Bordertown | |
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Genre | Animated sitcom |
Created by | Mark Hentemann |
Voices of |
Hank Azaria Nicholas Gonzalez Alex Borstein Judah Friedlander Missi Pyle Jacqueline Piñol Efren Ramirez Carlos Alazraqui |
Composer(s) | Mark Mothersbaugh |
Country of origin | United States |
Original language(s) | English |
No. of seasons | 1 |
No. of episodes | 13 (list of episodes) |
Production | |
Executive producer(s) |
Mark Hentemann Co-executive producers: Alex Carter Dan Vebber |
Producer(s) |
Supervising producers: Valentina L. Garza B.J. Porter |
Editor(s) | Donnell Ebarrete |
Running time | 20–22 minutes |
Production company(s) | Hentemann Films Fuzzy Door Productions Bento Box Entertainment 20th Century Fox Television |
Release | |
Original network | Fox |
Picture format | 720p (16:9 HDTV) |
Audio format | Dolby Digital 5.1 |
Original release | January 3 | – May 22, 2016
External links | |
Website |
Mark Hentemann
Seth MacFarlane
Bordertown is an American adult animated sitcom that aired on Fox from January 3, to May 22, 2016. The series was created by Family Guy writer Mark Hentemann, who also created 3 South on MTV, and executive-produced by Family Guy creator Seth MacFarlane and follows two families living in a Southwest desert town on the United States–Mexico border. On May 12, 2016, Fox canceled the series.
Bordertown takes place in the fictitious town of Mexifornia (which is on the border of California and Mexico). Mexifornia is said to be based on the town of Calexico, California, also a portmanteau, as well as sharing a similar location and dynamic as Mexifornia. The two main characters are Bud Buckwald and Ernesto Gonzalez. Bud is a border agent living at 25200 Cedar Road with his wife, Janice Buckwald, and their three children, Sanford, Becky and Gert. Living next door to him is Ernesto Gonzalez, an ambitious immigrant and family man, who has been in the country less than 10 years and is happy to be with his family in the United States of America.
Janice is forced to get a job as Ernesto's housekeeper after Bud secretly spends $800 on an American Doll for Gert and maxes out the credit card on accessories. Meanwhile, Gert plots revenge against the American Doll company while Bud plans to get Janice fired, and Mario Lopez is chosen to be the first Mexican-American in space.
Seth MacFarlane and Mark Hentemann were announced as executive producers. Shortly afterwards, Alex Carter and Dan Vebber were announced as co-executive producers.Lalo Alcaraz and Gustavo Arellano are consulting producers, and Valentina L. Garza is a supervising producer.