El Gordo y la Flaca

El Gordo y la Flaca
GenreNews show
Created byEmilio Estefan
Presented byLili Estefan
Raúl De Molina
Production
Production locationsMiami, Florida
Running time60 minutes (incl. commercials)
Original release
NetworkUnivision
ReleaseSeptember 21, 1998 (1998-09-21) –
present

El Gordo y la Flaca (literal translation: The Fat Man and the Skinny Woman) is an American Spanish-language entertainment pop culture news show.

History

El Gordo y La Flaca first aired on September 21, 1998, on Univision, hosted by Raúl De Molina ("El Gordo") [1] and Cuban model Lili Estefan ("La Flaca"), the niece of music mogul and producer Emilio Estefan, the husband of singer/songwriter Gloria Estefan.[2]

The show combines interviews with actors, musicians, and other celebrities with reports on their comings and goings. The show appears weekdays on the Spanish-language television network Univision. It is filmed in the network's studios in Miami, Florida. at Newsport Building 8551 NW 30th Terrace, Doral,FL 33122

For many years, the show also featured an in-house coffee maker who appeared several times on Live TV, Marta Martin Carrera-Ruiz, known to show viewers as "Martica la del Cafe", but had left the show & Univision in 2018, and later died in 2021.[3][4]

Correspondents

The correspondents for the show are Gelena Solano from New York City, Oscar Petit, Clarissa Molina and Daniela Di Giacomo from Miami, Tanya Charry, Maria Hurtado and David Valadez from Los Angeles and Elizabeth Curiel from Mexico City.[5]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Raul de Molina Takes Over New York - Entertainment News". redorbit.com. 2009-10-26. Retrieved 2015-04-17.
  2. ^ Veciana, Ana (2008-05-05). "SPOTLIGHT: Lili Estefan - ABC News". Abcnews.go.com. Retrieved 2015-04-17.
  3. ^ "Muere Martica 'La del Café' de el Gordo y la Flaca".
  4. ^ "Martica 'la del café' se emocionó con estos mensajes de despedida de sus amigos de Univision".
  5. ^ "El Gordo y la Flaca (1998– )". Internet Movie Database. 21 September 1998. Retrieved 4 December 2013.


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