Luis (TV series)

Luis is an American sitcom starring Luis Guzmán that aired on Fox from September 19 to October 17, 2003. Scheduled in the Friday night death slot, the series received low ratings and was canceled after four episodes. The series was the first show of the 2003-04 season to be canceled.

Luis
Genre	Sitcom
Created by	Will Gluck
Written by	Christina Kiang Booth Will Gluck Joe Menendez
Directed by	Jeffrey Melman Wil Shriner
Starring	Luis Guzmán Reggie Lee Malcolm Barrett Diana-Maria Riva Jaclyn DeSantis Charlie Day
Theme music composer	Stephen Phillips
Composers	Gary G-Wiz Amani K. Smith
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	10 (6 unaired)
Production
Executive producer	Will Gluck
Producers	John Amodeo Michael Bregman John Ziffren
Cinematography	Julius Metoyer Joe Pennella Steve Randolph
Editors	Robert Bramwell Brent Carpenter
Camera setup	Multi-camera
Running time	30 minutes
Production companies	Olive Bridge Entertainment 20th Century Fox Television
Original release
Network	Fox
Release	September 19 (2003-09-19) – October 17, 2003 (2003-10-17)

Cast

• Luis Guzmán as Luis
• Charlie Day as Richie
• Reggie Lee as Zhing Zhang
• Wes Ramsey as Greg
• Malcolm Barrett as T.K.
• Jaclyn DeSantis as Marly
• Diana-Maria Riva as Isabella

Episodes

No.	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original release date	Prod. code
1	"Pilot"	Jeff Melman	Will Gluck	September 19, 2003 (2003-09-19)	L101
2	"Placeholder"	Jeff Melman	Will Gluck	September 26, 2003 (2003-09-26)	L102
3	"E.P.T."	Andrew Tsao	Matt Goldman	October 3, 2003 (2003-10-03)	L105
4	"Bodega"	Fred Savage	Tom Saunders	October 17, 2003 (2003-10-17)	L103
5	"Death Day"	Jeff Melman	Ira Ungerleider	UNAIRED	L104
6	"Rat"	Andrew Tsao	Michael Davidoff	UNAIRED	L106
7	"Bavarian Creme"	Wil Shriner	Ira Ungerleider	UNAIRED	L107
8	"Help"	Wil Shriner	Phill Lewis	UNAIRED	L108
9	"Friendship"	Andrew Tsao	Joe Menendez	UNAIRED	L109
10	"Promotion"	Wil Shriner	Jaime Camil	UNAIRED	L110

Reception

TV Guide wrote of the series: "As tasteless as week-old crullers, Luis is a melting pot of cringe-inducing Ethnic cliches."^[1]