Chico and the Man | |
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Genre | Sitcom |
Created by | James Komack |
Directed by | Peter Baldwin Jack Donohue James Komack |
Starring | Jack Albertson Freddie Prinze Della Reese Scatman Crothers Bonnie Boland Isaac Ruiz Ronny Graham Gabriel Meglar Julie Hill |
Theme music composer | José Feliciano |
Opening theme | "Chico and the Man" performed by José Feliciano |
Country of origin | United States |
Original language | English |
No. of seasons | 4 |
No. of episodes | 88 (list of episodes) |
Production | |
Executive producer | James Komack |
Producers | Hal Kanter James Komack Michael Morris Ed Scharlach |
Camera setup | Multi-camera |
Running time | 22–24 minutes |
Production companies | The Komack Company Inc. Wolper Productions |
Original release | |
Network | NBC |
Release | September 13, 1974 July 21, 1978 | –
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Chico and the Man is an American sitcom television series that aired on NBC for four seasons from September 13, 1974, to July 21, 1978. It stars Jack Albertson as Ed Brown (the Man), the cantankerous owner of a run-down garage in an East Los Angeles barrio, and Freddie Prinze (until Prinze's suicide in the third season) as Chico Rodriguez, an upbeat, optimistic young Mexican American who comes in looking for a job. It was the first U.S. television series set in a Mexican-American neighborhood.[1]