{"id":719,"date":"2012-08-21T22:57:32","date_gmt":"2012-08-22T02:57:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/philvelez.com\/blog\/?p=719"},"modified":"2012-08-21T23:20:25","modified_gmt":"2012-08-22T03:20:25","slug":"wassup-en-la","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/philvelez.com\/blog\/?p=719","title":{"rendered":"Wassup en LA?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"width: 293px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" \" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.vanguardia.com.mx\/XStatic\/vanguardia\/images\/espanol\/Wassup-en-LA.gif?resize=283%2C221\" alt=\"\" width=\"283\" height=\"221\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Image courtesy of vanguardia.com<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Have you heard of <a title=\"Wassup en LA?\" href=\"http:\/\/www.wassupenla.com\/#!home\/mainPage\" target=\"_blank\">Wassup en LA? <\/a>It&#8217;s a family-themed, TV comedy sitcom about a Cuban-American family that moves from Miami to Los Angeles to support their son&#8217;s acting career. It&#8217;s not on TV yet, but the people behind the show are trying to <a title=\"Wassup en LA? Kick Starter page\" href=\"http:\/\/www.kickstarter.com\/projects\/wassupenla\/wassup-en-la\" target=\"_blank\">raise funds<\/a> to get a full episode in front of the eyes of network TV executives.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m a strong supporter of more Latino-themed English language television programming. Are you? I&#8217;ve been waiting for the next great show since <a title=\"Ugly Betty Canceled \" href=\"http:\/\/content.usatoday.com\/communities\/entertainment\/post\/2010\/01\/ugly-betty-canceled-by-abc-\/1#.UDRJrER9lF8\" target=\"_blank\">Ugly Betty<\/a> was canceled. I don&#8217;t know what is taking so long. With the growing <a title=\"Growing Hispanice Audience\" href=\"http:\/\/www.npr.org\/2012\/04\/03\/149845056\/media-outlets-adapt-to-growing-hispanic-audience\" target=\"_blank\">strength of Latino audiences<\/a> on television, every network should have a <a title=\"East WillyB\" href=\"http:\/\/www.eastwillyb.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Latino-themed show<\/a> on the air or in the works by now.<\/p>\n<p>So help <a title=\"Wassup en LA? Facebook Page\" href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/wassupenla\" target=\"_blank\">Wassup en LA? <\/a>Spread the word, share a link. Every <a title=\"Wassup en LA? Twitter \" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/wassupenla\" target=\"_blank\">Tweet<\/a> counts and the Latino artists behind the show would appreciate every dollar.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Wassup en LA? 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