Chico and the Man

Chico and the Man
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Genre	Sitcom
Created by	James Komack
Directed by	Peter Baldwin Jack Donohue James Komack
Starring	Jack Albertson Freddie Prinze Della Reese Scatman Crothers Bonnie Boland Isaac Ruiz Ronny Graham Gabriel Meglar Julie Hill
Theme music composer	José Feliciano
Opening theme	"Chico and the Man" performed by José Feliciano
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
No. of seasons	4
No. of episodes	88 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producer	James Komack
Producers	Hal Kanter James Komack Michael Morris Ed Scharlach
Camera setup	Multi-camera
Running time	22–24 minutes
Production companies	The Komack Company Inc. Wolper Productions
Original release
Network	NBC
Release	September 13, 1974 (1974-09-13) – July 21, 1978 (1978-07-21)
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Chico and the Man is an American sitcom television series that aired on NBC for four seasons from September 13, 1974, to July 21, 1978. It stars Jack Albertson as Ed Brown (the Man), the cantankerous owner of a run-down garage in an East Los Angeles barrio, and Freddie Prinze (until Prinze's suicide in the third season) as Chico Rodriguez, an upbeat, optimistic young Mexican American who comes in looking for a job. It was the first U.S. television series set in a Mexican-American neighborhood.^[1]