Chico and the Man

Chico and the Man is an American sitcom television series that aired on NBC for four seasons from September 13, 1974, to July 21, 1978. It stars Jack Albertson as Ed Brown, the cantankerous owner of a run-down garage in an East Los Angeles barrio, and Freddie Prinze as Chico Rodriguez, an upbeat, optimistic young Mexican American who comes in looking for a job. It was the first American television series set in a Mexican-American neighborhood. Albertson won an Emmy as Best Actor in a Comedy Series in 1976.