Operation Repo
{{Short description|Reality show focusing on vehicle repossessions}}
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{{primary sources|date=April 2013}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=March 2025}}
{{Infobox television
| image = OperationRepo.jpg
| alt_name = Operación Repo (2006–2008)
| genre = Reality
| creator = Luis Pizarro
| developer =
| presenter =
| starring = Sonia Pizarro
Froylan 'Froy' Tercero
Lyndah Pizarro
Matt Burch
| voices =
| narrated = Jordan Emil Mueller
| theme_music_composer = Alvaro Morello
| opentheme =
| endtheme =
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| country = United States
| language = English
| num_seasons = 11
| list_episodes =
| director = Luis Pizarro
| company = Arietis A/V
EGA Productions
| executive_producer = Luis Pizarro
Tariq Jalil
Francisco Aguilar
| camera =
| runtime = 30 min.
| network = Telemundo
| network2 = truTV
| first_aired = {{Start date|2006|10}}
| last_aired = {{End date|2008}}
| first_aired2 = {{Start date|2008|03|31}}
| last_aired2 = {{End date|2014|02|05}}
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Operation Repo (formerly known as Operación Repo) is an American reality television series that depicts the world of car repossession with a team that portrays repossessions from California's San Fernando Valley.{{Cite web |url=http://www.trutv.com/shows/operation_repo/about.html |title="Operation Repo: About the Show" on truTV.com |access-date=2009-05-19 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090830062943/http://www.trutv.com/shows/operation_repo/about.html |archive-date=2009-08-30 |url-status=dead }}
Re-enactment and authenticity
Operation Repo consists of what are purported to be actual stories of repossession incidents; however, the show depicts scripted and dramatized re-enactments in which the cast "recreates" incidents using actors and staged action footage.{{cite web|url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/tv/la-ca-trutv-20110529,0,7324048.story|title=Making a case for truTV|last=Braxton|first=Greg|work=Los Angeles Times|date=May 29, 2011|access-date=June 7, 2011}}{{cite web|url=http://www.realityblurred.com/realitytv/archives/trutv/2011_May_31_executives_fake|title=truTV executives think we don't care that some of their shows are fake|last=Dehnart|first=Andy|author-link=Andy Dehnart|publisher=RealityBlured.com|date=May 31, 2010|access-date=June 7, 2011}}
Broadcast history
Operation Repo was first produced in a Spanish-language version, Operación Repo on Telemundo in October 2006, becoming the number-one rated show on the network.{{Cite web |url=http://www.egaproductions.com/?ega=operacionrepo |title=Operación Repo website |access-date=2009-04-30 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120530221443/http://www.egaproductions.com/?ega=operacionrepo |archive-date=2012-05-30 |url-status=dead }} The show later crossed over to English-language and moved to truTV, where it started airing on March 31, 2008.
Operation Repo also airs on OLN in Canada and RTL7 in the Netherlands and on One In Australia. In Spain it airs on Energy, in Norway on Viasat 4, in Italy on Italia 2 and in the United Kingdom it airs on DMAX.
The eleventh season resumed on December 18, 2013 and concluded, along with the series, on February 5, 2014.[http://blog.egaproductions.com/everything-else/operation-repo-the-english-show-premiers-tonight-on-trutv/ Operation Repo (the English Show) Premiers Tonight on truTV]
Operation Repo now streams free on Tubi, Pluto TV, Crackle, Roku Channel and Plex.
Cast
=Sonia's team (May 2013 – 2014)=
- Sonia Pizarro - herself (boss) (2006–2014) (died 2023){{Cite web |title='Operation Repo' Star Sonia Pizarro Dead at 60: 'Will Always Have a Place in My Heart' |url=https://people.com/tv/operation-repo-star-sonia-pizarro-dead-at-60/ |access-date=2023-10-26 |website=Peoplemag |language=en}}
- Lyndah Pizarro - herself (Sonia's niece) (2008–2014)
- Froylan 'Froy' Tercero - himself (Sonia's ex-husband) (2006-2011, 2011–2014)
- Matt Burch - himself (family friend) (2006-2009, 2009-2011, 2011–2014)
- Carlos Lopez, Jr. - himself (new hire) (2012–2014) (died 2018){{Cite web |last=Petski |first=Denise |date=2018-06-25 |title=Carlos Lopez Jr. Dies: ‘Operation Repo’ Actor Was 35 |url=https://deadline.com/2018/06/carlos-lopez-jr-dies-operation-repo-star-35-suicide-1202416868/ |access-date=2023-10-26 |website=Deadline |language=en-US}}
- Ronnie Lee - himself (new hire) (2012–2014)
=Matt and Froy's team (2011)=
- Matt Burch (2011)
- Froylan 'Froy' Tercero (2011)
=Former cast=
- Luis 'Lou' Pizarro - himself (boss, retired in episode 6 of season 11) (2006–2013)
- Roberto 'Rob' Pizarro - (Lou's cousin, filled in for Matt & Froy when they temporarily left Lou's team) (2011)
- Vanessa Gomez (on the team when the show aired on Telemundo; replaced by Lyndah when the show moved to truTV) (2006–2008)
- Mike (joined when Matt left the first time, left while on the show after a dispute with the R.O.) (2009)
- Ashley Burch - herself (Matt's daughter, secretly went on repos with Matt.) (2011)
- Frankie - himself (came to fill in for Matt & Froy in 2009 and 2012 respectively, fired and arrested for DUI in 2009, fired in 2012 for wrecking a semi and a car) (2009, 2012)
Production
References
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External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20081118070655/http://www.trutv.com/shows/operation_repo/about.html Operation Repo on TruTV] (web archive)
- {{IMDb title|id=1495163}}
{{TruTV}}
Category:TruTV original programming
Category:2008 American television series debuts