Telemundo Goes Bilingual

Telemundo is a Spanish-language network. But they (and their NBC Universal overlords) know that many first-generation and nearly all second-generation Hispanic-Americans opt for English-language television. Enter their newest late night show, Mas Vale Tarde. The weekly program is, yup, bilingual.

Mas Vale, hosted by Alex Cambert, debuted on Telemundo last week. As a show, it owes far more to the Tonight Show and Late Night than to Latino creations like Sabado Gigante — game show and dance sequences are replaced by a US-style stand-up routine/sketch/guests format.

According to Cambert:

I have asked every single member of the Telemundo audience (that’s why it’s taken me so long!) and 99.7%

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