Season 10 • Episode 38
LatestAída is a Spanish comedy sitcom set in Madrid, that spin off from another sitcom called 7 Vidas. The show first aired on January 16, 2005 and is produced by Globomedia for the Spanish network Telecinco. It currently started its ninth season. The show stars Carmen Machi as the title character, Aída García, a working, single mother with two teenage children, forced to move in with her mother and brother to make ends meet. The show has received favorable criticism from the audience and has been the most viewed show in Spain since 2007. It has also received several awards like the Ondas Award for Best Spanish Sitcom. The Polish re-make of the series began airing in March 2012 on TVP2 channel.
Acting
Carmen Machi's comedic timing is illegally sharp
Writing
Rapid-fire Madrid slang that translators weep over
Production
Spin-off that somehow eclipsed its origin show
Paco León
Luisma García
Melani Olivares
Paz Bermejo
Pepe Viyuela
Chema García
Mariano Peña
Mauricio Colmenero
Miren Ibarguren
Soraya García
Marisol Ayuso
Eugenia García
Dani Martínez
Simón Bermejo
David Castillo
Jonathan García
Eduardo Casanova
Fidel Martínez
Pepa Rus
Inmaculada "Macu" Colmenero
Secun de la Rosa
Toni Colmenero
Canco Rodríguez
Barajas
Óscar Reyes
Oswaldo "Machupichu"
José Lamuño
Quique
Alicia Fernández
Dora
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Aída became a cultural shorthand for working-class Spanish women surviving economic crisis—Carmen Machi's exit in season 7 made national news.
Paco León (Luisma) later directed the acclaimed film 'Kiki, Love to Love'—proof this cast had serious range beneath the sitcom chaos.
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