Jennifer Lopez partners with Roku to expand original Spanish-language programming

Roku is expanding its original Spanish content by collaborating with celebrity creators like Jennifer LopezJuanpa Zurita and Jaime Camil.

As part of its maneuvering, the streamer-turned-content hub has added six unscripted original series, including: Carpe DM starring Juanpa, Desde la Raíz, Serenata De Las Estrellas, La Divina Comida, Batalla en Abuela’s Kitchen and Un Millón de Gracias .

“The deep engagement we’ve seen within the Spanish-language content category on The Roku Channel in the US, as well as the exceptional growth of the service in Mexico, are all signs of the strong need for free ad-supported streaming among Spanish-speaking and bilingual audiences. said David Eilenberg, head of content, Roku Media, as reported by Variety.

“We are committed to delivering high-quality, culturally relevant original programming to tens of millions of viewers, and we are thrilled to welcome such an exceptional new group of creative voices on and off camera to our Roku Originals lineup.”

While Lopez. 53, has been a major force as a triple-threat entertainer since the 1990s, but she’s also expanded her reach from behind the camera as a creator and producer.

Now in its third season, and executive produced by Lopez, among others, Thanks A Million is back as Un Millón de Gracias, but for the first time being shot entirely in Spanish.

The show returns with 10 new celebrities giving away $100,000 to someone who inspired them.

The catch: Each of the recipients must give half of the money away to an unsuspecting person who must then continue the chain of kindness and pay it forward.

Celebrity guests include Chiquis, Gina Torres, Jaime Camil, Javier ‘Chicharito’ Hernández, Lauren Jauregui, Michael Peña, Michelle Rodriguez, Pau Gasol, Sofia Reyes and Wilmer Valderrama.

Alex Davies serves as executive producer and showrunner.

Season three of the 10-episode series will air August 11 on The Roku Channel in the US and in Mexico at a later date.

Mexican actor Juanpa Zurita will soon push his body and mind to the limit in each of the six episodes of the bilingual series Carpe DM with Juanpa.

The show puts Zurita, who also serves as an executive producer, in situations that are typically outside of his normal comfort zone in an effort to show viewers the transformative power of embracing your inner adventurer.

Those situations, which vary from person to person, could be things like skydiving, riding a bull, or piloting an airplane.

The goal is to show viewers what people are capable of when faced with seemingly insurmountable tasks.

The Mexican adventurer and social media star is out to change the perception of human limitations, which he has already achieved with his career in which his star seems to have risen from comedy videos on the Vice app to work as a model and actor , along with his online presence with his YouTube channel.

In Desde La Raíz, which translates to From The Root, actor Jaime Camil dives into the deep end, exploring the origins and significance of typical Mexican products such as coffee, chili, corn, and mezcal in season one.

As narrator and executive producer, the Mexican-born star will visit a number of iconic places in the beautiful Mexican landscape and Los Angeles for the show.

Camil (born Jaime Federico Said Camil de Saldanha da Gama), 49, describes the four-part docu-series, which is being produced and directed by Paulina Gamiz and Gus Sánchez, as “a love letter to México and part of the country’s richest heritage.” ‘. and legendary resources.’

Camil is best known to most fans for his roles in the soap opera La Fea Más Bella and the romantic comedy Jane The Virgin.

Some of the biggest names in Latin music will join the feel-good series Serenata De Las Estrellas.

Those musical performers will be used as a vehicle to surprise deserving participants with a life-changing gift and performance, in an effort to showcase how the universal language of music can elevate the human spirit to tremendous heights.

Hosted by Julissa Bermudez, some of the musical artists will lend their names and music to the cause in the four-episode series, including singer Chiquis, rapper and singer Snow Tha Product, and rock bands Los Lobos and Ozomatli.

La Divina Comida will feature Latin celebrities opening their homes to other high-profile people in a contest over who can be the best dinner party host.

Each dinner party contest will feature four celebrities, the host and three attendees, according to deadline.

The participants are judged on their culinary skills, but also on their social skills as a host and server.

The 16-episode series features stars such as Alex Lora, Belinda, Carlos Gatica, Dulce María, Emmanuel, Erik Rubín, Faisy, Itatí Cantoral, José Ángel Bichir, Karol Sevilla, Manu Nna, Margarita The Cumbia Goddess, María León, Michelle Rodríguez, Rafa Marquez and Veronica Toussaint.

La Divina Comida will only be available on The Roku Channel in the US

And finally, the show will bring Batalla and Abuela’s Kitchen Gen-Z chefs together for a competition over who can put new twists on traditional Latin dishes.

Each of the six episodes pits three young chefs against each other before the final two contestants face off against an experienced Abuela chef.

Hosted by Colombian influencer Mario Ruiz, featured Abuela chefs are Carla Dawkins (Panama), Eneida Mascetti, (Puerto Rico), Patty Lavalle (Mexico). Chef Margarita Bernal (Colombia), Chef Adolfo Cavalie (Peru) and Chef Octavio Ortega (Mexican) act as judges.

The series will air June 9 on The Roku Channel in both the US and Mexico.