Speaking volumes. Use of Spanish booms on network programs

“In a country where Hispanics have grown into the largest minority, so too has the amount of Spanish on prime-time television shows. We’re not talking one-word exchanges of ”Hola” or ”por favor,” but conversations in Spanish, with and without subtitles.

Programs such as ”CSI: Miami” or ”SVU” sometimes have the main characters speak Spanish because it adds an authentic touch to the shows’ settings in Miami and New York City, areas with large Latino populations. On ABC’s ”Invasion,” actor Eddie Cibrian plays a Cuban park ranger who regularly taps his native Spanish to talk to fellow South Florida deputies and his bilingual children.”

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