El Gordo y la Flaca

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| genre = News show

| creator = Emilio Estefan

| presenter = Lili Estefan
Raúl De Molina

| num_episodes =

| location = Miami, Florida

| runtime = 60 minutes (incl. commercials)

| network = Univision

| first_aired = {{Start date|1998|9|21}}

| last_aired = 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.

History

El Gordo y La Flaca first aired on September 21, 1998, on Univision, hosted by Raúl De Molina ("El Gordo") {{cite web|url=http://www.redorbit.com/news/entertainment/1775016/raul_de_molina_takes_over_new_york/index.html |title=Raul de Molina Takes Over New York - Entertainment News |publisher=redorbit.com |date=2009-10-26 |access-date=2015-04-17}} and Cuban model Lili Estefan ("La Flaca"), the niece of music mogul and producer Emilio Estefan, the husband of singer/songwriter Gloria Estefan.{{cite web|last=Veciana |first=Ana |url=https://abcnews.go.com/Exclusiva/story?id=4651987&page=1 |title=SPOTLIGHT: Lili Estefan - ABC News |publisher=Abcnews.go.com |date=2008-05-05 |access-date=2015-04-17}}

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.

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.{{Cite web|url=https://www.univision.com/shows/el-gordo-y-la-flaca/muere-martica-la-del-cafe|title = Muere Martica 'La del Café' de el Gordo y la Flaca}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.univision.com/shows/despierta-america/martica-la-del-cafe-se-emociono-con-estos-mensajes-de-despedida-de-sus-amigos-de-univision-video|title = Martica 'la del café' se emocionó con estos mensajes de despedida de sus amigos de Univision}}

In 2025, De Molina and Estefan were awarded their own stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.{{Cite web |last=Ingram |first=Hunter |date=2025-02-27 |title=Lili Estefan and Raúl De Molina Celebrate 27 Years of Univision’s ‘El Gordo y la Flaca’ Ahead of Walk of Fame Honor: ‘This Is Opening Doors for Everyone’ |url=https://variety.com/2025/tv/focus/el-gordo-y-la-flaca-lili-estefan-raul-de-molina-walk-of-fame-1236320561/ |access-date=2025-04-06 |website=Variety |language=en-US}} The stars were placed side by side and awarded in a double ceremony in recognition of their partnership as cohosts.{{Cite web |last=TelevisaUnivisionPR |date=2025-02-27 |title=RAÚL DE MOLINA AND LILI ESTEFAN ARE HONORED WITH DOUBLE STAR ON HOLLYWOOD WALK OF FAME |url=https://corporate.televisaunivision.com/articles/2025/02/27/raul-de-molina-and-lili-estefan-are-honored-with-double-star-on-hollywood-walk-of-fame/ |access-date=2025-04-06 |website=TelevisaUnivision}}

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.{{cite web

| title = El Gordo y la Flaca (1998– )

| url = https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0270132/

| work = Internet Movie Database

| date = 21 September 1998

| access-date = 4 December 2013}}