Urban Latino highlights the diverse elements of Latino culture with topics ranging from entertainment and celebrity interviews to fashion, music, and food — each from a New York perspective. Premiering on Sunday, April 7, the series contains 13 original episodes and will air every Sunday at 8:30pm on MetroTV (Time Warner Cable channel 70, Cablevision channel 16). A weekly second run of the series will follow on Saturdays at 8:30pm.

Urban Latino is hosted by well-known Spanish television personality Celines Toribio, who gained national exposure as an entertainment reporter for Univision's popular magazine programs El Gordo Y La Flaca and Primer Impacto. Celines has interviewed almost every major Latino celebrity and personality, including Ricky Martin, Luis Migel, and Celia Cruz. Currently, Celines can be heard weekday mornings on the radio on WCAA-Latino Mix 105.9. Urban Latino is Celines' first English-language television effort since leaving Univision.

"The double primetime airing of Urban Latino is a first for Latino-targeted English language programming and is a testament to the commitment of MetroTV not only to Urban Latino but to the New York Latino market in general," said Robert Rose, President of Artist and Idea Management, Packager and Executive Producer of the show.

"Since the Latino community is such a big part of New York, the show makes perfect sense for our viewers," adds Judith Tolkow, VP of Programming and Development.

The series is supported by a strong promotional and marketing platform via Urban Latino Magazine — a New York-based, nationally-distributed, English-language magazine that has been serving young Latinos for over seven years.

Additional episodes of a broader, more national version of Urban Latino are being produced for a syndicated launch in the Fall 2002 season, targeting the remaining top U.S. Latino markets via English language broadcast outlets.