¡Chócalas Compayito!
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| Genre | Sitcom |
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| Country of origin | Mexico |
| Original language | Spanish |
| No. of seasons | 2 |
| No. of episodes | 19 |
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| Executive producer | Pedro Ortiz de Pinedo |
| Producer | Ramón Salomón |
| Production company | TelevisaUnivision |
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| Network | Las Estrellas |
| Release | 8 July 2023 – present |
¡Chócalas Compayito! is a Mexican sitcom television series produced by Pedro Ortiz de Pinedo for TelevisaUnivision.[1] The series stars Edson Zúñiga as Compayito, a bare hand puppet character that Zúñiga first portrayed in 2001 for Televisa Deportes programming.[2] It premiered on Las Estrellas on 8 July 2023.[3] The second season premiered on 1 September 2024.[4]
Plot
[edit]In order to pay his debts, Compayito (Edson Zúñiga), a former sports commentator, is chased by loan sharks. While trying to flee, Compayito is run over by Zacarías Fernández (Raúl Araiza), who lost all his money trying to rescue companies in bankruptcy and now lives with his family at his father's house. Compayito is allowed to stay at the Fernández house and Zacarías sees this as an opportunity to fix his financial problems. Zacarías believes that if he can restore Compayito's fame, he will benefit from his success. However, Compayito will pretend he is still injured in order to avoid being caught by his creditors.
Cast
[edit]Main
[edit]- Edson Zúñiga as Compayito[2]
- Raúl Araiza as Zacarías Fernández[5]
- Mariazel Olle Casals as Yadira Fernández de Fernández[6]
- Claudia Acosta as Tomasa[7]
- Marcelo Barceló as Elton Fernández[7]
- Ana Paula del Moral as Agatha Fernández[7]
- Rafael Inclán as Antonio[7]
- José Luis Rodríguez "Guana" as Bruno (season 2)[4]
- Rocío García as Zoila (season 2)[4]
Guest stars
[edit]- Cynthia Urías as herself
- Roberto Tello
- Cecilia Galliano
- Sylvia Pasquel
- Lukas Urkijo as Lalo
- Toño De Valdés
- Paola Villalobos
- Samia
- Hugo Alcántara
- Javier Carranza
- Marisol González
- Enrique Burak
Episodes
[edit]| Series | Episodes | Originally aired | ||
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| First aired | Last aired | |||
| 1 | 12 | 8 July 2023 | 23 September 2023 | |
| 2 | TBA | 1 September 2024 | TBA | |
Season 1 (2023)
[edit]| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Original air date |
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| 1 | 1 | "Partida de ma... no" | 8 July 2023 |
| 2 | 2 | "Tarjetas hechas a mano" | 15 July 2023 |
| 3 | 3 | "Manita caliente" | 22 July 2023 |
| 4 | 4 | "Una manita caída... por la desgracia" | 29 July 2023 |
| 5 | 5 | "Mano en el área" | 5 August 2023 |
| 6 | 6 | "A manos llenas" | 12 August 2023 |
| 7 | 7 | "Manito date cuenta" | 19 August 2023 |
| 8 | 8 | "Her-manita de mi corazón" | 26 August 2023 |
| 9 | 9 | "Me agarró de la mano del chango" | 2 September 2023 |
| 10 | 10 | "No busques mano ajena" | 9 September 2023 |
| 11 | 11 | "Juego de manos es de villanos" | 16 September 2023 |
| 12 | 12 | "Estamos a manos" | 23 September 2023 |
Season 2 (2024)
[edit]| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Original air date | Mexico viewers (millions) |
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| 13 | 1 | "¿Quién o qué, es el Compayito?" | 1 September 2024 | 1.40[8] |
| 14 | 2 | "Parados por la mañana" | 8 September 2024 | 1.61[9] |
| 15 | 3 | "Yadira el tiempo" | 15 September 2024 | 1.38[10] |
| 16 | 4 | "Tanta Manuela cansa" | 22 September 2024 | 1.50[11] |
| 17 | 5 | "Zoila que te quiere, ya dirá Yadira" | 29 September 2024 | 1.62[12] |
| 18 | 6 | "El enmanazo" | 6 October 2024 | 1.44[13] |
| 19 | 7 | "¿Cuál recibo?" | 13 October 2024 | 1.35[14] |
Awards and nominations
[edit]| Year | Award | Category | Nominated | Result | Ref |
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| 2024 | Produ Awards | Best Sitcom | ¡Chócalas Compayito! | Pending | [15] |
References
[edit]- ^ ""¡Chócalas Compayito!": Todo lo que debes saber sobre el nuevo programa de comedia de Televisa". elcapitalino.mx (in Spanish). 29 June 2023. Retrieved 7 July 2023.
- ^ a b Méndez, Juan Pablo (1 July 2023). "Edson Zúñiga regresa a la pantalla chica con su nuevo programa 'Chócalas Compayito'". tvnotas.com.mx (in Spanish). Retrieved 7 July 2023.
- ^ Pérez, Verónica (6 July 2023). ""¡Chócalas Compayito!": Todo lo que debes saber sobre el nuevo programa de comedia de Televisa". tiempox.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 7 July 2023.
- ^ a b c Mendiola, Omar (27 August 2024). "Ahora sí "regresa" El Compayito a la pantalla chica con "¡Chócalas Compayito!"". lasillarota.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 28 August 2024.
- ^ Moreno, Fernanda (29 June 2023). "Raúl Araiza, feliz X2: estrena Chócalas, Compayito y cumple un año con su novia". record.com.mx (in Spanish). Retrieved 7 July 2023.
- ^ Solis, Ricardo (4 July 2023). "Mariazel estará en "¡Chócalas Compayito!"". El Informador (in Spanish). Retrieved 7 July 2023.
- ^ a b c d "Personajes de la serie ¡Chócalas Compayito!". mastelenovelas.com (in Spanish). 28 June 2023. Retrieved 7 July 2023.
- ^ @PRODU (4 September 2024). "Ratings México - 1 de septiembre de 2024" (Tweet) (in Spanish) – via Twitter.
- ^ @PRODU (10 September 2024). "Ratings México - 8 de septiembre de 2024" (Tweet) (in Spanish) – via Twitter.
- ^ @PRODU (18 September 2024). "Ratings México - 15 de septiembre de 2024" (Tweet) (in Spanish) – via Twitter.
- ^ @PRODU (24 September 2024). "Ratings México - 22 de septiembre de 2024" (Tweet) (in Spanish) – via Twitter.
- ^ @PRODU (30 September 2024). "Ratings México - 29 de septiembre de 2024" (Tweet) (in Spanish) – via Twitter.
- ^ @PRODU (7 October 2024). "Ratings México - 6 de octubre de 2024" (Tweet) (in Spanish) – via Twitter.
- ^ @PRODU (16 October 2024). "Ratings México - 13 de octubre de 2024" (Tweet) (in Spanish) – via Twitter.
- ^ "Finalistas | Premios PRODU". premiosprodu.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 6 October 2024.
