LA TEMPESTAD (weeknights at 9 p.m. ET) is in its last week on Univision with its finale airing this Friday. Never a particularly good telenovela, LA TEMPESTAD was a watchable middle-of-the-road entertainment with a decent serving of genuine camp, but the last few weeks haven’t even been that because of the hatchet editing performed by Univision to rush the show off the air. Two or three episodes are being chopped down to an hour, rendering the central plot incoherent; the subplots have been largely excised altogether, left on the cutting room floor are most of the scenes featuring the enormously entertaining actor René Casados as well as relationship between the Nora Salinas and Arturo Carmona characters – the most likable pairing on the show.In the past when a prime time telenovela did poorly in the ratings, Univision would just change its time slot as they did in 2012 moving EL TALISMÁN from 8 p.m. to noon and in 2010 moving the CORAZÓN SALVAJE remake from 9 p.m. to midnight, an inconvenience to viewers, but at least they still got to see the entire novela. Previous to this year, I can only recall one other prime time telenovela Univision chopped down, LLENA DE AMOR in 2011. This year, two telenovelas have already been subject to network shortening, which makes this viewer a bit wary as to whether or not to start watching new novelas on their network for fear if the ratings are too low, we won’t get the whole story.
MENTIR PARA VIVIR makes its US premiere tonight on Univision at 10 p.m. ET. A Mexican production from Televisa, MENTIR PARA VIVIR reunites the creative team behind the 2011 telenovela LA FUERZA DEL DESTINO: producer Rosy Ocampo (POR ELLA SOY EVA), writer María Zarattini (ALBORADA), and lead actor David Zepeda (ABISMO DE PASIÓN). The lead actress is Mayrín Villanueva (UNA FAMILIA CON SUERTE), and the cast also features Diego Olivera (TRIUNFO DEL AMOR), Altair Jarabo (ABISMO DE PASIÓN), Leticia Perdigón (POR ELLA SOY EVA) and Cecilia Gabriela (CACHITO DE CIELO).
AMORES VERDADEROS finale
Univision Network welcomed thousands of adoring fans clamoring to celebrate the return of Latin heartthrob William Levy to Spanish-language television with a star-studded event at Universal CityWalk’s 5 Towers in Universal City, California on Tuesday, July 23.
Viewers are about to be blown away by LA TEMPESTAD (The Storm), the new primetime telenovela that marks the much-awaited return of superstar William Levy to TV drama. He stars alongside former Miss Universe Ximena Navarrete, supported by an A-list cast including César Évora, Daniela Romo, Laura Carmine, and Spanish import Iván Sánchez. 
Televisa has confirmed that Christina Aguilera and Alejandro Fernandez will be singing the theme song to the soon to be produced novela LA TEMPESTAD. It’s been a while since Aguilera has connected with her Latin roots so it’s somewhat of a surprise that she’s doing it through a soap-opera, says CelebTV Latino. LA TEMPESTAD is a remake of the Colombian telenovela LA TORMENTA, and stars William Levy, Ximena Navarrette, Ivan Sanchez and Daniela Romo.