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| '''''Operation Repo''''' (formerly known as '''''Operación Repo''''') is an American ] that depicts the world of car ] with a team that portrays fictionalized tales of repossessions from California's ].<ref> |
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| == Re-enactment and authenticity == | == Re-enactment and authenticity == | ||
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| Operation Repo | |
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| Genre | Docudrama |
| Created by | Luis Pizarro |
| Directed by | Luis Pizarro |
| Starring | Sonia Pizarro Froylan 'Froy' Tercero Lyndah Pizarro Matt Burch |
| Narrated by | Jordan Emil Mueller |
| Theme music composer | Alvaro Morello |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language | English |
| No. of seasons | 11 |
| No. of episodes | 286 |
| Production | |
| Executive producers | Luis Pizarro Tariq Jalil Francisco Aguilar |
| Running time | 30 min. |
| Production company | EGA Productions |
| Original release | |
| Network | Telemundo (2006–2008) truTV (2008–2014) |
| Release | as Operación Repo October 2006–2008 as Operation Repo March 31, 2008 – February 5, 2014 |
Operation Repo (formerly known as Operación Repo) is an American television program that depicts the world of car repossession with a team that portrays fictionalized tales of repossessions from California's San Fernando Valley.
Re-enactment and authenticity
Operation Repo consists of what are purported to be actual stories of repossession incidents; however, the show depicts scripted and Dramatized re-enactments in which the cast "recreates" incidents using actors and staged action footage.
Broadcast history
Operation Repo was first produced in a Spanish-language version, Operación Repo on Telemundo in October 2006, becoming the number-one rated show on the network. The show later crossed over to English-language and moved to truTV, where it started airing on March 31, 2008.
Operation Repo also airs on OLN in Canada and RTL7 in the Netherlands, and on One In Australia. In Spain it airs on Energy, in Norway on Viasat 4, in Italy on Italia 2 and in the United Kingdom it airs on DMAX.
The eleventh season resumed on December 18, 2013 and has concluded, along with the series, on February 5, 2014.
Cast
- Sonia's Team
- Sonia Pizarro - herself (boss)
- Lyndah Pizarro - herself (Sonia's niece)
- Froylan 'Froy' Tercero - himself (Sonia's ex-husband)
- Matt Burch - himself (family friend)
- Carlos Lopez - himself (new hire)
- Ronnie Lee - himself (new hire)
- Matt & Froy's Team
- Matt Burch
- Froylan 'Froy' Tercero
- Former Cast
- Luis 'Lou' Pizarro - himself (boss, retired in episode 6 of season 11)
- Roberto 'Rob' Pizarro - (Lou's cousin, filled in for Matt & Froy when they temporarily left Lou's team)
- Vanessa Gomez (on the team when the show aired on Telemundo; replaced by Lyndah when the show moved to truTV)
- Mike (joined when Matt left the first time, left while on the show after a dispute with the R.O.)
- Ashley Burch - herself (Matt's daughter, secretly went on repos with Matt.)
- Frankie - himself (came to fill in for Matt & Froy in 2009 and 2012 respectively, fired and arrested for DUI in 2009, fired in 2012 for wrecking a semi and a car)
Production
- Tariq Jalil - Executive Producer
- Francisco Aguilar - Executive Producer/Director
- Luis Pizarro - Executive Producer/Creator
- Stephen A. Phillips - Consulting Producer
- Angel Annussek - Executive Producer (in association with truTV)
- Lars Casteen - Associate Producer (in association with truTV)
References
- Operation Repo (the English Show) Premiers Tonight on truTV
- Operation Repo (2008) at IMDb
- "Operation Repo - Episode Guide - MSN TV". Archived from the original on 2012-10-14. Retrieved 2010-07-08.
- ""Operation Repo: About the Show" on truTV.com". Archived from the original on 2009-08-30. Retrieved 2009-05-19.
- Braxton, Greg (May 29, 2011). "Making a case for truTV". Los Angeles Times. Tribune Company. Retrieved June 7, 2011.
- Dehnart, Andy (May 31, 2010). "truTV executives think we don't care that some of their shows are fake". RealityBlured.com. Retrieved June 7, 2011.
- "Operación Repo website". Archived from the original on 2012-05-30. Retrieved 2009-04-30.