TV Ilegal

TV Ilegal
Genre	Live-action
Created by	Agustín Rosario
Starring	Herbert Cruz Ivonne Arriaga Noris Joffre Lizmarie Quintana Abraham Martí (2006-2007) Ángel Figueroa Edgardo "El Bebo" Adames Carlos Ramírez
Opening theme	TV Ilegal Theme
Ending theme	TV Ilegal Theme (Instrumental)
Country of origin	Puerto Rico
Original language	Spanish
No. of seasons	4
Production
Executive producer	Agustín Rosario
Production locations	Guaynabo, Puerto Rico
Camera setup	Multi-camera
Running time	60 minutes (including commercials)
Original release
Network	WAPA-TV
Release	2006 (2006) – May 13, 2009 (2009-05-13)
Related
TV Ilegal: El Especial (2011) TV Ilegal: El Especial 2 (2012)

TV Ilegal, stylized as TV [i]lεgal, was a Puerto Rican comedy and parody/satire television show broadcast on WAPA-TV from 2006 to 2009. The show parodied both local and international shows and people such as local shows, telenovelas, variety shows and others. Most of the cast had previously worked on Sálvese Quien Pueda on Telemundo.

The show's cast featured comedians Herbert Cruz, Ivonne Arriaga, Noris Joffre, Lizmarie Quintana, Abraham Martí, Ángel Figueroa, Edgardo "El Bebo" Adames and Carlos Ramírez. The show was considered as an equivalent of Saturday Night Live, which both featured parodies and other comedy skits. In 2007, Abraham Martí left the show to pursue music and acting opportunities in Spain and abroad. On May 13, 2009, the show broadcast its last episode due to no advertisement revenue to pay the actors. After a week of cancellation, a few of the cast members moved the show's format to Cadena Salsoul in Radio Ilegal.

TV Ilegal aired two specials broadcast in Telemundo in November 2011 and early 2012, before returning to television to Univision Puerto Rico on October 1, 2012 on Noche Ilegal. Herbert Cruz, Lizmarie Quintana, Ivonne Arriaga, Abraham Martí and Ángel Figueroa returned as part of the cast, except for Noris Joffre, Carlos Ramirez and Edgardo "El Bebo" Adames. The show ended in 2015.

TV show parodies

Parody	Original	Description
Noti-Jierro a las 10:00	Noticentro a las 10:00	It has been the most popular parody due to the parody of Pedro Rosa Nales, whose catchphrase (Oye! Eso 'ta bueno!) is also what made the parody very popular and funny. This parody was featured before in Sálvese Quien Pueda with both actors and previously called No Te Entra El 4 Al Amanecer.
Caso Enterrado	Caso Cerrado	Portrays a parody of Dr. Ana María Polo with a very suggestive lesbian inclination presiding the court and awarding the case to the defendant, which usually was a young and beautiful woman.
Ahora Podemos Gufiar	Ahora Podemos Hablar	Its host, Carmen Jodet, is often portrayed as a biased host who often questioned her guests if they were linked to Kobbo Santarrosa, with whom the real Carmen Jovet has had many feuds. Santarrosa's La Comay often criticized Jovet's ethics over her interviewing methods.
SuperExplosivo	SuperXclusivo
El (Anti-)Show de Maripilly	Original sketch	Maripilly's talk show.
Sabado Picante	Sabado Gigante
Que Mala Suerte con Marrano	Que Suerte
Prison de Castro Break	Prison Break	Introduced after the arrest of senator Jorge de Castro Font.
El Gran Caso De Aníbal	Original sketch	Aníbal Acevedo Vilá case on electronic fraud accusations.

Parodies of famous people

A list of famous people (Puerto Rican, or International). These are the people that get their own skit, rather than appear "inside" main show parodies.

Parody	Original	Description
Maripilly	Maripily Rivera	Puerto Rican model and entrepreneur. She is a disoriented model who never correctly remembers names and when corrected from a verbal error she replies: "También" ("That too").
Titi Luz	Ruth Fernández	She is shown as a woman in need of money. Supposedly the original person stole money from the House of the Artist fund, which was underway for construction.
Chick Marie Flemminn	Cyd Marie Flemmin	News anchor from Univision Puerto Rico.
Héctor Marrano	Hector Marcano	Host of Que Mala Suerte con Marrano.
Los Rayos Grama	Los Rayos Gamma	An ode to the original group, the parody also satirized current events.
Pedro Fosas Nasales	Pedro Rosa Nales	Co-anchor of Notijierro a las 10:00. The most popular parody for his catchphrase: "Oye! Eso ta' bueno!".
Luz Melena Verde	Luz Nereida Vélez	Co-anchor of Notijierro a las 10:00 alongside Pedro Fosas Nasales on. Portrayed as an unpleasant person who makes unfunny jokes.
Carlos El Weber	Carlos Webber	News reporter from Univision Puerto Rico, portrayed as a bulldog.
Carmen Jodet "La Jodet"	Carmen Jovet	Constantly whines about Kobbo Santarrosa's "supposed plot" to out throw her from television and often accuses her guests of conspiring with Santarrosa.
Charrytín	Charytín	Very hyper character who talks very rapidly as the original.
La Comadre	La Comay	Abraham Martí originally played La Comadre using his own face and not a mask, while Herbert Cruz portrayed Héctor Atravieso (parodying Héctor Travieso). After Martí left, Cruz took over as La Comadre using a mask like the original, but not accompanied by an Héctor Travieso parody.
Ana María Pollo "La Jueza"	Ana María Polo	Mostly parodied for her apparent lesbian sexual orientation.
Felipe Culán	Felipe Durán	Constantly advertising fake, weird and funny products.
Rubén Cháncez	Rubén Sánchez	Interviewed real life guests while he used various and unusual pens, a parody to the actual reporter's pen-pointing interviewing style.
De Castro "El Kagateca"	Jorge de Castro Font	Introduced after the senator was arrested.
Luis Flojuño	Luis Fortuño	Governor of Puerto Rico.
El Gobe Aníbal	Aníbal Acevedo Vilá	Governor of Puerto Rico.
Silita "La Gobe"	Sila María Calderón	First female Governor of Puerto Rico.
Magali Flejes	Magali Febles	Always whines about her Miss Puerto Rico franchise going in bankruptcy or being fired by Donald Trump.
Pedro Torero	Pedro Toledo	Superintendent of the PRPD; parodied with bull characteristics.
Luis Ra	Luis Raúl	Portrayed with a very big nose like Luis Raúl's.
El Hámster	El Gangster	A parody of No te Duermas frontman, Antonio Sánchez "El Gángster". Constantly used his catchphrase: "Ea Rayo!".
Donald Trump	Business magnate of the same name	Mostly parodied for Miss Puerto Rico Universe "scandals" against Magali Pebles.
Nicolás Coyeras and Sergio Santa Claus	Nicolás Nogueras and Sergio Peña Clos	Parodies of politic analysts who often appeared on Que Mala Suerte.

Special guests

Special guests included local personalities, politicians, musical guests, among others.

• Luis Raúl - Confronted his counterpart in a competition to determine the real Luis Raúl.
• Víctor Alicea
• Milly Cangiano
• Aníbal Acevedo Vilá - Governor of Puerto Rico
• Luis Fortuño - Governor of Puerto Rico
• Jowell & Randy - Got called "Blower & Panty" by Maripilly.
• José Nogueras - Musical guest
• Rubén Sánchez - Special guest on the parody to one of his former shows
• Miguelito featuring Divino - Musical guests
• Miguel Cotto - Boxer and former OMB Welter Champion

Writers

• Javier del Valle
• Agustín Rosario (Executive Producer and Artistic Director)
• Edmee Rivera (General Producer)
• Pedro Juan Rios
• Carlos Ramirez

Cancellation

Due to no advertisement revenue to pay the actors, the show was cancelled. The last show was on May 13, 2009 at the regular time but not live like it usually is.

Aftermath

Radio spin-off

On May 21, 2009, producer Agustín Rosario brought TV Ilegal to radio on Cadena Salsoul with a weekly radio show called Radio Ilegal, after only a week from its television show was cancelled. Rosario hosted the radio show with actors Herbert Cruz, Noris Joffre, Lizmarie Quintana, and other talents that parody television and political people.

Uno Radio Group Chain President, Luis "Tuto" Soto, said: "While workshops are being closed down, we have the venture and the insanity to produce because we believe in the local (Puerto Rican) talent and we have faith in those here. And we are sure that the public will receive that talent".

The radio show kept the parody concept of different figures of the political and entertaintment areas, but with the "benefit that people can imagine them (the characters), because they have already seen it on television".

Rosario commented: "Cancellations are lamentable because we are in a moment where the people are going through an economical and emotional state. And taking away the comedy is not a good decision. I don't want to add anything more to this topsy-turvy, but the only thing I have to say is all my worries have been let known.

Television specials

In November 2011, TV Ilegal returned to television with a special broadcast in Telemundo. The special did not include Noris Joffre, who worked in WAPA at the time. A second television special was aired in 2012 again on Telemundo introducing new parodies such as Dando Manigueta (Dando Candela), the Gricel Mamery/Javier Ceriani incindent at the Fiestas de la calle San Sebastián, José Ortiz "El Buen Samaritano", a clairvoyant claiming he spoke to the spirit of murdered child Lorenzo González Cacho; the Manny Manuel car accident and Dinga & Matraca (Minga & Petraca).

Return to TV

After more than three years, TV Ilegal returned to television to Univision Puerto Rico on October 1, 2012 as Noche Ilegal (stylized as NOCHE [i]LEGAL). Herbert Cruz, Lizmarie Quintana, Ivonne Arriaga and Ángel Figueroa reprise each of their parodies and introduce new ones as well; Abraham Martí was briefly part of the cast but left afterwards. Noris Joffre and Edgardo "El Bebo" Adames are the only two cast member from the original TV Ilegal to not return. Episodes ran for 30 minutes, including commercials, airing weekly nights. They were initially hosted by various local celebrities, politicians or artists, later hosted by Gricel Mamery. Noche Illegal was the final show left in its programming block after Univision Puerto Rico discontinued most of its local workshops including the morning, noon and afternoon news. The show was ultimately cancelled in 2015.

External links

• Radio Ilegal on SalSoul 98.5FM