Spanish TV shows that aren't dramas?

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Re: Spanish TV shows that aren't dramas?

Postby aabram » Fri Aug 14, 2015 6:31 am

I used to wathc Españoles en el mundo.
It's a weekly show about spaniards who live in different parts of the world. TV crew visits them and they present their country or location and tell why they moved there, what they like about it etc. Great for listening, real everyday dialogue, differenent accents, different talking speeds. Plus you can learn a thing or two about the featured country or region.
http://www.rtve.es/television/espanoles-en-el-mundo/
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Re: Spanish TV shows that aren't dramas?

Postby kanewai » Fri Aug 14, 2015 8:15 am

Good news: I just checked, and Club de Cuervos, Gran Hotel, & a third series, Pablo Escobar, el patrón de mal - all have Spanish closed-captions.

Cuervos also has Spanish subtitles, but in my experience Netflix subtitles suck. They offer SP/FR/DE dubbing and subtitles of all their original series, but the subtitles never match up with the dubbing and it's super distracting.
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Re: Spanish TV shows that aren't dramas?

Postby Polyclod » Fri Aug 14, 2015 10:46 am

El chavo del 8 is available on Netflix (at least in the U.S.). Spanish audio with English or Spanish subtitles. :D
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Re: Spanish TV shows that aren't dramas?

Postby astromule » Fri Aug 14, 2015 4:48 pm

Todo latino que se precie de serlo creció viendo el Chavo del Ocho. Al menos, así fue para los argentinos.

Polyclod wrote:El chavo del 8 is available on Netflix (at least in the U.S.). Spanish audio with English or Spanish subtitles. :D
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Re: Spanish TV shows that aren't dramas?

Postby astromule » Fri Aug 14, 2015 4:51 pm

A mí el que me encanta es https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCU_K8Z ... Y7lRoHKARA (AxEuropa), porque trata sobre todo de la situación laboral en cada país, en cómo es el día a día. Brindan información muy útil para aquellos que estamos interesados en mudarnos a otro país.

aabram wrote:I used to wathc Españoles en el mundo.
It's a weekly show about spaniards who live in different parts of the world. TV crew visits them and they present their country or location and tell why they moved there, what they like about it etc. Great for listening, real everyday dialogue, differenent accents, different talking speeds. Plus you can learn a thing or two about the featured country or region.
http://www.rtve.es/television/espanoles-en-el-mundo/
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Re: Spanish TV shows that aren't dramas?

Postby Polyclod » Fri Aug 14, 2015 5:45 pm

astromule wrote:Todo latino que se precie de serlo creció viendo el Chavo del Ocho. Al menos, así fue para los argentinos.

Polyclod wrote:El chavo del 8 is available on Netflix (at least in the U.S.). Spanish audio with English or Spanish subtitles. :D


Así fue también para mi ex, ella creció en Méjico. Y incluso conocí a brasileños que aman el chavito.
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Re: Spanish TV shows that aren't dramas?

Postby tommus » Sat Aug 15, 2015 12:44 am

aabram wrote:I used to wathc Españoles en el mundo.
http://www.rtve.es/television/espanoles-en-el-mundo/

It looks very interesting. I registered on the site, but I can not get any of the videos to play. I tried both Chrome and Firefox, on both Linux and Windows. The videos look like they are going to play, but then they just revert back to the index of videos. Maybe it is a regional thing. Any suggestions?
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Re: Spanish TV shows that aren't dramas?

Postby astromule » Sat Aug 15, 2015 1:32 am

Have you tried "Modify Headers"? viewtopic.php?f=15&t=794&p=2080&hilit=Modify+Headers#p2080

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aabram wrote:I used to wathc Españoles en el mundo.
http://www.rtve.es/television/espanoles-en-el-mundo/

It looks very interesting. I registered on the site, but I can not get any of the videos to play. I tried both Chrome and Firefox, on both Linux and Windows. The videos look like they are going to play, but then they just revert back to the index of videos. Maybe it is a regional thing. Any suggestions?
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Re: Spanish TV shows that aren't dramas?

Postby tommus » Sat Aug 15, 2015 2:33 pm

astromule wrote:Have you tried "Modify Headers"?

Thanks for the suggestion but I don't think that is the problem. I did some more experimenting. I can watch other videos on that site. But in the section "espanoles-en-el-mundo", the menu and play video systems just don't seem to be working for me. I assume others are not having any problems. I will continue troubleshooting.
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Re: Spanish TV shows that aren't dramas?

Postby MorkTheFiddle » Sat Aug 15, 2015 6:17 pm

Same problem here. The featured episode will not play in Firefox or Chrome. Having a Mac, I tried Safari, but no luck there, either. And for the sake of thoroughness, I tried Opera, but still no video.

None of the other videos on the Portada would play, either.
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