Lakorn are a popular genre of fiction in Thai television. They are known in Thai as (, lit. "television drama") or ("lakhon", , or "lakorn"). They are shown generally at prime-time on Thai television channels, starting at 20:30. (after 2014 Thai coup d'état on Friday nights the lakhorns is interrupted, or broadcast on delay, due to simulcast of The Government-required Weekly Address by the Prime Minister of Thailand. the lakhorns resumed already in progress after Weekly Address is ended on 21:00 or 20:50 or later in some nights until July 2019 that governmental program ended after five years before the sworn in of new cabinet after 2019 Thai general election.) An episode of a prime-time drama is two hours long including commercials. Each series is a finished story, unlike Western "cliffhanger" dramas, but rather like Hispanic telenovelas.