"A little while ago the Guide looked at the wave of international post-apocalyptic dramas washing up on our shores, bringing tales of climate catastrophe, violent autocracy and alien invasions from as far afield as Argentina, Nigeria and Korea. As well as revealing just how terrified the whole world is of the prospect of institutional collapse, it also somewhat more positively underscored what a globally connected industry TV is in 2025."
"Streaming networks, satellite channels, YouTube and hooky pirate streams can instantly serve up local content from every continent (Antartica excepted, though I'd love to hear if there's a penguin mob drama from King George Island that I've missed). Still, as intermingled as TV is these days, there are still so many programmes that will probably never reach our shores despite being absolutely massive with their domestic audiences."
"the most talked-about and most watched TV show in Latin America's largest country is, unsurprisingly, a soap opera. Vale Tudo (anything goes) is a reboot of a production considered one of the most important of the genre and a massive success in 1988 and 1989, when Brazil was still recovering from the brutal two-decade military dictatorship, and revolved around the question: Is it worth being honest in Brazil?"
A global surge of post-apocalyptic dramas presents narratives of climate catastrophe, violent autocracy and alien invasion from countries including Argentina, Nigeria and Korea. The television industry in 2025 is highly interconnected, as streaming networks, satellite channels, YouTube and pirate streams can instantly serve local content from every continent. Many programmes remain nationally massive yet rarely travel internationally. Foreign correspondents collected popular domestic examples ranging from Jamaican breakfast television and Brazilian telenovelas to Japanese superheroes inspired by red bean paste. In Brazil, Vale Tudo is a reboot of a landmark 1988–89 telenovela that questioned whether honesty pays; the new version launched amid deep political polarisation and attracted strong ratings.
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