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Chico and the Man is an American sitcom which ran on NBC for four seasons, from September 13, 1974, to July 21, 1978. It stars Jack Albertson as Ed Brown, the cantankerous owner of a run down garage in an East Los Angeles barrio, and Freddie Prinze as Chico Rodriguez, an upbeat, optimistic Chicano young man who comes in looking for a job. It was the first U.S. television series set in a Mexican-American neighborhood.

This mid-seventies sitcom breaks the usual suburban mold by centering its comedy on the vibrant, working-class energy of an East Los Angeles barrio. The friction between a grumpy garage owner and his relentlessly sunny protégé provides a rhythmic, heartfelt spark.