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Chico and the Man

1974 · 4 seasons · 30m per episode · Comedy

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Chico and the Man is an American sitcom which ran on NBC for four seasons, from September 13, 1974, to July 21, 1978. It stars Jack Albertson as Ed Brown, the cantankerous owner of a run down garage in an East Los Angeles barrio, and Freddie Prinze as Chico Rodriguez, an upbeat, optimistic Chicano young man who comes in looking for a job. It was the first U.S. television series set in a Mexican-American neighborhood.

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Seasons

• Season 1 — 22 episodes (September 13, 1974)
• Season 2 — 22 episodes (September 12, 1975)
• Season 3 — 21 episodes (October 1, 1976)
• Season 4 — 23 episodes (September 16, 1977)

Cast

• Freddie Prinze as Chico Rodriguez
• Della Reese as Della Rogers
• Jack Albertson as Ed Brown
• Scatman Crothers as Louie
• Charo as Aunt Charo

Details

Created by

James Komack

First aired

September 13, 1974

Episodes

88

Genres

Comedy

Network

NBC

Status

Ended

TMDB score

6.1 / 10 from 14 votes