ''Las Leyes De Pasión'' takes the stereotypical melodrama of real telenovelas and dials it up to eleven, complete with dodgy sets and the gratuitous use of wind machines and soft focus.
52	* TheTalk: One episode has Ana and Mimi try to give it to Mimi's eldest son. They eventually do it in the middle of shooting a scene
53	* WhiteDwarfStarlet: Isabela is an older actress whose days of starring roles are behind her. In fact, she used to be the telenovela's star before Ana came along and the show was retooled around Pasión. Isabela never wastes an opportunity to remind Ana that her time as a headlining actress will be all too brief.
54	* WorkingWithTheEx: The main source of conflict is between Ana Sofia and her ex-husband Xavi, who has been cast as her new love interest.

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