(CNN) Reality TV used to aspire to replicate the rhythms of scripted drama, albeit for considerably less money. Now dramas are being developed that seem to approximate the simple (or if you prefer, "guilty") pleasures of unscripted shows.

Enter "Grand Hotel," a summer adaptation of a Spanish telenovela that ABC has cleverly positioned directly after "The Bachelorette." Set in and around a posh Miami hotel, it's a series unpretentiously designed to deliver breezy summer fun, where about all that's missing is a rose ceremony.

Basically, "Grand Hotel" plays like a more straightforward, dumbed-down version of the hotel shenanigans in "Jane the Virgin," the truly grand CW dramedy that's heading into its final flurry of episodes. Or think of it as "Downton Abbey," with its upstairs/downstairs component involving the hotel staff and the family in charge, only if they fabricated excuses for both to be undressed as much as ABC standards allow whenever possible.

Nicely cast, it's also a showcase for Hispanic talent, and counts "Desperate Housewives'" Eva Longoria among its executive producers, in addition to appearing in a later episode in a small but significant cameo.

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