The English-language television networks have had trouble connecting with the growing Latino audience, as Tanzina Vega and Bill Carter describe in Monday's newspaper. The Latino characters that do appear in network shows often represent stereotypes - the trophy wife, the immigrant. In this video, Ms. Vega follows the production of the online series “East WillyB,†that one of its creators, Julia Ahumada Grob, says can be seen as a “Latino ‘Cheers' set in gentrifying Brooklyn.†A Kickstarter campaign has come up with $50,000 in financing for new episodes.
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