"Greetings from Tucson" (2002) TV series 2002-2003

User Rating:

6.1/10   

Creator:

Peter Murrieta

Seasons:

1

Release Date:

20 September 2002 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy

Tagline:

Dad knows everything... they know better.

Plot:

The colorful Campos family, real middle class who've recently moved up from working class, is headed by patriarch Joaquin and his wife...

Plot Keywords:

Irish American

Awards:

2 nominations

Cast

Aimee Garcia	...	Maria Tiant (22 episodes, 2002-2003)
Rebecca Creskoff	...	Elizabeth Tiant (18 episodes, 2002-2003)

Also Known As:

Just Like You (USA) (working title)
This Time (USA) (working title)

Runtime:

30 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Filming Locations:

Columbia/Sunset Gower Studios - 1438 N. Gower Street, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

Big Ticket Television

Soft in the middle

This sitcom about a mixed Hispanic/Caucasian, middle-class family living in Tucson suffers from ill-defined characters in the heart of the story. The main character, teenager David (Santos) shows potential, but his parents (Mechoso and Kreskoff) come off so far as bland and uninteresting. The sibling dynamic between David and sister Maria (Garcia) shows great promise, alternating between hurling vicious insults at each other and teaming up against their mutual foe (their father). The most interesting (and funniest) character is freeloading, thrice-divorced Uncle Ernesto (Vargas). In an unrelated but unfortunate coincidence, Santos looks remarkably like Ben Stiller at the beginning of "There's Something About Mary." A different haircut might alleviate the problem. Anyway, as the parents develop as characters, this could grow into a pretty good show.