El Gordo y la Flaca

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El Gordo y la Flaca
GenreNews show
Created by Emilio Estefan
Presented by Lili Estefan
Raúl De Molina
Production
Production locationsMiami, Florida
Running time60 minutes (incl. commercials)
Original release
Network Univision
ReleaseSeptember 21, 1998 (1998-09-21) 
present

El Gordo y la Flaca (literal translation: The Fat Man and the Skinny Woman) is an American Spanish-language entertainment pop culture news show.

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History

El Gordo y La Flaca first aired on September 21, 1998, on Univision, hosted by Raúl De Molina ("El Gordo") [1] and Cuban model Lili Estefan ("La Flaca"), the niece of music mogul and producer Emilio Estefan, the husband of singer/songwriter Gloria Estefan. [2]

The show combines interviews with actors, musicians, and other celebrities with reports on their comings and goings. The show appears weekdays on the Spanish-language television network Univision. It is filmed in the network's studios in Miami, Florida. at Newsport Building 8551 NW 30th Terrace, Doral,FL 33122

For many years, the show also featured an in-house coffee maker who appeared several times on Live TV, Marta Martin Carrera-Ruiz, known to show viewers as "Martica la del Cafe", but had left the show & Univision in 2018, and later died in 2021. [3] [4]

Correspondents

The correspondents for the show are Gelena Solano from New York City, Oscar Petit, Clarissa Molina and Daniela Di Giacomo from Miami, Tanya Charry, Maria Hurtado and David Valadez from Los Angeles and Elizabeth Curiel from Mexico City. [5]

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