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Aída
Created byNacho García Velilla
Opening theme"Que Nadie Me Levante la Voz"
by Bebe
Country of originSpain Spain
No. of seasons5
Production
Running time45 minutes (per episode)
Original release
NetworkTelecinco
ReleaseJanuary 16, 2005 –
Present

Aída is a Spanish comedy sitcom set in Madrid, that spun-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 finished its fifth season.

The show stars Carmen Machi as the title character, Aída García, a working, single mom with two teenage children, forced to move with her mother and brother to make ends meet.

The show has received favorable critics 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.

Plot

The show follows the life of Aída García (Carmen Machi) who has to move to a somewhat seedy neighbourhood with her mother, Eugenia (Marisol Ayuso), and brother, Luisma (Paco León). Together with Aída, come her two teenage children, Jonathan and Lorena (David Castillo and Ana María Polvorosa).

Other than her family, Aída spends time with her best friend/prostitute, Paz (Melanie Oliveras); Chema, a smart store-owner (Pepe Viyuela), and his effeminate son, Fidel (Eduardo Casanova); and Mauricio, a chauvinist bar-owner (Mariano Peña).

Location

The show is located in a fictional neighbourhood called Esperanza Sur. However, it can be inferred that it is located in the district of Carabanchel, in the south part of Madrid. This can also be seen from the 2-3 stories buildings with green windows, and the Urgell subway entrance, which is also located in that district.

Characters

García García Family

  • Aída García García (Carmen Machi) - A 45 year old, divorced woman. She's short, with a high-pitched voice. She has three children and works mostly as a cleaning lady. She got pregnant of her first daughter, Soraya, when she was 17, so she eloped with her fiance, Manolo. However, they got divorced several years later when she found out he spent the money in prostitutes. Before divorcing, they had their other two children: Lorena and Jonathan. Aída lives with her mother, Eugenia, and her brother, Luisma, and her two younger children (Soraya moved when she turned 18). Aída usually has several jobs to make ends meet. She wanted to finish her studies, but couldn't. She is an alcoholic, although she no longer drinks.
  • Luis Mariano "Luisma" García García (Paco León) - A 35 year old, ex-junkie, rehabilitated after going through Proyecto Hombre. He has a good heart, but is somewhat dimwitted. He is Aída's younger brother, and Eugenia's son. Ever since he was 13, he has tried to have sex with Paz, his childhood friend.
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Luisma (Paco León) and Aída (Carmen Machi), main characters of Aída
  • Eugenia García (Marisol Ayuso) - A 65 year old overweight widow. She is the mother of Aída and Luisma. When her husband died, she had to accept her daughter and grandchildren moving to her house. Eugenia thinks she's famous because she used to sing at a club. She was known by the name "La Bim Bam Bum".
  • Soraya García García (Miren Ibarguren) - Aída's oldest daughter. She moved out of her home when she turned 18 due to her mother's constant alcoholism. She has never been seen on-screen, although she's supposed to join the cast in the sixth season.[1]
  • Lorena García García (Ana María Polvorosa) - Aída's 20 year old, second daughter. She is known for her red hair and her endless string of boyfriends. She enjoys playing pranks on Luisma and Eugenia, along with her brother Jonathan.
  • Jonathan García García (David Castillo) - Aída's 16 year old, youngest child. Far from being an ideal son, Jonathan has long hair, wears an earring, is disrespectful, steals, and has had several run-ins with the law. However, he still remains noble at heart.

The Neighbours

  • José María "Chema" Martínez (Pepe Viyuela) - A 45 year old bald, divorced man. He is the owner of the market store "El Colonial". Chema is an intelligent, educated man, but although he has a degree in Hispanic philology, he hasn't been able to find an according job. This makes him - at times - the butt of jokes in the neighbourhood. He has been friend of Aída and Luisma since childhood. When he was 18, he was Aída's date to their prom. He has a 16 year old son called Fidel, but he's divorced since his ex-wife cheated on him.
  • Fidel Martínez (Eduardo Casanova) - Chema's 16 year old son. He is somewhat of an outcast in the neighbourhood for his intelligence, his knowledge about almost anything, his hobbies (dancing and painting), and for being very effeminate. He has few friends, but Jonathan is one of them.
  • Paz Bermejo (Melanie Olivares) - Aída's 34 year old best friend. They've known each other since childhood. She is a sweet and good woman, despite working as a prostitute for 10 years for lack of a better job. She dislikes her job and keeps it mostly secret, and only her close friends (Aída, Chema, Luisma, and Fidel) know about it. She pretends to be a nurse in front of Aída's children, and a flight attendant to the neighbourhood.
  • Mauricio Colmenero (Mariano Peña) - A 50 year old man. Bearer of some of the most unwanted traits in a man: chauvinist, fascist, exploiter, perverted, xenophobe, and homophobe. He is a bullfight aficionado and a fan of Burt Reynolds. That's why he named his bar after him (Bar Reinols) and has several pictures of the actor in a wall. He enjoys making fun of other people, especially Chema.

Awards

Ratings

  1. 3x01: 29,4%
  2. 3x02: 30%
  3. 3x03: 27,1%
  4. 3x04: 28,5%
  5. 3x05: 25,4%
  6. 3x06: 27,4%
  7. 3x07: 26.3%
  8. 3x08: 28.1%
  9. 3x09: 27.2%
  10. 3x10: 26.3%

Episodes

First season

Date Episode Audience (In Spain) Share (In Spain)
17/01/2005 1. "Una nueva vida" Aida and her brother learn from their mother that their father has passed away. Aida is willed the old family home in a seedy Madrid neighborhood, which she relocates to. 6.863.000 36,0%
23/01/2005 2. "Tootsie que vales" 6.524.000 34,0%
30/01/2005 3. "¿Pero qué invento es éste?" 5.074.000 25,7%
06/02/2005 4. "Sex, lies and videotapes" 5.672.000 30,0%
13/02/2005 5. "Aída y el cartero" 5.849.000 30,6%
20/02/2005 6. "Prefiero trabajar" 5.789.000 30,6%
27/02/2005 7. "Memorias de una furcia" 5.585.000 29,3%
06/03/2005 8. "El señor del anillo" 6.080.000 31,8%
20/03/2005 9. "El tramposo" 4.420.000 28,3%
03/04/2005 10. "La madre que gritó puta" 6.059.000 34,7%
10/04/2005 11. "Por la gloria de mi madre" 5.621.000 30,9%
17/04/2005 12. "Inteligencia artificiosa" 5.690.000 31,7%
24/04/2005 13. "Mi gran boda venezolana" 5.846.000 32,1%

Second season

Date Episode Audience Share
11/09/2005 14. "Bajo el peso de la ley" 4.350.000 28,7%
18/09/2005 15. "Los freakis del calendario" 4.526.000 28,0%
25/09/2005 16. "Black is black" 4.551.000 27,5%
02/10/2005 17. "Jonhy cogió su violín" 5.496.000 31,9%
10/10/2005 18. "El ataque de los clones" 4.952.000 27,9%
16/10/2005 19. "Dead man" 5.309.000 29,4%
23/10/2005 20. "Una jaula de grillos" 5.420.000 30,6%
06/11/2005 21. "Los trilocos" 5.436.000 29,3%
13/11/2005 22. "Tendero soltero blanco busca" 6.310.000 32,6%
20/11/2005 23. "From lost to the river" 5.648.000 29,7%
27/11/2005 24. "Todo es mentira" 5.814.000 29,6%
04/12/2005 25. "Amor ciego" 5.816.000 32,1%
11/12/2005 26. "Una habitación con maristas" 6.087.000 32,9%
18/12/2005 27. "Adivina quién no viene a cenar esta noche" 4.967.000 27,4%

Third season

Date Episode Audience Share
14/05/2006 28. "El imperio del sinsentido" 4.589.000 29,4%
21/05/2006 29. "Love actually" 4.834.000 30,0%
28/05/2006 30. "Días de radio" 4.174.000 27,1%
04/06/2006 31. "Tu madre se ha comido mi dedo" 4.204.000 28,5%
11/06/2006 32. "El memo que mece la cuna" 3.872.000 25,4%
18/06/2006 33. "Carne de gallina" 4.265.000 27,4%
25/06/2006 34. "Mini size me" 3.534.000 24,5%
02/07/2006 35. "Los insaciables de Elliot Ness" 3.712.000 28,1%
09/07/2006 36. "The fast and the Furioso" 3.438.000 27,2%
16/07/2006 37. "Los Luismas del infierno" 3.297.000 26,3%
10/09/2006 38. "Entre copas" 3.936.000 30,0%
17/09/2006 39. "Tierras de pirula" 4.073.000 28,1%
24/09/2006 40. "Miss adorable vecina" 3.805.000 25,8%
01/10/2006 41. "No soy yo, sos vos" 4.011.000 28,0%

Fourth season

Date Episode Audience Share
07/01/2007 42. "Misterioso asesinato en Esperanza Sur" 5.443.000 28,5%
14/01/2007 43. "Los servicios de paz" 4.655.000 24,3%
21/01/2007 44. "El enano oscuro del corazón" 4.829.000 24,8%
28/01/2007 45. "Mi madre se ha comido a mi compañero de piso" 4.583.000 23,0%
04/02/2007 46. "Million Dollar Luisma" 5.698.000 30,3%
11/02/2007 47. "El último Tang en Madrid" 5.631.000 30,0%
18/02/2007 48. "El cielo puede esperar" 4.840.000 25,3%
25/02/2007 49. "Bienvenido Mister Juancar" 5.197.000 28,7%
04/03/2007 50. "Yo soy la Macu" 5.599.000 30,1%
11/03/2007 51. "El retorno del gay" After noticing that women feel less threatened by Tony because he is gay, Luisma fakes being gay in order to get close to Antonio's friend Barbara. Lorena's grades in school start slipping causing Aida to revoke her mobile phone privileges until she gets her grades up. Lorena starts flirting with a geeky kid named Herman who starts doing her homework for her. Elsewhere, Aida and Chema compete for PTA president. 5.306.000 28,1%
18/03/2007 52. "We are a happy family" 5.186.000 28,9%
01/04/2007 53. "Charly y la fabrica de prostitutas" 5.125.000 28,6%
01/04/2005 54. "El calor del dinero" 4.128.000 27,9%
08/04/2007 55. "Hasta que llegó su O.R.A." 4.946.000 29,0%
15/04/2007 56. "En el cielo como en la tienda" 4.949.000 27,0%
22/04/2005 57. "Asesinato a las diez" 5.151.000 29,3%

Fifth season

Date Episode Audience Share
02/12/2007 Capítulo 58. "Leaving Esperanza Sur" 5.952.000 30,9%
09/12/2007 Capítulo 59. "La inmigración vive arriba" 5.500.000 29,6%
16/12/2007 Capítulo 60. "Los creyentes" 5.786.000 31,3%
23/12/2007 Capítulo 61. "Chicos vs. Chicas" 4.631.000 26,2%
06/01/2008 Capítulo 62. "El cobrador" 4.924.000 28,4%
13/01/2008 Capítulo 63. "La vuelta" 5.908.000 30,8%
20/01/2008 Capítulo 64. "Cuestión de riñones" 6.282.000 33,2%
27/01/2008 Capítulo 65. "Como chacha y a lo loco" 5.778.000 31,0%
03/02/2008 Capítulo 66. "21 (kilo) gramos" 5.675.000 29,9%
10/02/2008 Capítulo 67. "La que se adivina" 5.760.000 30,4%
17/02/2008 Capítulo 68. "Oro salvaje" 6.021.000 31,6%
24/02/2008 Capítulo 69. "Una proposición indecente" 5.673.000 29,7%
02/03/2008 Capítulo 70. "Llega la ceremonia" 6.642.000 35,6%
16/03/2008 Capítulo 71. "En la cárcel" 5.328.000 31,3%
23/03/2008 Capítulo 72. "Diversión en la cárcel" 5.136.000 30,6%
30/03/2008 Capítulo 73. "Pasión, alcohol y un bebé" 5.613.000 29,7%
06/04/2008 Capítulo 74. "¡Es negro!" 5.805.000 30,0%
13/04/2008 Capítulo 75. "Aída necesita relajarse" 6.034.000 31,5%
20/04/2008 Capítulo 76. "Una familia feliz" 6.118.000 31,2%
27/04/2008 Capítulo 77. "El juicio final" 5.352.000 28,8%
04/05/2008 Capítulo 78. "Clases, inteligencia y un matrimonio" 5.335.000 30,2%
11/05/2008 Capítulo 79. "La danza del vientre" 4.845.000 25,4%
18/05/2008 Capítulo 80. "Top manta" 5.688.000 30,2%
25/05/2008 Capítulo 81. "Lleno, por favor" 6.396.000 34,7%
01/06/2008 Capítulo 82. "Intercambio radical" 5.862.000 31,9%
15/06/2008 Capítulo 83. "Pareja perfecta" 6.161.000 34,7%

Broadcasters

  1. ^ FórmulaTV. "Miren Ibarguren será Soraya en 'Aída', la hija perdida de Carmen Machi". Retrieved 2008-07-24.