La CQ is a Mexican television series created by Pedro Ortíz de Pinedo. Recorded at RCTV Studios in Caracas, it is a co-production between Televisa and Cartoon Network Latin America, making it also the first local original live-action series. The show's original broadcasting time was 11:00 AM, 4:00 PM and 6:00 PM; currently it is broadcast Monday through Friday on Cartoon Network in Latin America, and on Canal 5 in Mexico from 5:00-6:00 PM. The show follows a group of friends as they experience conflicts throughout their middle school years. The series first premiered on August 6, 2012, and then returned with the Season 2 on December 6, 2012. In September 2013, it started airing in the United States on UniMás' weekend morning lineup.
| Genre | Comedy, Teen sitcom |
| Created by | Pedro Ortiz De Pinedo |
| Written by | Luis Antonio Bautista "Jurgan" Jacobo, Rocío Martínez Lara, Óscar Sebastián Ortíz de Pinedo Gutiérrez, Alicia Magalli Urquieta Galicia, Ignacio "Iñaki" Otero Sosa, Mauricio Antonio Jalife Castañón, Sergio Adrián Sánchez "El Venado" Dorantes, Víctor Acosta |
| Directed by | Sergio Adrián Sánchez "El Venado" Dorantes |
| Creative director(s) | Leo Ricciardi |
| Starring | Emiliano Flores, Alejandra Müller, Harold Azuara, Benny Emmanuel, Fernanda Urdapilleta, Natalia "Ferny" Graciano, Josselyn Zuckerman, Luis Fernando Ceballos, Sherlyn Zuckerman, Amarah Santana |
| Theme music composer | Giorgio Torelli |
| Opening theme | "La CQ", performed by The series characters |
| Composer(s) | Francisco Álvarez, Rómulo Gallego |
| Country of origin | Mexico |
| Original language(s) | Spanish |
| No. of seasons | 4 |
| No. of episodes | 100 |
| Executive producer(s) | Pedro Ortíz de Pinedo, Carmen Cecilia Urbaneja (for RCTV, CA), Ángel Zambrano, Enrique Heredia, and Francisco Morales (for Turner Latin America) |
| Location(s) | Mexico City, Caracas |
| Cinematography | Wily Balcazar |
| Editor(s) | Joel Querra, José Lara, Yosmer Escalona |
| Running time | 22–23 minutes |
| Production company(s) | Televisa, RCTV Studios, Turner International, Inc. |
| Distributor | Televisa |
| Original network | Cartoon Network (Latin America) |
| Picture format | 480i (SDTV), 1080i (HDTV) |
| Audio format | Dolby Pro Logic II 5.1 |
| First shown in | 2006 (Pilot) |
| Related shows | Una familia de diez |
Eight students do their best to survive the ups and downs of high school. The series first premiered on August 6, 2012.
The series won its first four Kids' Choice Awards Mexico in 2013. It was nominated for its first Premios TVyNovelas Award in 2014.
Mexican television sitcoms.. 2010s Mexican television series.
