Chico and the Man

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.

Chico and the Man
Chico and the ManSeries

Details

First aired
13 Sept 1974
Seasons
4
Episodes
88
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Last aired
21 Jul 1978
Genres
  • Comedy
Status
Ended
Network
NBC
Episode runtime
30 min
Countries
  • US
Original language
en
Original title
Chico and the Man
Creators
Writers
Bill DaleyNorm LiebmannGene FarmerPeter GallayJames KomackJerry RossBurt StylerJohn L. GreeneMichael MorrisArthur PhillipsEd JuristTom SawyerLarry SiegelAl SchwartzSteve GordonDavid PollockElias DavisLarry MarkesMichael RossCarmen FinestraSam LockeEric CohenJack MendelsohnGeorge Arthur BloomSeaman Jacobs

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