Nick eyes telenovela at Nite

Nickelodeon and Televisa are joining forces to have an 80-episode adaptation of Mexican telenovela "Achieve for any Star," to air on Nick at Nite. Jill Farren Phelps ("General Hospital") and Hisham Abed ("The Hillsides" ) will professional produce "Achieve," just one-camera, daily series in regards to a teenage girl whose existence is switched upside lower when finds success like a songwriter and wins the passion for her favorite singer. Josh Griffith ("The Youthful and also the Restless") assists as mind author. "Achieve" is going to be created in colaboration with The new sony Pictures TV, with production set to start in La in March. "We've experienced first-hands the recognition from the daily scripted format with this kid audience through the prosperity of 'House of Anubis' and our teen audience with 'DeGrassi: Generation X,A " stated Cyma Zarghami, prexy of Viacom's Nickelodeon Group, "and our Nick Latin American funnel has had positive results in creating telenovelas with Televisa." "Achieve" is definitely an adaptation of "Alcanzar una Estrella," first broadcast on Canal p las Estrellas and Univision in 1990. That series created a movie and follow up telenovela starring Ough Martin and Sasha Sokol. "Included in the steps towards creating a strong presence within the Anglo TV market, Televisa is excited to coproduce with Nickelodeon one of the numerous effective scripts from your library inside a daily series format," Televisa television and content prexy Jose Baston stated. "We think that the daily series is going to be well accepted by Nicks family audiences and can capture their attention daily because it has happened in various marketplaces on the planet where Televisa has released its production abilities. ... We picture Achieve for any Star because the to begin many joint projects." Contact Jon Weisman at jon.weisman@variety.com