''Operation Repo'' (formerly known as ''Operación Repo'') is an American

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that depicts the world of car

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with a team that portrays fictionalized tales of repossessions from California's

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Re-enactment and authenticity

''Operation Repo'' consists of what are purported to be actual stories of repossession incidents; however, the show depicts scripted and

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tized re-enactments in which the cast "recreates" incidents using actors and staged action footage.

Broadcast history

''Operation Repo'' was first produced in a Spanish-language version, ''Operación Repo'' on

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in October 2006, becoming the number-one rated show on the network. The show later crossed over to English-language and moved to

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, where it started airing on March 31, 2008. ''Operation Repo'' also airs on OLN in Canada and

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in the Netherlands, and on

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In Australia. In Spain it airs on

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, in Norway on Viasat 4, in Italy on

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and in the United Kingdom it airs on DMAX. The eleventh season resumed on December 18, 2013 and has concluded, along with the series, on February 5, 2014.

Cast

;Sonia's Team ay 2013 – 2014 *Sonia Pizarro - herself (boss) 006–2014*Lyndah Pizarro - herself (Sonia's niece) 008–2014*Froylan 'Froy' Tercero - himself (Sonia's ex-husband) 006-2011, 2011–2014*Matt Burch - himself (family friend) 006-2009, 2009-2011, 2011–2014*Carlos Lopez - himself (new hire) 012–2014died 2018 *Ronnie Lee - himself (new hire) 012–2014 ;Matt & Froy's Team

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*Matt Burch

*Froylan 'Froy' Tercero

;Former Cast *Luis 'Lou' Pizarro - himself (boss, retired in episode 6 of season 11) 006–2013*Roberto 'Rob' Pizarro - (Lou's cousin, filled in for Matt & Froy when they temporarily left Lou's team)

*Vanessa Gomez (on the team when the show aired on Telemundo; replaced by Lyndah when the show moved to truTV) 006–2008*Mike (joined when Matt left the first time, left while on the show after a dispute with the R.O.)

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*Ashley Burch - herself (Matt's daughter, secretly went on repos with Matt.)

*Frankie - himself (came to fill in for Matt & Froy in 2009 and 2012 respectively, fired and arrested for

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in 2009, fired in 2012 for wrecking a semi and a car) 009, 2012

Production

*Tariq Jalil - Executive Producer *Francisco Aguilar - Executive Producer/Director *Luis Pizarro - Executive Producer/Creator *Stephen A. Phillips - Consulting Producer *Angel Annussek - Executive Producer (in association with

) *Lars Casteen - Associate Producer (in association with

)

References

External links

Operation Repo on TruTV
(web archive) {{TruTV TruTV original programming 2008 American television series debuts 2014 American television series endings English-language television shows