Casado con hijos (Chilean TV series) explained

Genre:Sitcom
Creator:Ron Leavitt
Michael G. Moye
Director:Diego Rouger
Starring:Fernando Larraín
Javiera Contador
Fernando Godoy
Dayana Amigo
Marcial Tagle
Carmen Gloria Bresky
Country:Chile
Language:Spanish
Num Seasons:4
Num Episodes:259
Executive Producer:J.J. Harting
Ignacio Eysaguirre
Jimena Oto Carbonell
Producer:J.J. Harting
Ignacio Eysaguirre
Location:Roos Film Studios
Runtime:approximately 40 minutes
Network:Mega

Casado con hijos is a Chilean television series and remake of the American TV show Married... with Children. It aired on May 2, 2006, and ended on October 15, 2008. At the moment it's aired on post-time schedule, which means, after one a.m.

It was produced by Roos Film and Sony Pictures Television International and aired on the Chilean channel Megavisión. Its running time was about thirty to forty minutes and had four seasons.

Casado con Hijos was the most watched sitcom in the history of Chilean television, some of its episodes reaching more than 40 points of rating.

Synopsis

The Larrains are a Chilean family. They are a bit lazy, watch television all day, are messy and have no hope of social mobility.

Tito met his wife Quena (a Coihueco native) when they were in high school. Quena ended up pregnant and had no other choice but to marry Tito. Tito is a hooligan of the soccer team Unión Española, just like Fernando Larraín, the actor who portrays him.

Tito's family used to have a lot of money, but they lost everything on the economic crisis of 1982. His family left the country and Tito stayed in Chile by himself. He never got into college because he had no money. It was then that he looked for a job and the only thing he could find was a position as a seller in a women's shoe shop, in a mall in Downtown Santiago called “El Conde del Calzado”. Now, after 19 years of marriage, he's still working in the same pathetic job.

Series overview

SeasonEpisodesOriginally aired
Firststyle+"padding:0 8px;" Last
175May 1, 2006September 8, 2006
263October 2, 2006January 26, 2007
3100March 12, 2007July 26, 2007
426July 16, 2008October 15, 2008

First season

The First season Casado con hijos (Married with children) began on Tuesday, May 2, 2006, replacing Mr. Bean, and ended on Friday, September 29 of that year.

In adaptation, originally completed with only 25 chapters distributed Monday through Friday, but due to the success of the series in Chile, screenwriters and producers decided to make a Second Season.

Second season

The Second season or simply Casado con Hijos 2 (Married with children 2) began on Monday, October 2, 2006 and ended on Friday, January 26, 2007. It is set one year after the ending of the last season, which is why the protagonists of the series have changed "looks" (except Tito Larrain, who looks the same).

Third season

On Monday, March 12, 2007 began Casado con hijos 3 (Married with children 3), the third season.The family changed their look again. The neighbours had a baby, Larrain had a new car, a 15-inch flat TV, and had a dog instead of a parrot.

Fourth season

The fourth season of Casado con hijos (Married with children) is called: Casado con hijos: Estelar (Married with children: Stellar) and began broadcasting from Wednesday, July 16, 2008, in primetime at 22:00 hrs. The premiere of this season was successful, because it had an excellent following, being first of its schedule.The plot of this season is in the first leg of Tito's house to dedicate himself to music, which leads to a family breakdown.

Characters

Neighbours

Pets

Job

Song

Soy casado, casado con hijos

Ni lo sueñes, es mucho el sacrificio

A mi esposa, la mandaría a trabajar

Y aunque me pase todo el día en la zapatería

Todo el dinero lo gasta mi familia

Soy casado, casado con hijos

No me envidien por favor

No me envidien

Translation into English:

I am married, married with children

Don't even dream it, it takes much sacrifice

I'd send my wife off to work

And though I spend all day at the shoe shop

All the money is spent by my family

I am married, married with children

Do not envy me, please

Do not envy me

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