O Programa da Maria

How it feels

This comedy show follows the daily life of a taxi driver and his wife, while also parodying two fictional TV networks fighting for ratings. It makes fun of Portuguese media and culture during the early 2000s.

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What happens

O Programa da Maria was a Portuguese comedy show created by Maria Rueff. The series came after the success of her appearances on HermanSIC, which started the year prior. The series centers on the life of Zé Manel Taxista (one of Maria Rueff's main characters), his Angolan wife and his apartment, while a subplot involves the rating wars between Televisão Ideal da Comunidade (TIC, parody of SIC) and Verdadeira Televisão Ideal (VTI, parody of TVI), as well as satiring the state of Portuguese media in general at the time. The series first aired on 7 May 2001 on SIC and lasted for fourteen episodes, and was later repeated on SIC Comédia until its closure. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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