# The Casagrandes
**The Casagrandes** is an American animated television series that aired on [Nickelodeon](https://www.edgepedia.org/nickelodeon) from October 14, 2019, to September 30, 2022, as a spin-off of *The Loud House*. It follows 11-year-old Ronnie Anne Santiago, who moves to the big city with her mother Maria and older brother Bobby to live with their extended, multigenerational Mexican-American family, the Casagrandes.[1](https://www.paramountpressexpress.com/nickelodeon/shows/the-casagrandes/releases/?view=104343-nickelodeon-makes-room-for-the-casagrandes-beginning-monday-oct-14-at-130-pm-etpt) The series was developed under the working title *Los Casagrandes*, announced by Nickelodeon on March 6, 2018.[2](https://ir.paramount.com/static-files/926a9d80-0c4d-4aca-b045-78e18609a436)
| Key fact | Detail |
|---|---|
| Original run | October 14, 2019 to September 30, 2022, on Nickelodeon[1](https://www.paramountpressexpress.com/nickelodeon/shows/the-casagrandes/releases/?view=104343-nickelodeon-makes-room-for-the-casagrandes-beginning-monday-oct-14-at-130-pm-etpt) • [3](https://theloudhouse.fandom.com/wiki/The_Casagrandes) |
| Origin | Development announced March 6, 2018 as *Los Casagrandes* (working title); 20 episodes greenlit July 2, 2018[2](https://ir.paramount.com/static-files/926a9d80-0c4d-4aca-b045-78e18609a436) • [4](https://www.paramountpressexpress.com/nickelodeon/shows/the-casagrandes/releases/?view=104341-nickelodeon-greenlights-los-casagrandes-original-animated-spinoff-of-hit-series-the-loud-house) |
| Premise | Ronnie Anne Santiago adjusts to city life in Great Lakes City with her multigenerational Mexican-American family[1](https://www.paramountpressexpress.com/nickelodeon/shows/the-casagrandes/releases/?view=104343-nickelodeon-makes-room-for-the-casagrandes-beginning-monday-oct-14-at-130-pm-etpt) |
| Main voice cast | Izabella Alvarez (Ronnie Anne), Carlos PenaVega (Bobby), Sumalee Montano (Maria), Alex Cazares, Carlos Alazraqui, Ruben Garfias[5](https://www.paramountplus.com/shows/the-casagrandes/) |
| Episode count | 60 episodes over three seasons by the end of its run[6](https://www.axios.com/2022/02/17/nickelodeon-cancels-casagrandes-latino-family-cartoon) |
| Feature film | *The Casagrandes Movie*, released on Netflix on March 22, 2024, directed by Miguel Puga[7](https://www.axios.com/2024/04/04/nickelodeon-casagrandes-movie-mexico) |
## Premise and characters
The series centers on Ronnie Anne Santiago, an independent, adventurous 11-year-old who explores city life with her big, loving, multigenerational Mexican-American family.[5](https://www.paramountplus.com/shows/the-casagrandes/) She moves with her mother Maria, a nurse, and her older brother Bobby to Great Lakes City, a fictional midwestern city, to live with their extended family over the mercado, the family-owned market.[1](https://www.paramountpressexpress.com/nickelodeon/shows/the-casagrandes/releases/?view=104343-nickelodeon-makes-room-for-the-casagrandes-beginning-monday-oct-14-at-130-pm-etpt) • [8](https://www.commonsensemedia.org/tv-reviews/the-casagrandes) The household includes her tia Frida, tio Carlos, cousins Carlota, CJ, and Carl, and her abuelo Hector and abuela Rosa.[8](https://www.commonsensemedia.org/tv-reviews/the-casagrandes) In the series, Ronnie Anne makes new friends, builds stronger bonds with her relatives, and explores the possibilities of urban life, while Bobby helps Grandpa Hector run the family's corner store.[4](https://www.paramountpressexpress.com/nickelodeon/shows/the-casagrandes/releases/?view=104341-nickelodeon-greenlights-los-casagrandes-original-animated-spinoff-of-hit-series-the-loud-house)
The Casagrande family was first introduced in *The Loud House* special "The Loudest Mission: Relative Chaos," and the characters appeared throughout that show's third season and in a five-episode arc in season four.[9](https://www.paramountpressexpress.com/nickelodeon/shows/the-casagrandes/releases/?view=104342-eugenio-derbez-ken-jeong-and-melissa-joan-hart-join-cast-of-nickelodeons-all-new-animated-series-the-casagrandes-premiering-october-2019) Ronnie Anne's friend Sid Chang is a main supporting character, and episodes pair the two girls in storylines such as a dog-walking business and teaching Sid's younger sister Adelaide about the [Day of the Dead](https://www.edgepedia.org/day-of-the-dead).[5](https://www.paramountplus.com/shows/the-casagrandes/)
## Development and production
Miguel Puga, who had been a storyboard artist on *The Loud House*, pitched a concept based on his own life growing up in a multigenerational Mexican-American family; he pitched it in 2014, and after the project was greenlit he became co-executive producer and director.[10](https://www.toonboom.com/animating-latinx-culture-and-characters-on-the-casagrandes) The series was developed by Michael Rubiner and Puga, with the Casagrande characters created by [Chris Savino](https://www.edgepedia.org/chris-savino), and it was executive produced by Rubiner with Karen Malach as producer.[3](https://theloudhouse.fandom.com/wiki/The_Casagrandes) • [9](https://www.paramountpressexpress.com/nickelodeon/shows/the-casagrandes/releases/?view=104342-eugenio-derbez-ken-jeong-and-melissa-joan-hart-join-cast-of-nickelodeons-all-new-animated-series-the-casagrandes-premiering-october-2019)
Puga asked that the cast and crew reflect the characters on screen, reaching out to more than 300 Latinx artists; art director Miguel Gonzalez estimated that at least 30 percent of the show's team was Latinx.[10](https://www.toonboom.com/animating-latinx-culture-and-characters-on-the-casagrandes) Gonzalez brought in a brighter, more Mesoamerican color palette than *The Loud House*, drawing on his and Puga's family homes, [Frida Kahlo](https://www.edgepedia.org/frida-kahlo)'s house in Mexico City, luchador masks, pottery, and textiles, along with Mexican folk art motifs such as Papel Picado and sugar skulls.[10](https://www.toonboom.com/animating-latinx-culture-and-characters-on-the-casagrandes) The cartoonist Lalo Alcaraz, who had served a similar role on Pixar's *Coco*, was the show's cultural consultant and consulting producer.[9](https://www.paramountpressexpress.com/nickelodeon/shows/the-casagrandes/releases/?view=104342-eugenio-derbez-ken-jeong-and-melissa-joan-hart-join-cast-of-nickelodeons-all-new-animated-series-the-casagrandes-premiering-october-2019) • [10](https://www.toonboom.com/animating-latinx-culture-and-characters-on-the-casagrandes)
Guest voice actors announced before the premiere included [Eugenio Derbez](https://www.edgepedia.org/eugenio-derbez), Ken Jeong, and [Melissa Joan Hart](https://www.edgepedia.org/melissa-joan-hart).[9](https://www.paramountpressexpress.com/nickelodeon/shows/the-casagrandes/releases/?view=104342-eugenio-derbez-ken-jeong-and-melissa-joan-hart-join-cast-of-nickelodeons-all-new-animated-series-the-casagrandes-premiering-october-2019) In February 2021 the show introduced Charles Little Bull, a Lakota grad student in his twenties voiced by Native American actor [Robbie Daymond](https://www.edgepedia.org/robbie-daymond), who tutors the teen character Carlota Casagrande in the episode "Undivided Attention"; Axios reported he became one of the first Lakota figures to appear in a major American animated-TV production.[11](https://www.axios.com/2021/02/18/nickelodeon-lakota-character)
## Cultural representation
The show was one of the first cartoons in the United States to feature a multigenerational Mexican-American family, and it moved the setting from *The Loud House*'s small-town milieu into a big city to reflect the lives of the Latinx community.[11](https://www.axios.com/2021/02/18/nickelodeon-lakota-character) • [12](https://www.nickalive.net/2019/09/nickelodeon-makes-room-for-casagrandes.html) Great Lakes City is fictional, based on Chicago with hints of New York City and Los Angeles.[10](https://www.toonboom.com/animating-latinx-culture-and-characters-on-the-casagrandes) Episodes interweave elements of Latino culture, including Día de los Muertos, with storylines intended to provide insight while entertaining viewers.[5](https://www.paramountplus.com/shows/the-casagrandes/) • [12](https://www.nickalive.net/2019/09/nickelodeon-makes-room-for-casagrandes.html) Many characters and stories grew out of the crew's own lives; the flamboyant TV astrologer Ernesto Estrella is based on [Walter Mercado](https://www.edgepedia.org/walter-mercado), and the matriarch Rosa draws on Puga's own mother and grandmother.[10](https://www.toonboom.com/animating-latinx-culture-and-characters-on-the-casagrandes)
The series premiered to widespread praise in October 2019, won an Emmy, and was renewed for its third season before its second season launched.[10](https://www.toonboom.com/animating-latinx-culture-and-characters-on-the-casagrandes)
## Cancellation and film
In February 2022, Axios reported that Nickelodeon would not renew *The Casagrandes* after its third season, which finished airing that year, for a total of 60 episodes; a network spokesperson said the characters would continue to appear on *The Loud House*.[6](https://www.axios.com/2022/02/17/nickelodeon-cancels-casagrandes-latino-family-cartoon) Axios framed the cancellation as the latest instance of Latino-led shows ending after only a few seasons despite rave reviews and loyal followings, a pattern the outlet examined in a companion piece on the short lifespan of shows by and about Latinos.[6](https://www.axios.com/2022/02/17/nickelodeon-cancels-casagrandes-latino-family-cartoon) • [13](https://www.axios.com/2022/02/17/latino-shows-cancel-eva-longoria-hollywood)
Two years after the cancellation, *[The Casagrandes Movie](https://www.edgepedia.org/the-casagrandes-movie)* debuted on Netflix on March 22, 2024.[7](https://www.axios.com/2024/04/04/nickelodeon-casagrandes-movie-mexico) Directed by Miguel Puga and running 1 hour 25 minutes, the film follows the family on a road trip to Mexico, where Ronnie Anne, celebrating her 12th birthday, encounters the 12,000-year-old demigod Punguari, voiced by Paulina Chávez.[7](https://www.axios.com/2024/04/04/nickelodeon-casagrandes-movie-mexico) • [14](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/the_casagrandes_movie) Co-writer Rosemary Contreras said the creators wanted to make a movie about a regular Mexican-American family returning to Mexico, and both hers and Puga's families hail from [Michoacán](https://www.edgepedia.org/michoacan), the film's setting.[7](https://www.axios.com/2024/04/04/nickelodeon-casagrandes-movie-mexico) The film ranked among the ten top-streamed movies on Netflix in several countries shortly after release, according to Flix Patrol.[7](https://www.axios.com/2024/04/04/nickelodeon-casagrandes-movie-mexico)
## References
1. [NICKELODEON MAKES ROOM FOR THE CASAGRANDES BEGINNING MONDAY, OCT. 14, AT 1:30 P.M. (ET/PT), Paramount Press Express](https://www.paramountpressexpress.com/nickelodeon/shows/the-casagrandes/releases/?view=104343-nickelodeon-makes-room-for-the-casagrandes-beginning-monday-oct-14-at-130-pm-etpt)
2. [March 6, 2018 announcement, Paramount IR](https://ir.paramount.com/static-files/926a9d80-0c4d-4aca-b045-78e18609a436)
3. [The Casagrandes, The Loud House Encyclopedia (Fandom)](https://theloudhouse.fandom.com/wiki/The_Casagrandes)
4. [NICKELODEON GREENLIGHTS LOS CASAGRANDES, ORIGINAL ANIMATED SPINOFF OF HIT SERIES THE LOUD HOUSE, Paramount Press Express](https://www.paramountpressexpress.com/nickelodeon/shows/the-casagrandes/releases/?view=104341-nickelodeon-greenlights-los-casagrandes-original-animated-spinoff-of-hit-series-the-loud-house)
5. [The Casagrandes, Paramount+](https://www.paramountplus.com/shows/the-casagrandes/)
6. [Scoop: Nickelodeon cancels "The Casagrandes," Axios](https://www.axios.com/2022/02/17/nickelodeon-cancels-casagrandes-latino-family-cartoon)
7. ["The Casagrandes Movie" hits Netflix with adventure in Mexico, Axios](https://www.axios.com/2024/04/04/nickelodeon-casagrandes-movie-mexico)
8. [The Casagrandes, Parents' Guide, Common Sense Media](https://www.commonsensemedia.org/tv-reviews/the-casagrandes)
9. [Eugenio Derbez, Ken Jeong and Melissa Joan Hart Join Cast of Nickelodeon's All-New Animated Series The Casagrandes, Paramount Press Express](https://www.paramountpressexpress.com/nickelodeon/shows/the-casagrandes/releases/?view=104342-eugenio-derbez-ken-jeong-and-melissa-joan-hart-join-cast-of-nickelodeons-all-new-animated-series-the-casagrandes-premiering-october-2019)
10. [Animating Latinx culture and characters on The Casagrandes, Toon Boom blog](https://www.toonboom.com/animating-latinx-culture-and-characters-on-the-casagrandes)
11. [First look: Nickelodeon unveils Lakota character on "The Casagrandes," Axios](https://www.axios.com/2021/02/18/nickelodeon-lakota-character)
12. [Nickelodeon Makes Room for 'The Casagrandes,' NickALive!](https://www.nickalive.net/2019/09/nickelodeon-makes-room-for-casagrandes.html)
13. [Why Latino shows are often quickly canceled, Axios](https://www.axios.com/2022/02/17/latino-shows-cancel-eva-longoria-hollywood)
14. [The Casagrandes Movie, Rotten Tomatoes](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/the_casagrandes_movie)
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