Series synopsis
Maya & Miguel is an American animation kids television series that premiered on PBS on October 11, 2004. It ended on October 10, 2007. It was created by Deborah Forte, Beth A. Richman. It stars Nika Futterman, Carlos Ponce, Elizabeth Peña and Lupe Ontiveros.
Centering around the lives of pre-teen Hispanic twins named Maya and Miguel Santos and their friends, the program is aimed at promoting multiculturalism and education in general. It is geared to the 5-9 age range. Part of the dialogue in each episode in the English version is in Spanish but only individual words or phrases which are explained in English.
Premise
Centering around the lives of pre-teen Hispanic twins named Maya and Miguel Santos and their friends, the program is aimed at promoting multiculturalism and education in general. It is geared to the 5-9 age range. Part of the dialogue in each episode in the English version is in Spanish but only individual words or phrases which are explained in English.
Cast and characters
Leading cast
- Nika Futterman as Miguel Santos (voice)
- Carlos Ponce as Santiago Santos (voice)
- Elizabeth Peña as Rosa Santos (voice)
- Lupe Ontiveros as Abuela Elena (voice)
- Carlos Alazraqui as Paco (voice)
- Lucy Liu as Maggie Lee (voice)
- Jeannie Elias as Andy Arlington (voice)
- Jerod Mixon as Theo McEwen (voice)
Supporting cast
- Beth Payne as Chrissy Lum (voice)
Guest cast
- Candi Milo as Maya Santos / Tito Chávez (voice)
- Phil LaMarr as Mr. Shue (voice)
- Leslie Carrara-Rudolph as Alejandro (voice)
Episodes
This series spans 2 seasons with 70 episodes.
| Season | Episodes | First aired | Last aired |
|---|---|---|---|
| Season 1 | 65 | October 11, 2004 | October 10, 2007 |
| Season 2 | 5 | January 27, 2006 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Mala Suerte When something goes wrong during breakfast, Maya believes that their apartment is filled with bad luck. Maya asks her friend Maggie if she has any ideas of how they can make the bad luck go away. Luckily, Maggie's Grandmother has a guide to Feng Shui. Maya, Miguel and the rest of their friends misread the guide and follow the instructions. They all help around the house as they redecorate, paint and rearrange the furniture. They all think they did a good Job. When the twin's parents come home everything turns into a mess. |
October 11, 2004 |
| 2 |
The Matchmaker When Maya sees her Grandmother Elena dancing cheerfully by herself, she decides that she is lonely. Maya decides to fix her grandmother with a sixty year old bachelor in a blind date. Maya helps Abuela Elena receive a makeover for her blind date. Later in the evening the blind date goes horribly wrong and nothing like Maya expected it to go. |
October 12, 2004 |
| 3 |
When Maya met Andy Miguel remembers when Andy one of his best friends came to the city. He remembers how Maya's reaction was toward Andy. Maya felt that since Andy was missing an arm he should be treated with more caution. Maya warned Theo and Miguel not to play sports in front of Andy because he might feel bad. Maya felt that Andy was incapable of playing sports as well as the other boys. Once Maya sees how good Andy plays sports she feels bad and realizes that everybody should be treated equally. |
October 13, 2004 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 4 | The Slump | January 1, 2006 |
| 5 |
Tito's Pet Tito's sad because of a pet fair at school, where others make fun of his tarantula; so he tells them he also has another pet (a mythical one). |
January 6, 2006 |
| 6 |
The Video Abuela is sad, so the gang makes a video to cheer her up. |
January 13, 2006 |
Production
Release
| Original network/platform | PBS |
|---|---|
| First aired | October 11, 2004 |
| Last aired | October 10, 2007 |
| Runtime | 23 minutes |
| Status | Ended |