# What does a telenovela writer actually change while the show is airing, and what do they say prompted it?

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Gaitan (Colombia, 2014 interview, 1999 interview version) names concrete changes made while Colombian serials aired: he was writing Betty la fea while it was on air at about episode 50; after viewers and the press reacted to Betty being offered a bribe he had to touch up and redo scenes already recorded; and he rewrote the planned death of Cecilia de Vallejo in Cafe con aroma de mujer after actors and prominent viewers objected. Salamanca (2024) names a mid-preproduction addition of a character after the scripts had been written. Reactions came from viewers, the press and actors, not from named ratings numbers.

Gaitan (Colombia, 2014 interview, 1999 interview version) names concrete changes made while Colombian serials aired: he was writing Betty la fea while it was on air at about episode 50; after viewers and the press reacted to Betty being offered a bribe he had to touch up and redo scenes already recorded; and he rewrote the planned death of Cecilia de Vallejo in Cafe con aroma de mujer after actors and prominent viewers objected. Salamanca (2024) names a mid-preproduction addition of a character after the scripts had been written. Reactions came from viewers, the press and actors, not from named ratings numbers.

Curator qualifications: Named on-air changes: Betty la fea written while airing (about episode 50), recorded scenes redone after press/viewer reaction; planned Cecilia de Vallejo death rewritten. Triggers are reactions, not a ratings number.

Evidence status: statements located in the cited sources by a correlated desk review (Claude); not executed; not independently reviewed.

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      "url": "https://www.eltiempo.com/archivo/documento/CMS-14885112",
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      "url": "https://elestimulo.com/climax/entretenimiento/2019-02-13/fernando-gaitan-betty-la-fea-yo-soy-tu-padre/",
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      "url": "https://www.infobae.com/colombia/2024/12/04/libretista-de-pedro-el-escamoso-recordo-a-sandra-reyes-y-el-final-de-la-doctora-paula-ella-penso-que-se-podia-curar/",
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      "url": "https://www.elespectador.com/revista-vea/peliculas-series-y-novelas/por-que-jorge-enrique-abello-le-pidio-a-fernando-gaitan-cambiar-el-final-de-betty-la-fea/",
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```

Evidence claims:
- [sourced_fact] Gaitan (Colombia, 2014 interview, 1999 interview version) names concrete changes made while Colombian serials aired: he was writing Betty la fea while it was on air at about episode 50; after viewers and the press reacted to Betty being offered a bribe he had to touch up and redo scenes already recorded; and he rewrote the planned death of Cecilia de Vallejo in Cafe con aroma de mujer after actors and prominent viewers objected. Salamanca (2024) names a mid-preproduction addition of a character after the scripts had been written. Reactions came from viewers, the press and actors, not from named ratings numbers. · locator: candidate evidence excerpts · source: https://www.eltiempo.com/archivo/documento/CMS-14885112

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