American comedy television series
Los Espookys
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Genre
| Comedy
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Created by
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Starring
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Country of origin
| United States
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Original languages
| Spanish
English
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No.
of seasons
| 2
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No.
of episodes
| 12
(
list of episodes
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Executive producers
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Production companies
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Network
| HBO
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Release
| June 14, 2019
(
2019-06-14
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October 21, 2022
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2022-10-21
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Los Espookys
is an American
Spanish language
comedy
television series created by
Julio Torres
,
Ana Fabrega
, and
Fred Armisen
, who also star alongside Bernardo Velasco and
Cassandra Ciangherotti
.
[1]
The series follows a group of friends trying to turn their love of horror into a successful business, where most of their jobs consist of fabricating
horror film
-like situations and tricking people into thinking they are real.
Los Espookys
premiered on June 14, 2019 on
HBO
.
[2]
In July 2019, the series was renewed for a second season which premiered on September 16, 2022.
[3]
[4]
In December 2022, the series was canceled after two seasons.
[5]
Los Espookys
won a 2022 Peabody Award.
Los Espookys
"follows a group of friends who turn their love for horror into a peculiar business, providing horror to those who need it, in a dreamy Latin American country where the strange and eerie are just part of daily life."
[6]
Cast and characters
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Main
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- Bernardo Velasco as Renaldo, a horror and gore enthusiast who assembles his friends to form Los Espookys. He is kind and optimistic, but naive and incompetent with finances. He also appears to be asexual.
- Julio Torres
as Andres Valdez, Renaldo's best friend since childhood and member of Los Espookys, and the adopted heir to a chocolate empire. While trying to put up with his unapproachable parents and the future husband they chose for him, he is also haunted by a mysterious demon, and longs to unlock the secrets of his past.
- Cassandra Ciangherotti
as Ursula, a friend of Renaldo and sister to Tati, and a member of Los Espookys. She is smart, resourceful and more down-to-earth than the other members, but struggles with her job as a dental hygienist due to the mean behavior of her boss.
- Ana Fabrega
as Tati, Ursula's dimwitted sister and a member of Los Espookys. She is constantly switching between strange jobs to try to make a living and is willing to put herself into any situation the other Espookys need her in. She has a boyfriend whom she has only met online, but later marries Andres's gay ex-boyfriend, oblivious to the fact it is not a love marriage.
- Fred Armisen
as Tico, Renaldo's uncle and a trusted and dedicated employee of a
valet parking
company. He is very supportive of Renaldo's efforts and happy with his job, but struggles with his daughter's attitude problems and his own tendency to be too selfless. During the second season, Tico and his daughter move in with Renaldo after valet parking becomes obsolete due to self-parking cars, and he struggles to find a new direction, briefly joining Los Espookys.
Recurring
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- Jose Pablo Minor
as Juan Carlos, Andres' vain boyfriend, who later becomes Tati's husband in a lavender marriage. He comes from a wealthy family that runs a successful cookie empire.
- Spike Einbinder as the Water Spirit, a mystical aquatic entity linked to Andres' soul and lives inside of him. In season 2, she "quits" and enters the real world, getting a job as an assistant to Melanie Gibbons.
- River L. Ramirez as Sonia, Tico's bratty, mean-spirited, dependent daughter.
- Greta Titelman
as US Ambassador Melanie Gibbons, who meets Los Espookys during one of their jobs, and later hires them for another. In season 2, a key subplot involves her trying to become US ambassador in Miami, unaware that it is part of the United States.
- Carmen Gloria Bresky as Mayor Teresa Lobos, a client of Los Espookys in season 1 who starts a presidential campaign in the second season.
- Adela Calderon
as Renaldo's mother, who is constantly trying to find him a girlfriend.
- Giannina Fruttero as Beatriz, Renaldo's sister
- Carol Kane
as Bianca Nova (season 1), an aging and forgotten American film director who befriends Tico.
- Martine Gutierrez
as Karina Salgado (season 2), a
beauty queen
who was
Miss Puerto Rico
, and brutally died immediately after being crowned
Nuestra Belleza Latina
; in the second season, her ghost starts haunting Renaldo.
- Yalitza Aparicio
as
The Moon
(season 2), whom Andres can talk to
- Andrea Villalobos as Monica Martinez (season 2), a cousin of Renaldo who starts working for Los Espookys after losing her previous job
- Sebastian Ayala as Oliver Twix (season 2), a neglectful yet flamboyant mortician
- Kim Petras
as the Secretary of State (season 2)
- Isabella Rossellini
as herself (season 2)
Episodes
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Season 1 (2019)
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Season 2 (2022)
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Production
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Development
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On November 21, 2017, it was announced that
HBO
had given the production, then titled
Mexico City: Only Good Things Happen
, a pilot order. The episode was written by Fred Armisen, Ana Fabrega, and Julio Torres and set to be directed by Fernando Frias. The production staff of the potential series was set to include Armisen,
Lorne Michaels
, Andrew Singer as executive producers and Torres and
Alice Mathias
as co-executive producers. Production companies involved with the series are expected to include
Broadway Video
and Mas Mejor.
[16]
[17]
On July 2, 2018, it was announced that HBO had given the production, now titled
Los Espookys
, a series order for a first season. It was additionally announced that Fabrega would serve as a co-executive producer and that Antigravico would join the list of production companies involved with the series.
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On April 16, 2019, it was announced that the series would premiere on June 14, 2019.
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On July 24, 2019, HBO renewed the series for a second season which premiered on September 16, 2022.
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Filming for the second season wrapped in February 2022.
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On December 2, 2022, HBO canceled the series after two seasons.
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Casting
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Alongside the pilot order announcement, it was confirmed that the pilot would star Bernardo Velasco, Cassandra Ciangherotti, Ana Fabrega as Tati, Julio Torres, and Fred Armisen.
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Reception
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The
review aggregator
website
Rotten Tomatoes
reports a 100% approval rating with an average score of 8.90/10, based on 30 reviews. The website's critical consensus reads, "Igualmente hilarante y horripilante,
Los Espookys
is an espooky good time."
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Metacritic
, which uses a weighted average, gave the series a score of 83 out of 100, based on reviews from 13 critics, indicating "universal acclaim".
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References
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- ^
"About Los Espookys"
.
HBO
. May 9, 2020.
Archived
from the original on November 19, 2019
. Retrieved
May 9,
2020
.
- ^
a
b
Pedersen, Erik (April 16, 2019).
"
'Los Espookys' Premiere Date: HBO Comedy From Fred Armisen & Lorne Michaels Set For Summer"
.
Deadline Hollywood
.
Archived
from the original on April 16, 2019
. Retrieved
April 16,
2019
.
- ^
a
b
Andreeva, Nellie (July 24, 2019).
"
'Los Espookys' Renewed For Season 2 By HBO"
.
Deadline Hollywood
.
Archived
from the original on October 25, 2021
. Retrieved
July 24,
2019
.
- ^
a
b
"Los Esookys ? Season 2 Episode Synopses"
.
WarnerMedia
. August 24, 2022.
Archived
from the original on September 9, 2022
. Retrieved
September 9,
2022
.
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a
b
Cordero, Rosy (December 2, 2022).
"
'Los Espookys' Not Returning To HBO After Two Seasons, Keeps Door Open For Future Projects"
.
Deadline Hollywood
.
Archived
from the original on December 2, 2022
. Retrieved
December 2,
2022
.
- ^
a
b
"About Los Espookys"
.
HBO
. June 12, 2019.
Archived
from the original on May 25, 2019
. Retrieved
June 12,
2019
.
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Metcalf, Mitch (June 17, 2019).
"Updated: ShowBuzzDaily's Top 150 Friday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 6.14.2019"
.
Showbuzz Daily
. Archived from
the original
on June 17, 2019
. Retrieved
June 17,
2019
.
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Metcalf, Mitch (June 24, 2019).
"Updated: ShowBuzzDaily's Top 150 Friday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 6.21.2019"
.
Showbuzz Daily
. Archived from
the original
on June 24, 2019
. Retrieved
June 24,
2019
.
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Metcalf, Mitch (July 1, 2019).
"Updated: ShowBuzzDaily's Top 150 Friday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 6.28.2019"
.
Showbuzz Daily
. Archived from
the original
on July 1, 2019
. Retrieved
July 1,
2019
.
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Metcalf, Mitch (July 9, 2019).
"Updated: ShowBuzzDaily's Top 150 Friday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 7.5.2019"
.
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the original
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. Retrieved
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2019
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Metcalf, Mitch (July 15, 2019).
"Updated: ShowBuzzDaily's Top 150 Friday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 7.12.2019"
.
Showbuzz Daily
. Archived from
the original
on July 15, 2019
. Retrieved
July 15,
2019
.
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Metcalf, Mitch (July 22, 2019).
"Updated: ShowBuzzDaily's Top 150 Friday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 7.19.2019"
.
Showbuzz Daily
. Archived from
the original
on July 22, 2019
. Retrieved
July 23,
2019
.
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Metcalf, Mitch (September 19, 2022).
"ShowBuzzDaily's Friday 9.16.2022 Top 150 Cable Originals & Network Finals Updated"
.
Showbuzz Daily
.
Archived
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. Retrieved
September 19,
2022
.
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Salem, Mitch (September 26, 2022).
"ShowBuzzDaily's Friday 9.23.2022 Top 150 Cable Originals & Network Finals Updated"
.
Showbuzz Daily
.
Archived
from the original on September 26, 2022
. Retrieved
September 30,
2022
.
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Metcalf, Mitch (October 3, 2022).
"ShowBuzzDaily's Friday 9.30.2022 Top 150 Cable Originals & Network Finals Updated"
.
Showbuzz Daily
.
Archived
from the original on October 3, 2022
. Retrieved
October 3,
2022
.
- ^
a
b
Petski, Denise (November 21, 2017).
"Fred Armisen Spanish-Language Comedy 'Mexico City: Only Good Things Happen' Gets Pilot Order At HBO"
.
Deadline Hollywood
.
Archived
from the original on July 2, 2018
. Retrieved
July 2,
2018
.
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Barsanti, Sam (July 2, 2018).
"Fred Armisen to star in a Spanish-language pilot for HBO"
.
The A.V. Club
.
Archived
from the original on July 3, 2018
. Retrieved
July 2,
2018
.
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Otterson, Joe (July 2, 2018).
"HBO Orders Fred Armisen Spanish-Language Comedy to Series"
.
Variety
.
Archived
from the original on July 2, 2018
. Retrieved
July 2,
2018
.
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Sandberg, Bryn Elise (July 2, 2018).
"HBO Orders Spanish-Language Comedy 'Los Espookys' From Fred Armisen and Lorne Michaels"
.
The Hollywood Reporter
.
Archived
from the original on July 2, 2018
. Retrieved
July 2,
2018
.
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Philips, Josh (February 7, 2022).
"
'Los Espookys' Season 2 Finally Wraps Filming After a Two-Year Hiatus"
.
Collider
.
Archived
from the original on March 5, 2022
. Retrieved
March 6,
2022
.
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"Los Espookys: Season 1"
.
Rotten Tomatoes
(
Fandango Media
).
Archived
from the original on July 24, 2020
. Retrieved
April 20,
2023
.
- ^
"Los Espookys: Season 1"
.
Metacritic
.
CBS Interactive
.
Archived
from the original on October 3, 2019
. Retrieved
April 20,
2023
.
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