what is Telenovela all about?
Generally speaking, Telenovela is just a television drama (or soap) from Latin America
really, so from the name, it looks like a combination of television and novel, am i right?
Yup. It's intuitively named. 'tele' for television and 'novela' for novel
ok, so am right then, when did it start existing?
To be honest I'm not sure :) But, the episodes are usually between 30-45 minutes
ok, so if its more than 1 hour, its no longer telenovela?
Not necessarily. They are rarely an hour or more, though, so you could call it atypical. This format usually makes it more fast paced and concise