And while shows about narcos may not seem like positive Latinx representation, one thing they are is real. These more action-based novellas are less about love - though they do include romance and sex scenes - and more about the Latin American world of drug trafficking. But there's been a shift since productions like "La Reina del Sur," "Sin Senos No Hay Paraíso," and "El Señor de los Cielos" were released. The common running themes in telenovelas have traditionally been around complicated love triangles, family dramas, and loss. It's Telemundo's longest-running super series, produced in Mexico by Telemundo Global Studios and written by Luis Zelkowicz. "El Señor de los Cielos" has become a major blockbuster. If I could describe my emotions in one word, it's love. "It's been two years and a half already developing this project, and I'm so excited right now to see everybody. I'm really surprised by some of the characters and the story," Amaya told POPSUGAR at the premiere of "El Señor de los Cielos" in Mexico City on Jan. But he's back, along with the show's key cast members, including Carmen Aub as Rutila Casillas, Iván Arana as Ismael Casillas, Isabella Castillo as Diana Ahumada, and Alejandro López as Super Javi, with new characters like Casillas's new love interest Mecha, played by Africa Zavala Rúben Cortada as Fernando Aguirre and Yuri Vargas as Tracy Lobo. In season seven, all the characters believed that Casillas, the notorious drug lord, was dead. The premise behind this season is the return of the show's protagonist Aurelio Casillas, played by telenovela star Rafael Amaya. 17, has become a cross-generational hit over the years, appealing to a wider Latinx audience than ever thought possible. In fact, NBCUniversal Telemundo Enterprises established the term "200%ers" to describe them, referring to a demographic of Latinxs who identify 100 percent as American and 100 percent as Latinx and " share the values of both cultures, are bilingual, and flawlessly jump between cultures." This would explain why Emmy Award-winning telenovela " El Señor de los Cielos," with its eighth season returning to Telemundo on Tuesday, Jan. It makes sense, considering there are audiences who do consume content and entertainment both in English and Spanish. But that doesn't mean there aren't young Latinx folks out there who don't tune in. We tend to associate them with being an older-generation thing, with their overdramatic and also very predictable love narratives. When we think of telenovelas, we're quick to get nostalgic about the ones we grew up watching with our moms and abuelas.
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