| Sai de Baixo | |
|---|---|
 Cover of the first season DVD | |
| Genre | Sitcom |
| Created by | Luís Gustavo Daniel Filho |
| Directed by | Daniel Filho (1996-1997 and 2000) Denis Carvalho (1996-2002 and 2013) José Wilker (1996-2002) Jorge Fernando (2000-2001) Cininha de Paula (2001-2002) |
| Starring | Aracy Balabanian Ary Fontoura Cláudia Jimenez Claudia Rodrigues Ilana Kaplan Lucas Hornos Luiz Carlos Tourinho Luís Gustavo Márcia Cabrita Marisa Orth Miguel Falabella Tom Cavalcante |
| Country of origin | Brazil |
| Original language | Portuguese |
| No. of seasons | 7 |
| No. of episodes | 241 |
| Production | |
| Producer | Eduardo Figueira |
| Camera setup | Multi-camera |
| Running time | 45 minutes |
| Production company | Central Globo de Produção |
| Original release | |
| Network | Rede Globo Canal Viva |
| Release | March 31, 1996 – March 31, 2002 |
| Release | June 11 – July 2, 2013 |
| Related | |
| Toma Lá, Dá Cá | |
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Sai de Baixo (a Brazilian Portuguese slang roughly translated as "get out of the way") is a Brazilian sitcom that first aired on Rede Globo from 1996 to 2002.[1] It followed the lives of the members of a dysfunctional family, their maid and the doorman of the apartment building in which they lived.
It ran for 7 seasons, from 1996 to 2002, on Sunday nights after the newsmagazine Fantástico. That means that it always aired after 10:00 pm, which was necessary given the show's heavy language and sexual innuendos. In 2000, however, the premiere of a new reality show shifted the program to the 11:30 p.m. slot, which lasted for about four months. After that the timeslot varied almost monthly, which started to hurt ratings. At one time, the show was airing around 12:30 a.m., which is considered the beginning of the "wasteland" of late night programming in Brazilian television, with fewer viewers and, therefore, fewer sponsors.[2][3] In 2013, Globo's sister cable channel Canal Viva produced a revival of the show with four episodes.
Although some of the characters hailed from the poorer layers of society (such as the maid and the doorman), as well as the richer (albeit impoverished, such as the former socialite), the program derived most of its humor from an acid criticism of the Brazilian middle class, its prejudices and views of the rest of the country and the world. This precept justified the sometimes harsh jokes involving racism, sexism and other politically incorrect notions.
- ^ "SAI DE BAIXO". Teledramaturgia.com.br (in Portuguese). Archived from the original on April 1, 2012. Retrieved October 2, 2011.
- ^ "Emoção marca último episódio de 'Sai de Baixo'". Estadão. 21 December 2001.
- ^ "Elenco de 'Sai de Baixo' grava último episódio do humorístico". Folha Online. 19 December 2001.