Brazil to add electricity to grid for "Tropical Paradise" TV finale

Television in Brazil is no national prank. The country takes its paradise seriously. The finale of the hit television telenovela show “Paraíso Tropical” or “Tropical Paradise” is so important that the electrical grid is going to be juiced up to support the load.

Here is a small piece of the AP story that shows just how important the series is:

TV Globo expects that 90 percent of television viewers in the country of 186 million people will tune in for the final chapter to learn who murdered the scheming villain Tais and to find out if Bebel, the Pygmalion-like prostitute, will live happily ever after.

“We are worried about a possible blackout caused by a sudden surge in electricity at the end of the program,” said a spokesman for the electricity company, who spoke on condition he not be named, in accordance with department policy.

Our love of paradise knows no national bounds.

Here’s the show’s website.

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Posted on September 28, 2007
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