Oh happy day. Take heart soap lovers, one of Hollyweird's biggest players, Trifecta Entertaiment is jumping into the daily soap game! According to Broadcasting & Cable, Trifecta, distributors of such monster hits as MTV's Laguna Beach, The Hills and Punk'd, has purchased the distribution rights for Hacienda Heights, an English-language, open-ended sudser aimed at Hispanic audiences, from San Francisco-based Chan Add Films. (See trailer here).

According to the article, Hacienda Heights executive producer Desmond Gumbs financed and shot the first 11 episodes, which were then tested in such large Hispanic markets as:  San Francisco, Los Angeles, Yuma, Ariz,; and Santa Rosa, Calif. 

New York-based entertainment company Sahara Media has signed on to finance 89 more episodes for a total of 100 half hour episodes. At that point Trifecta plans to offer Hacienda Heights as a syndicated daytime strip. WOOO HOOO! Okay, back to being professional. READ MORE