Aída


Aída is a Spanish sitcom that aired on Telecinco from 16 January 2005 to 8 June 2014. Set in Madrid, it is a spin off of the sitcom 7 Vidas, on which Aída was a recurring character. It was produced by Globomedia.
The show stars Carmen Machi as Aída García, a working single mother with two teenage children who is forced to move in with her mother Eugenia, played by Marisol Ayuso, and brother Luisma, played by Paco León, to make ends meet.
The show received favorable criticism and was the most-viewed show in Spain from 2007 until the end of its run. It has also received several awards, including the Ondas Award for Best Spanish Sitcom.
The Polish remake of the series began airing in March 2012 on the TVP2 channel.

Synopsis

The show follows the life of Aída García, a minor character from the sitcom 7 vidas, who has to move to a somewhat seedy neighbourhood with her two teenage children, Jonathan and Lorena, to live with her mother Eugenia, and brother Luisma.
Other than her family, Aída spends time with her best friend, prostitute Paz, Chema, a smart store-owner, Chema's effeminate son, Fidel, and Mauricio, a chauvinistic bar owner.
There was a small controversy in 2007, when the show had to remove some jokes in a plot where Aída starts a relationship with a priest, so as to not offend the Catholic Church. This was one of the fourth season's plots, which were described as more radical than the previous seasons, though the creators insisted that they still reflected reality.

Season 6 changes

The show saw changes in Season 6 when Aída was written out of the show, as Carmen Machi left the show, saying it was to pursue new projects. In 2019, Machi said that she handled the fame was receiving quite badly, developing social anxieties, and left the show to deal with this. The characters of Soraya and her daughter Aída Jr. were introduced. Other characters changed in their personalities: Mauricio toned down his chauvinism and fell for Soraya, and Jonathan was made "dumber" as a result of going through puberty. Though Soraya and Aidita are new characters for the sixth season, they had been included in the television bible from before the show began, with Aída's three children all being mentioned in 7 vidas.

Setting

The show is located in a fictional neighbourhood called Esperanza Sur. This seems to be a stand in for the district of Carabanchel, in the south of Madrid, as it includes the Urgel metro entrance and two-to-three storey buildings with green windows, which are common in the district.

Characters

García García family

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The series aired on Telecinco from 16 January 2005 to 8 June 2014. Its premiere episode of the show was watched by about 7 million people in Spain, though its viewership had dropped by over a million by its third week; the show remained popular through its run, taking the majority viewers on most occasions. The 100th episode was a musical episode; Paco León said that the cast asked to do this, because many of them are dancers and singers as well. The show was also well-received, and was analysed by Spanish media and academics alike as the perfect recipe for success in its genre.

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