The Matchmaker
- Studio
- Scholastic Inc.
- Distributor
- PBS
Synopsis
One evening, after Maya sees Abuela Elena dancing alone after dinner, she decides that her grandmother's cheery exterior is masking a deep loneliness- and that Abuela Elena needs to be fixed up on a date. Maya's big idea launches a quest for an eligible sixty-something bachelor, the mother of all makeovers, and a blind date that doesn't go as planned.
Characters
Maya Santos, Miguel Santos, Maggie Lee, Theo, Tito, Chrissy, Paco the Parrot, Andy, Abuela Elena, Mailman Senor Felipe, Rosa Santos, Santiago Santos, Esperanza
Credits
Producing
- Producer
- Helen Kalafatic, Machi Tantillo
- Executive Producer
- Deborah Forte
Writing
- Writer
- Silvia Cardenas, Jon M. Gibson, Jorge R. Gutierrez, Chris Nee, Madellaine Paxson
- Story Editor
- Madellaine Paxson
Voices
- Voice
- Candi Milo (Maya Santos, Tito), Nika Futterman Nika Frost (Miguel Santos), Lucy Liu (Maggie Lee), Jerod Mixon (Theo), Beth Payne (Chrissy), Carlos Alazraqui (Paco the Parrot), Jeannie Elias (Andy), Lupe Ontiveros (Abuela Elena), Erik Estrada (Mailman Senor Felipe), Elizabeth Pea (Rosa Santos), Carlos Ponce (Santiago Santos), GiGi Erneta (Esperanza), Lombardo Boyar
Music
- Music
- David Ricard
Editing
- Editor
- Ian B. Wile
Crew
- Storyboard Artist
- Dave Cunningham
- Post-Production Manager
- Eric Black
- Funding
- U.S. Department of Education
Companies and other credits
- Funding: Corporation for Public Broadcasting
Production notes
Related Activity: Community Helpers.
The series is planned to run for 65 episodes.
The Maya & Miguel television show supports English language acquisition in a variety of ways. The program shows its characters using natural, conversational language, and then reinforces the meaning of the dialogue with images and animation. Presenting new vocabulary to English language learners is also an important feature of the series. Each episode focuses on at least three vocabulary words, which are repeated throughout an episode. In addition, Maya & Miguel shows children that knowing and learning more than one language can be positive.
Maya and Miguel, both bilingual, very often alternate between English and Spanish when they speak. This is called "code-switching," and is common among both bilingual individuals, like Maya and Miguel, as well as English language learners, like their cousin Tito. One of the goals of Maya & Miguel is to encourage a positive attitude toward knowing and learning more than one language. Maya & Miguel shows the way in which languages other than English can be a natural part of people's everyday communication.
The series is planned to run for 65 episodes.
The Maya & Miguel television show supports English language acquisition in a variety of ways. The program shows its characters using natural, conversational language, and then reinforces the meaning of the dialogue with images and animation. Presenting new vocabulary to English language learners is also an important feature of the series. Each episode focuses on at least three vocabulary words, which are repeated throughout an episode. In addition, Maya & Miguel shows children that knowing and learning more than one language can be positive.
Maya and Miguel, both bilingual, very often alternate between English and Spanish when they speak. This is called "code-switching," and is common among both bilingual individuals, like Maya and Miguel, as well as English language learners, like their cousin Tito. One of the goals of Maya & Miguel is to encourage a positive attitude toward knowing and learning more than one language. Maya & Miguel shows the way in which languages other than English can be a natural part of people's everyday communication.