Casados con hijos (Argentine TV series)

Casados con hijos
The Argenty family
Genre	Sitcom
Created by	Michael G. Moye Ron Leavitt
Written by	Diego Alarcón, Axel Kuschevatzky, Walter Lascialanda, Sebastián Rotstein (2nd season), Jessica Waizbrot (2nd season), Josefina Trotta (2nd season)
Starring	Guillermo Francella Florencia Peña Darío Lopilato Luisana Lopilato Marcelo de Bellis Érica Rivas Violeta (the dog)
Country of origin	Argentina
Original language	Spanish
No. of seasons	2
No. of episodes	215
Production
Executive producer	Mariano Berterreix
Producers	Telefe Contents Sony Pictures Entertainment Ross Films
Production locations	Ronda Studios, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Running time	30 minutes (approximately)
Original release
Network	Telefe
Release	April 12, 2005 – December 28, 2006

Casados con Hijos is the Argentine re-make of American television series Married... with Children. It was made in Buenos Aires, Argentina, by Telefe and Sony Pictures, during 2005 and 2006. This television series follows the Argento family and their lives.

Main roles were portrayed by famous Argentine actors like Guillermo Francella, Florencia Peña, Darío Lopilato, Luisana Lopilato, Marcelo de Bellis and Érica Rivas. The first season started on April 12.

The success of the series earned the television broadcast a second season. Starting on August 14 2006, the show gained a 33,3 audience rating, securing the largest audience of the year for a broadcast sitcom.

The series has, in total, 215 episodes (140 chapters of the first season and 75 chapters of the second).

The success of the series trascended the borders of Argentina, being also issued by local channels in Uruguay, Paraguay and Peru as well as by Telefe in the United States.

Casados con Hijos earned many awards, like 2005 and 2006 Martín Fierro Awards and Clarín Entertainment Awards in 2005 and 2006.

Cast

Starring	Character
Guillermo Francella	José "Pepe" Argento
Florencia Peña	Mónica "Moni" Argento
Darío Lopilato	Alfio "Coqui" Argento
Luisana Lopilato	Paola "Pao" Argento
Marcelo de Bellis	Dardo Fuseneco
Érica Rivas	María Elena Fuseneco
Violeta (dog)	Fatiga (the family pet)

Awards and nominations

Martín Fierro Awards 2005

• Best Comedy - Casados con Hijos (won)
• Best Actor in Comedy - Guillermo Francella (won)
• Best Actress in Comedy - Florencia Peña (won)
• Best Actress in Comedy - Érica Rivas (nominated)

Clarín Entertainment Awards 2005

• Best New Actor - Darío Lopilato (nominated)
• Best Actress - Florencia Peña (nominated)

Martín Fierro Awards 2006

• Best Comedy - Casados con Hijos (nominated)
• Best Actor in Comedy - Guillermo Francella (nominated)
• Best Actress in Comedy - Florencia Peña (nominated)
• Best Co-actress in Comedy - Érica Rivas (won)
• Best Co-actor in Comedy - Darío Lopilato (nominated)
• Best Co-actress in Comedy - Luisana Lopilato (nominated)

Clarín Entertainment Awards 2006

• Best Comedy - Casados con Hijos (nominated)
• Best Actress in Comedy - Florencia Peña (nominated)
• Best Actress in Comedy - Érica Rivas (won)

Clarín Entertainment Awards 2007

• Best Actor in Comedy - Guillermo Francella (nominated)

External links

• Casados con hijos at IMDb