Series synopsis
The Brothers García is an American family comedy television series that premiered on Nickelodeon on July 23, 2000. It ended on August 8, 2004. It was created by Gibby Cevallos, Mike Cevallos, Jeff Valdez. It stars Alvin Alvarez, Vaneza Pitynski, Bobby Gonzalez and Jeffrey Licon.
The Brothers García is an American sitcom that premiered in 2000 on Nickelodeon and ended in 2004. It was among the first projects of Sí TV, an effort to produce programming featuring Latino characters, however being aimed at a diverse audience. The series was billed as the first English-language sitcom to have an all Latino cast and creative team.
The series aired on the programming block Nick on CBS from September 18, 2004 to September 17, 2005, where the series ended its initial run. Reruns ...
Premise
The Brothers García is an American sitcom that premiered in 2000 on Nickelodeon and ended in 2004. It was among the first projects of Sí TV, an effort to produce programming featuring Latino characters, however being aimed at a diverse audience. The series was billed as the first English-language sitcom to have an all Latino cast and creative team.
The series aired on the programming block Nick on CBS from September 18, 2004 to September 17, 2005, where the series ended its initial run. Reruns on The N started on April 7, 2008, and ended in May 23, 2008. Similarities to the series could be made to the style of The Wonder Years and Everybody Hates Chris, with an older version of the main character narrating each episode in a witty and sarcastic manner.
Cast and characters
Leading cast
- Alvin Alvarez as Larry Garcia
- Vaneza Pitynski as Lorena Garcia
- Bobby Gonzalez as George Garcia
- Jeffrey Licon as Carlos Garcia
- Carlos Lacámara as Ray Garcia
- Ada Maris as Sonia Garcia
- John Leguizamo as Larry Garcia (voice)
Guest cast
- America Olivo as America Olivo
- Edward Albert
- Solange
- Johnny Pacar as Rush Bauer
- Penn Badgley as Eddie Bauer
- Vanessa Hudgens as Lindsey
- George López as Mr. Fender
- Daisy Fuentes as Dr. Ramirez
- Kay Panabaker as Carrie Bauer
- Tania Raymonde as Nicole
- Giselle Fernández as TV Newscaster
- Jeff Valdez as The Bitter Vendor
Episodes
This series spans 4 seasons with 49 episodes.
| Season | Episodes | First aired | Last aired |
|---|---|---|---|
| Season 1 | 7 | July 23, 2000 | September 3, 2000 |
| Season 2 | 13 | April 21, 2001 | July 21, 2001 |
| Season 3 | 14 | March 3, 2002 | May 12, 2002 |
| Season 4 | 15 | June 29, 2003 | August 8, 2004 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Best Laid Plans When Ray has to sell the tickets he bought for the boys to see the ""Astro Nut"" wrestle, the boys find a creative way to earn the money themselves. The boys have a wrestling match: Son of the AstroNut VS El Gordo. Larry gets injured, and Sonia doesn't let him go. Sonia and Lorena discover the joy of Bingo. |
July 23, 2000 |
| 2 |
Love Me Tender Carlos and George fall for the same girl and they wage a war against each other to win her affection. And Lorena experiences her first crush. Lorena loses her shoe, and Mario Wopple, the boy she has a crush on, returns it to her. |
July 30, 2000 |
| 3 |
The Right Stuff Larry submits his dads name for a Space Shuttle mission. When Ray makes it to the final selections he doesn't know how to tell his son he doesn't want to go in to space with out breaking his heart. Carlos also with great difficulty tries to teach his Dad how to use the internet. |
August 6, 2000 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Love is Very...Confusing coming soon! |
April 21, 2001 |
| 2 |
Band on the Run coming soon! |
April 28, 2001 |
| 3 |
Lotto Bucks coming soon! |
May 5, 2001 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
School Daze The Brothers Garcia learn what it's like to grow up. |
March 3, 2002 |
| 2 |
Tamale Follies Ray invites the dean from his university to come and have dinner, and he is allergic to almost everything. Sonia comes up with tastless tamales, but the boys eat them all. So they turn to Abuela for help, not knowing he was allergic to everything. Carlos applies for a job at the university mailroom to earn money for his date with Raquela. |
March 10, 2002 |
| 3 |
Brother's Keeper A bully bugs Larry because he has made friends with the bullies girlfriend.George and Lorena are selling Homework in Spanish Class. |
March 17, 2002 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | New Man on Campus | June 29, 2003 |
| 2 |
New Tunes Carlos teaches George how to be cool. |
July 6, 2003 |
| 3 |
Novelathon Larry goes into pubertiy and carlos get a job. |
July 13, 2003 |
Production
Release
| Original network/platform | Nickelodeon |
|---|---|
| First aired | July 23, 2000 |
| Last aired | August 8, 2004 |
| Runtime | 22 minutes |
| Status | Ended |
| Schedule | Sunday |