''TV Ilegal'', stylized as tv εgal, was a Puerto Rican

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and

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television show broadcast on

WAPA-TV WAPA-TV (channel 4) is a Spanish-language independent television station in San Juan, Puerto Rico. It is owned by Hemisphere Media Group, which is 84% owned by InterMedia Partners. WAPA-TV's studios are located on Avenida Luis Vigoreaux in G ...

from 2006 to 2009. The show parodied both local and international shows and people such as local shows,

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, variety shows and others. Most of the cast had previously worked on ''Sálvese Quien Pueda'' on

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. The show's cast featured comedians Herbert Cruz, Ivonne Arriaga, Noris Joffre, Lizmarie Quintana, Abraham Martí, Ángel Figueroa, Edgardo "El Bebo" Adames and Carlos Ramírez. In 2007, Abraham Martí left the show to pursue music and acting opportunities in Spain and abroad. On May 13, 2009, the show broadcast its last episode due to no advertisement revenue to pay the actors. After a week of cancellation, a few of the cast members moved the show's format to

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in ''Radio Ilegal''. TV Ilegal aired two specials broadcast in

in November 2011 and early 2012, before returning to television to

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on October 1, 2012 on ''Noche Ilegal''. Herbert Cruz, Lizmarie Quintana, Ivonne Arriaga, Abraham Martí and Ángel Figueroa returned as part of the cast, except for Noris Joffre, Carlos Ramirez and Edgardo "El Bebo" Adames. The show ended in 2015.

TV show parodies

Parodies of famous people

A list of famous people (Puerto Rican, or International). These are the people that get their own skit, rather than appear "inside" main show parodies.

Special guests

Special guests included local personalities, politicians, musical guests, among others. * Luis Raúl - Confronted his counterpart in a competition to determine the real Luis Raúl. * Víctor Alicea * Milly Cangiano *

Aníbal Acevedo Vilá Aníbal Salvador Acevedo Vilá (born 13 February 1962) is a Puerto Rican politician and lawyer. He served as the governor of Puerto Rico from 2005 to 2009. He is a Harvard University alumnus (LL.M. 1987) and a graduate of the University of Puer ...

- Governor of Puerto Rico, 2005–2009 *

Luis Fortuño Luis Guillermo Fortuño Burset (born 31 October 1960) is a Puerto Rican politician who served as the governor of Puerto Rico, an unincorporated territory of the United States, from 2009 to 2013. Fortuño served as the first secretary of econom ...

- Governor of Puerto Rico, 2009–2013 *

Jowell & Randy Jowell & Randy are a Puerto Rican reggaeton duo composed of Joel Muñoz (born March 3, 1982) and Randy Ortiz (born July 16, 1983). The duo have been active since the early-2000s and have become one of the most popular acts in reggaeton. They have ...

- Got called "Blower & Panty" by Maripilly. * José Nogueras - Musical guest * Rubén Sánchez - Special guest on the parody to one of his former shows * Miguelito featuring

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- Musical guests *

Miguel Cotto Miguel Ángel Cotto Vázquez (born October 29, 1980) is a Puerto Rican former professional boxer who competed from 2001 to 2017. He is a multiple-time world champion, and the first Puerto Rican boxer to win world titles in four weight classes, ...

- Boxer and former OMB Welter Champion

Writers

* Javier del Valle * Agustín Rosario (Executive producer and artistic director) * Edmee Rivera (General producer) * Pedro Juan Ríos * Carlos Ramírez

Cancellation

Facing insufficient advertisement revenue during their time slot to pay the cast, the show was ultimately cancelled in May 2009, with its final broadcast on May 13, 2009.

Aftermath

Radio spin-off

On May 21, 2009, producer Agustín Rosario took TV Ilegal to radio on

with a weekly radio show called ''Radio Ilegal'', only a week from its television departure. Rosario hosted the radio show with actors Herbert Cruz, Noris Joffre, Lizmarie Quintana, and other talents that parody television and political people. The radio show kept the parody concept of local politicians and celebrities, with the "benefit that people can imagine them he characters because they have already seen it on television", according to Uno Radio Group Chain President, Luis "Tuto" Soto.

Television specials

In November 2011, TV Ilegal returned to television with a special broadcast in

; Noris Joffre, who worked in WAPA at the time, did not appear. A second television special was aired in 2012 on Telemundo, introducing new parodies such as ''Dando Manigueta'' (''Dando Candela''), the Gricel Mamery/Javier Ceriani exposure incident, José Ortiz "El Buen Samaritano", a clairvoyant claiming he spoke to the spirit of murdered child Lorenzo González Cacho; the

Manny Manuel Cruz Manuel Hernández Santiago (born December 1, 1972), known artistically as Manny Manuel, is a Puerto Rican musician and singer of merengue, bolero, and tropical music. He became famous first as a member of the group Los Sabrosos del Merengu ...

car accident and Dinga & Matraca ( Minga & Petraca).

Return to TV

After more than three years, ''TV Ilegal'' returned to television to

on October 1, 2012 as ''Noche Ilegal'' (stylized as ''NOCHE EGAL''). Herbert Cruz, Lizmarie Quintana, Ivonne Arriaga and Ángel Figueroa reprised each of their parodies and introduced new ones as well; Abraham Martí was briefly part of the cast but left afterwards. Noris Joffre and Edgardo "El Bebo" Adames were the only two cast members from the original show to not return. Episodes ran for 30 minutes, including commercials, airing weekly nights, and were initially hosted by various local celebrities, politicians or artists, later permanently hosted by

Gricel Mamery Gricel Mamery Muñoz (born in Mayagüez) is a Puerto Rican television hostess and comedian, best known for her appearance on the Puerto Rican show '' Anda Pa'l Cara'', and as a color commentator for the Spanish language program, broadcast in Puer ...

. ''Noche Illegal'' was the final show left in Univision Puerto Rico's local programming block after the network discontinued most of its local workshops including the morning, noon and afternoon newscast. The show was ultimately cancelled in 2015.

References

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