It’s really for the younger crowd, you know?”īut while older audiences of the show may be more credulous watchers, a younger generation comes to the show with a fair dose of skepticism about the outrageous cases presented. I want to provoke them to think before they act. The older crowd enjoys it because they see part of their life reflected or, a modern life, that they may not know completely, reflected in there. Ana Maria Polo, a real attorney who plays herself, as the judge in the cases presented on the show. I watched you since I was seven, eight, nine, 10, and I’m now 20, 30, whatever’,” says Dra.

I’ve met people who say, ‘You know, I grew up with you. And sixteen years since its debut, a new generation has found the popular L.A.-based reality show on YouTube, where it has over 4.4 million subscribers.

While the fate of the show remained uncertain for months, it has now made a triumphant return to television with its new season debuting last week. Many of us US-born Latinos grew up with the show playing in the background as we did our homework or as our abuela made dinner – and so, many us were shocked when Telemundo abruptly took the program off the air last summer, after it was announced that the former executive producer of the program, Marlene Kay, had filed a lawsuit for more than $2 million against Dra. Ana Maria Polo.Ĭaso Cerrado has been a staple on Telemundo since 2002. So, that meant watching other shows like Cristina, El Gordo y La Flaca, or, my abuelita’s favorite, Caso Cerrado con Dra. As many also know, en la casa de mami, you never touch the TV. Like most children of immigrants, I spent a lot of time watching telenovelas with my mami and abuelos growing up.

Caso cerrado with english subtitles