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Status: Ended
First Aired: September 13, 1974
Seasons: 4
Episodes: 88
Networks: NBC
Genres: Comedy

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Chico and the Man(1974)

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TMDB Rating: 5.8 (12 votes)

Overview

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.

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Season 1

22 episodes • 1974

#	Episode	Air Date
1	Pilot	Sep 13, 1974
2	Second Thoughts	Sep 20, 1974
3	Old Dog	Sep 27, 1974
4	New Suit	Oct 4, 1974
5	Borrowed Trouble	Oct 11, 1974
6	E Pluribus Used Car	Oct 25, 1974
7	Lifestyle	Nov 1, 1974
8	Veterans	Nov 8, 1974
9	No Room in the Garage	Nov 15, 1974
10	The Letter	Dec 6, 1974
11	Natural Causes	Dec 20, 1974
12	The Manuel Who Came to Dinner	Dec 27, 1974
13	Garage Sale	Jan 3, 1975
14	Out of Sight	Jan 17, 1975
15	The Beard	Jan 24, 1975
16	If I Were a Rich Man	Jan 31, 1975
17	Ed Steps Out	Feb 7, 1975
18	Sammy Steps In	Feb 14, 1975
19	The Doctor Story	Feb 21, 1975
20	The Giveaway	Feb 28, 1975
21	Louie's Retirement	Mar 7, 1975
22	Long Live the Man	Mar 14, 1975

Season 2

22 episodes • 1975

#	Episode	Air Date
1	Paint Job	Sep 12, 1975
2	This Hallowed Garage	Sep 19, 1975
3	Auntie Connie	Sep 26, 1975
4	Play Gypsy	Oct 3, 1975
5	The Disappearance	Oct 10, 1975
6	Chico and the Van	Oct 17, 1975
7	Ms. Liz	Oct 31, 1975
8	Mister Butterfly	Nov 7, 1975
9	Misfortune Teller	Nov 14, 1975
10	Bird in a Gilded Cage	Nov 21, 1975
11	The Strike	Nov 28, 1975
12	The Invention	Dec 5, 1975
13	The Juror	Dec 19, 1975
14	The Dream	Jan 9, 1976
15	The Hypnotist	Jan 16, 1976
16	Reverand Bemis' Altar Ego	Jan 23, 1976
17	The Big Brush-Off	Jan 28, 1976
18	The Accident	Feb 4, 1976
19	Chico's Cousin Pepe	Feb 11, 1976
20	Return of Aunt Connie	Feb 18, 1976
21	Too Many Crooks	Feb 25, 1976
22	The Face Job	Mar 3, 1976

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Season 3

21 episodes • 1976

#	Episode	Air Date
1	Della Moves In	Oct 1, 1976
2	Second Coming of Della	Oct 8, 1976
3	Chico Packs His Bags	Oct 22, 1976
4	Chico's Problem	Nov 5, 1976
5	In Your Hat	Nov 12, 1976
6	Ed's Recuperation	Nov 19, 1976
7	Ed Brown vs. the IRS	Nov 26, 1976
8	Morgan and the Man	TBA
9	Mucho Macho Ed	Dec 10, 1976
10	Old is Old	Dec 17, 1976
11	Ready When You Are, CB	Dec 24, 1976
12	The Dress	Jan 7, 1977
13	Minority of One	Jan 14, 1977
14	Champs Ain't Chumps	Jan 28, 1977
15	Chico's Padre	Feb 4, 1977
16	Matchmaker, Matchmaker	Feb 18, 1977
17	Black Tie Blues	Feb 25, 1977
18	Ed Talks to God	Mar 4, 1977
19	Gregory Peck Is a Rooster	Mar 18, 1977
20	Louie's Can-Can	Apr 1, 1977
21	Uncle Sunny	Apr 8, 1977

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Season 4

23 episodes • 1977

#	Episode	Air Date
1	Who's Been Sleeping in My Car?	Sep 16, 1977
2	Su Casa, Mi Casa?	Sep 23, 1977
3	Take Me, I'm Yours	Sep 30, 1977
4	The Third Letter	Oct 14, 1977
5	The Bed	Oct 21, 1977
6	The Matter of Privacy	Nov 4, 1977
7	The Proposal	Nov 11, 1977
8	Aunt Charo	Nov 18, 1977
9	Charo Takes Over	Dec 2, 1977
10	Ed, the Hero	Dec 9, 1977
11	Ed's Team	Dec 30, 1977
12	The Americanization of Charo	Jan 6, 1978
13	Raul Runs Away (1)	Jan 20, 1978
14	Raul Runs Away (2)	Jan 20, 1978
15	Charo and the Matador	Jan 27, 1978
16	A New Girl in Town	Jun 2, 1978
17	Ed Brown's Car Wash	Jun 9, 1978
18	Buenas Dias, Mr. President	Jun 16, 1978
19	Della and Son	Jun 30, 1978
20	Help Wanted	Jul 7, 1978
21	The Peeping Tom	Jul 14, 1978
22	The Hot Rock	Jul 21, 1978
23	Waiting for Chongo	TBA

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