Chico and the Man

Chico and the Man
Premiere	September 13, 1974
Finale	July 21, 1978
Creator	James Komack
Network/Provider	NBC
Style	30-minute sitcom
Company	The Komack Company, Wolper Productions
Seasons	4
Episodes	87
Origin	USA

Chico and the Man is a sitcom that aired on NBC.

A hard-drinking Anglo widower, Ed stubbornly refuses to fit in with the changing East L.A. neighborhood and has alienated most of the people who live around him. He uses ethnic slurs and berates Chico, a Latino, in an effort to get him to leave when Chico comes looking for a job. Yet Chico sees something in Ed, and sneaks back in at night to clean up the garage and move into an old van that Ed has parked inside. As Ed sees all the effort Chico has put in, he begins to warm to Chico. Over the course of the show, Ed grows to see Chico as family, although Ed denies this on several occasions.

The chemistry between Jack Albertson's "Ed" and Freddie Prinze's "Chico" was a major factor in making the show a hit in its first two seasons. It debuted in the top ten and remained there for the first two seasons.

Cast

Actor	Character	Duration
Main Cast		1	2	3	4
Jack Albertson	Ed Brown	*	*	*	*
Freddie Prinze	Chico Rodriguez	*	*	*
Supporting/Recurring Cast		1	2	3	4
Scatman Crothers	Louie Wilson	*	*	*	*
Della Reese	Della Rogers			*	*
Gabriel Melgar	Raul Garcia				*
Charo	Aunt Charo				*
Julie Hill	Monica				*

Seasons

Season	Premiere	Finale				#
NBC
Season One	September 13, 1974	March 14, 1975				22
Season Two	September 12, 1975	March 3, 1976				22
Season Three	October 1, 1976	April 8, 1977				21
Season Four	September 16, 1977	July 21, 1978				23

In-Depth

• At a Glance: Additional information about the series

DVD Releases

There are no DVD releases for this show.

External Links

• opening creditson YouTube