Primos (TV series)
| Primos | |
|---|---|
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| Genre | |
| Created by | Natasha Kline[1] |
| Voices of |
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| Theme music composer | Alana Da Fonseca |
| Opening theme | "Primos Main Title Theme" (written by Alana Da Fonseca, Bobby Studley, and Natasha Kline) |
| Composer | Jim Lang[3] |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language | English |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 4 |
| Production | |
| Executive producer | Natasha Kline[1] |
| Producer | Philip M. Cohen |
| Editor | Andrew Sorcini |
| Running time | 22 minutes (two 11-minute segments) |
| Production company | Disney Television Animation |
| Original release | |
| Network | Disney Channel |
| Release | July 25, 2024 – present |
Primos[a] is an American animated television series made by Natasha Kline and played on Disney Television Animation. It came out on July 25, 2024 on Disney Channel.[3][4]
Summary
[change | change source]The show is about a big Mexican-American family living in Los Angeles. Told through the diary of nine-year-old Tater Ramirez Humphrey, the show is mostly about her as she finds the "it factor" that makes her special next to her cousins, who moved in with her for the summer.[1]
Voice cast
[change | change source]Main
[change | change source]- Myrna Velasco[5] as Tater Ramirez Humphrey, the show's nine-year-old protagonist with colorful braces.
Tater's cousins
[change | change source]- Elizabeth Grullón[6] as Julita "Lita" Perez
- Jonathan Melo[6] as Scooter Perez
- Rick Simon[6] as Cousin Bud Humphrey and Ignacio "Big Nacho" Ramirez
- Cristina Vee Valenzuela[6] as Tere and Toñita Ramirez
- Natasha Kline[6] as Gordita Humphrey and ChaCha Ramirez
- Nomi Ruiz[6] as Tabi Ramirez
- Becca Q. Co[6] as LotLot Ramirez
- Ryan Anderson Lopez[6] as Nachito Ramirez
- Sarah Tubert[6] as Lucita Perez
Recurring
[change | change source]- Angélica María[6] as Buela Ramirez, Tater's grandmother.
- Melissa Villaseñor[5] as Nellie Ramirez Humphrey, Tater's little, but taller sister.
- Jim Conroy[5] as Bud Humphrey, Tater's father.
- Michelle Ortiz[5] as Bibi Ramirez Humphrey, Tater's mother.
- Cheech Marin[4] as Pop Ramirez, Tater's grandfather.
- Cristina Milizia[2] as Bud Ramirez Humphrey, Tater's baby brother.
- Liza Koshy[6] as Serena, Tater's best friend.
Guest
[change | change source]- Joel "The Kid Mero" Martinez[3] as Diego Perez, Lita, Scooter and Lucita's father and Tater's uncle.
- Mark Consuelos[3] as Ivan Ramirez, Tere, Tabi and Toñita's father and Tater's uncle.
- Ricardo Chavira[3] as Ignacio Ramirez, Big Nacho and Nachito's father and Tater's uncle.
- Gabriel Iglesias[3] as Gustavo Ramirez, LotLot's father and Tater's uncle.
- Sarah Sherman[2] as Carmela, Big Nacho's pen pal.
- Sherry Cola[2] as Ms. Mahoney
- Kyle MacLachlan[2] as Bill
- Jaime Jarrín[2] as Día de la Cultura Announcer
Episodes
[change | change source]| No. | Title [7][8] | Directed by | Written by | Storyboarded by | Original air date [7][8] | Prod. code [7] | U.S. viewers (millions) | ||||||
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| 1 | "Summer of Tater" | Natasha Kline | Natasha Kline | Citlalli Anderson & Silver Paul | July 25, 2024 | 101 | N/A | ||||||
| "Summer of Primos" | David C. Smith | Karla Sakas Shropshire | Ainsley Dye & Jackson Read | ||||||||||
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"Summer of Tater": Tater Ramirez-Humphrey is a girl with big ideas, but this changes when her twelve cousins visit for the summer. "Summer of Primos": Tater tries to get them to sign papers to avoid them messing up her room. However, the primos disagree, and when Tater does not want to give them their stuff until they say yes, they steal her room. Eventually, however, they give Tater her own space so she can have some alone time, making Tater find peace with the primos. | |||||||||||||
| 2 | "Summer of Quehaceres" | David C. Smith | Rosemary Contreras | Alayna Cabral & Celestino Marina | July 25, 2024 | 102 | N/A | ||||||
| "Summer of La Muñeca" | Jenn Strickland | Mikki Crisostomo | Eddie West & Cassie Zwart | ||||||||||
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"Summer of Quehaceres": Tater has to do a lot of chores even though she would be working on her dream board. "Summer of La Muñeca": Wanting some space to herself, Tater uses LotLot's doll, Dolly, to scare the primos away from her, but she soon is wishing she had not when the doll seems to be living. | |||||||||||||
| 3 | "Summer of Los Diez" | David C. Smith | Diego Salazar Castro | Ainsley Dye & Jackson Read | July 27, 2024[b] | 103 | N/A | ||||||
| "Summer of Lit-Tater-atura" | Jenn Strickland | Edlin Ortiz | Citlalli Anderson & Silver Paul | ||||||||||
| 4 | "Summer of Herramientas" | Jenn Strickland | Diego Salazar Castro | Citlalli Anderson, Natasha Kline, Silver Paul & Jenn Strickland | July 27, 2024[b] | 111 | N/A | ||||||
| "Summer of La Naturaleza" | David C. Smith | Karla Sakas Shropshire | Ainsley Dye & Jackson Read | ||||||||||
| 5 | "Summer of Pam" | David C. Smith | Rosemary Contreras | Alayna Cabral & Celestino Marina | August 3, 2024[b] | 104 | N/A | ||||||
| "Summer of La Trabajadora" | Jenn Strickland | Mikki Crisostomo | Eddie West & Cassie Zwart | ||||||||||
| 6 | "Summer of La Madriguera" | David C. Smith | Angela M. Sánchez | Ainsley Dye & Jackson Read | August 3, 2024[b] | 105 | N/A | ||||||
| "Summer of Los Pollos Hermanos" | Jenn Strickland | Diego Salazar Castro | Citlalli Anderson, Amy Mai & Jenn Strickland | ||||||||||
| 7 | "Summer of El Patín" | David C. Smith | Rosemary Contreras | Alayna Cabral, Celestino Marina & Silver Paul | August 10, 2024[b] | 106 | N/A | ||||||
| "Summer of Chisme" | Jenn Strickland | Edlin Ortiz | Eddie West & Cassie Zwart | ||||||||||
| 8 | "Summer of No Sabo" | David C. Smith | Angela M. Sánchez | Ainsley Dye & Jackson Read | August 10, 2024[b] | 107 | N/A | ||||||
| "Summer of Bookita" | Jenn Strickland | Mikki Crisostomo | Citlalli Anderson, Natasha Kline, Amy Mai & Silver Paul | ||||||||||
| 9 | "Summer of the 13th Primo" | Jenn Strickland | Mikki Crisostomo | Amy Mai & Cassie Zwart | August 17, 2024[b] | 110 | N/A | ||||||
| "Summer of Cuadros" | David C. Smith | Gustavo Hernandez Alayna Cabral (additional) | Alayna Cabral & Celestino Marina | ||||||||||
| 10 | "Summer of Tater Luna" | Unknown | Unknown | TBA | August 17, 2024 | 116 | N/A | ||||||
| "Summer of El Chu-PAW-Cabra" | |||||||||||||
| 11 | "Summer of the Baby Races" | Unknown | Unknown | TBA | August 24, 2024 | 109 | N/A | ||||||
| "Summer of La Extraterrestre" | |||||||||||||
| 12 | "Summer of El Futuro" | Unknown | Unknown | TBA | August 24, 2024 | 108 | N/A | ||||||
| "Summer of Super No Entiendo 64" | |||||||||||||
| 13 | "Summer of La Excavación" | Unknown | Unknown | TBA | August 31, 2024 | 112 | N/A | ||||||
| "Summer of La Pijamada" | |||||||||||||
| 14 | "Summer of Imi-Tater" | Unknown | Unknown | TBA | August 31, 2024 | 113 | N/A | ||||||
| "Summer of Ignacio" | |||||||||||||
Shorts
[change | change source]A Piece of My Mind
[change | change source]These shorts focus on Disney Channel cartoon people seeing their makers and learning how the idea of their shows were made.[9]
| No. | Title | Original release date | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Meet Natasha Kline and Tater" | June 27, 2024[10] | |
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Tater meets her creator, Natasha Kline, and learns how Primos was inspired by Natasha's real-life experience growing up in Los Angeles. | |||
Chibi Tiny Tales
[change | change source]A few days later, after the show came out, Primos joined the Chibi Tiny Tales show.[11]
| No. | Title | Original release date | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Get Baby Bud's Binky Back" | July 27, 2024[12] | |
Creation
[change | change source]Early Growth
[change | change source]On November 3, 2021, it was said that Natasha Kline, a long-time cartoon artist and designer,[13] is making a cartoon called Primos for Disney Television Animation (DTVA).[1] The series was brought to life by Kline's summers as a child living with her cousins next to her extended Mexican-American family and she wanted the lead cartoon people to also be Mexican-American because of the very little Mexican-American shows on television when she was a child.[1] Meredith Roberts, who is working at Disney Television Animation said the series has the "real voice" of Kline and "her family's values", saying the show will be pointed at kids and families.[14] Edward Mejia, a DTVA worker, saw the show.[15]
On June 15, 2022, at the 2022 Annecy Worldwide Film Festival, it was said that the show's first season would have 30 episodes. Philip Cohen was announced as the show writer.[16][17] In March 2023, Kline told Animation Magazine that the show was moved by an adult film she had made for an Standing People's Unit stand-up comedy show in 2017, was moved by Peanuts and Calvin and Hobbes, and said she loved working with the show's crew, liking their "strong passion, drive, and talent".[18]
On July 8, 2024, the show's official trailer was released.[19][20] The show will make half-hour videos that are split into 11-minute stories.[21]
Release
[change | change source]Primos came out on Disney Channel on July 25, 2024, and the first nine videos of the show were added to Disney+ the next day.[3][4] The first two videos came out to YouTube on July 25.[3][22][23]
Reviews
[change | change source]Before Release
[change | change source]On June 13, 2023, the shows' opening song was sent by Disney Branded Television.[24][6] It received bad reviews on social media, even from Mexicans and other Latin Americans. Some said it was like Nickelodeon's The Casagrandes.[25][26][27] Other viewers argued that the opening song had many negative stereotypes, argued that the names of some characters and the setting were too usual, and that the Spanish grammar in the opening sequence was wrong.[28][29][30] Also talked about was the use of "yellow tint", a way that was used in some American media to make a feeling of "different" in Mexican places.[4]
Online bad reviews kept on following social media posts made by Tater's voice actress Myrna Velasco, including a post on Instagram where she said critics of the Spanish used in the show were "grammar Nazis"[27][31] and a story in which she described the Spanish language as being "forced upon Latin American people" by Spanish conquistadors.[32][25]
In a meeting on June 16, 2023, Kline said the show is based on her own events of growing up with a multicultural Mexican-American family in Los Angeles in the 1990s, being bicultural, biracial, and said that her project's relatability brought well-known individuals to her show, like Melissa Villaseñor. She also said that Tater doesn't speak Spanish, which is why her grammar is wrong; stated how important cousins were in her life; and said that the art style showed the things in L.A. She also hoped the show would make people proud of their roots.[33]
Later, the name of the fake town was changed from Terremoto Heights to Hacienda Hills, as the other name had bad reviews for the earthquakes common in the region.[4] The name of one of the cousins was changed from Cookita to Lucita, as the first name is close to a bad word in several languages of Latin American Spanish.[34] As a result of online bad reviews, the show release was delayed several times.[34] Changes were made for watchers to see that the show is set in Los Angeles[4] and not in Latin America.
Notes
[change | change source]References
[change | change source]- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 Cordero, Rosy (November 3, 2021). "Disney Greenlights Animated Family Comedy 'Primos' From Natasha Kline". Deadline. Archived from the original on January 1, 2022. Retrieved November 3, 2021.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 "Primos: Season 1 Fact Sheet" (PDF) (Press release). Disney Branded Television. Retrieved June 23, 2024.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 3.7 3.8 Milligan, Mercedes (June 26, 2024). "Disney TV Animation's 'Primos' Sets Premiere Date & Voice Cast". Animation Magazine. Retrieved June 27, 2024.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 4.6 Brown, Tracy (June 25, 2024). "Natasha Kline's 'Primos' is an ode to childhood summers spent with her cousins". Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on June 25, 2024. Retrieved June 25, 2024.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 Balaga, Marty (June 13, 2023). "Disney Unveils Animated Series at Annecy, Teases 'Magicampers' and 'The Sunnyridge 3' (Exclusive)". Variety. Archived from the original on June 17, 2023. Retrieved June 17, 2023.
- ↑ 6.00 6.01 6.02 6.03 6.04 6.05 6.06 6.07 6.08 6.09 6.10 6.11 Dar, Taimar (June 13, 2023). "Disney unveils details and theme song for PRIMOS cartoon". ComicsBeat. Archived from the original on June 13, 2023. Retrieved June 17, 2023.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 "Primos Episode Listings". The Futon Critic.
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 "Primos Episode Guide". Zap2it.
- ↑ "A Piece of My Mind". Disney's Primos Wiki. Retrieved 2024-08-01.
- ↑ Meet Natasha Kline and Tater from Disney Channel's Primos! ((!)) A Piece of My Mind. Disney Channel. June 27, 2024. Retrieved June 27, 2024 – via YouTube.
- ↑ "Disney Branded Television Sets PRIMOS Premiere For July 25th As Part Of Disney Channel Epic Mid-Summer". Tumblr. Retrieved 2024-08-01.
- ↑ Primos Chibi Tiny Tales | NEW CHIBI SHORT | Get Baby Bud's Binky Back. Disney Channel. July 27, 2024. Retrieved July 27, 2024 – via YouTube.
- ↑ Kline, Natasha. "About". Natasha Kline. Archived from the original on March 2, 2023. Retrieved March 1, 2023.
- ↑ Johnson, Cecila (November 3, 2021). "Disney Branded Television Orders 'Primos,' an Animated Comedy Series About an Extended Multicultural Mexican American Family" (Press release). Burbank, California: The Walt Disney Company. Disney General Entertainment Content. Archived from the original on February 8, 2022. Retrieved July 25, 2022.
- ↑ Behzadi, Sofia (July 22, 2022). "Disney Television Animation Ups Douglas Bensimon & Edward Mejia To VP Current Series". Deadline. Archived from the original on July 25, 2022.
Among the titles he's overseen are...the upcoming Kiff and Primos for Disney Channel
- ↑ Pederson, Lise (June 15, 2022). "Disney Reveals Animated Series Slate at Annecy Festival (EXCLUSIVE)". Variety. Archived from the original on July 12, 2022. Retrieved July 25, 2022.
- ↑ Lang, Jamie (June 16, 2022). "New Series 'The Doomies,' 'Dragon Striker' Lead Packed Disney TV Slate". Cartoon Brew. Archived from the original on November 30, 2022. Retrieved March 1, 2023.
- ↑ "Rising Stars of Animation 2023". Animation Magazine. March 1, 2023. Archived from the original on March 8, 2023. Retrieved March 8, 2023.
- ↑ Primos Official Trailer | NEW SERIES. Disney Channel. July 8, 2024. Retrieved July 8, 2024 – via YouTube.
- ↑ White, Abbey (July 8, 2024). "Disney's 'Primos' Creator and First Trailer Reveal New Animated Series Celebrating Her Diverse Multicultural Family (Exclusive)". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved July 8, 2024.
- ↑ Adams, Timothy (November 3, 2021). "Disney Announces New Animated Series Primos". ComicBook.com. Archived from the original on November 7, 2021. Retrieved July 25, 2022.
- ↑ "Primos First Full Episode | NEW SHOW! | Summer of Tater / Summer of Primos". YouTube. Disney Channel. July 25, 2024. Retrieved July 26, 2024.
- ↑ "Primos Full Episode | NEW SHOW | Ep.2 | Summer of Quehaceres / Summer of La Muñeca". YouTube. Disney Channel. July 26, 2024. Retrieved July 26, 2024.
- ↑ Lang, Jamie (June 15, 2023). "Disney Presents Packed TV Slate With Loads Of New Trailers And Images". Cartoon Brew. Archived from the original on June 15, 2023. Retrieved June 17, 2023.
- ↑ 25.0 25.1 Rodríguez, Andrés (June 16, 2023). ""Racista" y "llena de estereotipos": 'Primos', la serie animada de Disney que ha molestado al público latinoamericano" ["Racist" and "full of stereotypes": 'Primos', the Disney animated series that has upset the Latin American public]. El Pais Mexico (in Spanish). Archived from the original on June 16, 2023. Retrieved June 17, 2023.
- ↑ "Disney hace enojar a mexicanos con su nueva serie 'Primos'; acusan racismo" [Disney makes Mexicans angry with its new series 'Primos'; accuse racism]. Aristegui Noticas (in Spanish). June 15, 2023. Archived from the original on June 17, 2023. Retrieved June 17, 2023.
- ↑ 27.0 27.1 Martínez, Valerie (June 16, 2023). "El bochorno que Disney pudo evitar y tiene indignados a los latinoamericanos" [The embarrassment that Disney could have avoided and has Latin Americans outraged]. Yahoo! vida y estilo (in Spanish). Yahoo!. Archived from the original on June 17, 2023. Retrieved June 17, 2023.
- ↑ ""Primos" la nueva serie de Disney que Latinoamérica NO quiere" ["Primos", the new Disney series that Latin America does NOT want]. El Capitalino (in Spanish). Jun 16, 2023. Archived from the original on June 17, 2023. Retrieved June 17, 2023.
- ↑ Arrieta, José (June 14, 2023). "¿Por qué está causando polémica "Primos", la nueva serie de Disney?" [Why is "Primos", the new Disney series, causing controversy?]. El Heraldo de México (in Spanish). Archived from the original on June 15, 2023. Retrieved June 17, 2023.
- ↑ Bermudez, Justin (June 17, 2023). "Disney's 'Primos' Gets Un-Warm Welcome To The Family". Latin Times. Archived from the original on June 17, 2023. Retrieved June 17, 2023.
- ↑ Rojas, Por Diego (17 June 2023). "Estereotipos latinos ¡Al infinito y más allá!". infobae (in European Spanish).
- ↑ Fernández, Óscar (June 16, 2023). "Racismo. Primos; la nueva serie de Disney que estereotipa a la comunidad latina" [Racism. Primos; the new Disney series that stereotypes the Latino community]. La Izquierda Diario (in Spanish). Archived from the original on June 27, 2023. Retrieved June 26, 2023.
- ↑ Kline, Natasha (June 16, 2023). "Exclusive: Creator of Disney Channel's Primos Natasha Kline". Muse TV (Interview). Interviewed by Michael Sandoval. Archived from the original on June 19, 2023. Retrieved June 18, 2023. The interview is here
- ↑ 34.0 34.1 Álvarez, Rafa (3 June 2024). ""Primos": esta es la razón oficial del retraso en su estreno y producción". TVLaint (in Spanish). Retrieved 27 June 2024.