“El Chavo del 8™” is a famous Mexican television sitcom that has gained a great amount of popularity in Latin America as well as in Spain and other countries.

It focuses around the adventures and tribulations of the title character, an orphan (played by the series' creator, Roberto Gomez Bolaños “Chespirito”) and other inhabitants of a fictional Mexico City neighborhood or "vecindad”

The show traces back to June 20, 1970. Now, El Chavo, having 50 million viewers worldwide, is the most-watched show in Mexican television’s history