Before streaming and 24/7 programming, there was a time when TV stations actually signed off for the night. Yeah, unbelievable. You'd be watching a late movie or dozing through infomercials, and then, ...

RIO DE JANEIRO — Tais Araujo, the first African Brazilian to play the lead in a local telenovela made by No. 1 net TV Globo, is still not used to the feedback she gets from fans. “Little blonde girls ...