tel·e·no·ve·la 
(tĕl′ə-nō-vālə, -vĕlə)
(tĕl′ə-nō-vālə, -vĕlə)n.
A melodramatic television series with a limited number of episodes that is performed in Spanish or Portuguese, typically shown during prime time on multiple days of the week over the course of several months.
[Spanish : tele(visión), television (from tele-, tele- + visión, vision, from Latin vīsiō, vīsiōn-; see VISION) + novela, novel (from Italian novella, news, story; see NOVEL).]