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Bordertown(TV show/series, 2016-2018)

25min per episode | Genres: Animation, Comedy

Scripted Reality in 1 season with 13 episodes

BordertownRating: 2.8/5 (with 12 votes)
Bordertown is an American adult animated sitcom that aired on Fox from January 3 to May 22, 2016. The series follows two families living in a Southwest desert town on the United States–Mexico border. Bordertown is a joint production by Bento Box Entertainment, Fuzzy Door Productions, 20th Century Fox Television, Hentemann Films and syndicated by 20th Television. On May 12, 2016, the series was canceled after one season. ()
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About Bordertown

The comedy, which takes place in a fictitious desert town near the U.S.-Mexico border, centers on the intertwining daily lives of neighbors Bud Buckwald and Ernesto Gonzales. Bud, a married father of three, is a Border Patrol agent who feels threatened by the cultural changes that have transformed his neighborhood. Living next door is Ernesto, an industrious Mexican immigrant and father of four, who is proud to be making it in America. As Bud and Ernesto’s paths begin to cross, their families become bound by friendship, romance and conflict.

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Bordertown Seasons and Episodes

05/04/2016Season 1 - 13 episodes
#1 | 05/04/2016The Engagement
4.0/5 (with 2 votes)
Bud is enraged when he finds out that his daughter Becky is engaged to J.C., Ernesto’s nephew who just graduated from college. Meanwhile, a staunch anti-immigration law is passed which eventually leads to J.C.’s deportation, much to Bud’s delight.
#2 | 05/04/2016Borderwall
4.3/5 (with 2 votes)
Bud fights to get a border wall constructed using confiscated drug money, only to have the wall destroy the economy, leaving him jobless. He then begins smuggling immigrants under the wall to make ends meet .
#3 | 05/11/2016MegaChurch
4.1/5 (with 2 votes)
The reverend of Bud’s megachurch asks Bud to lure Ernesto, the town’s biggest church donor, away from the local Mexican Catholic church, to help fill their coffers. Ernesto is seduced by the glitziness of the church, and the reverend schemes to bring over all the other Mexican residents by “Hispandering,” to Bud’s horror. Bud and Ernesto team up to restore the status quo, but their plan backfires.
#4 | 05/11/2016High School Football
3.5/5 (with 2 votes)
Bud becomes the high school football coach after the previous coach is forced out of the job by the local redneck fans.
#5 | 05/18/2018Groundhog Day
2.8/5 (with 1 vote)
The Mexifornia population tips from white majority to Latino majority when Maria's sister has a baby, so Bud wants Janice to have another baby in order to even the shift.
#6 | 05/18/2018J.C. Strikes
2.5/5 (with 1 vote)
Frustrated that J.C. still hasn't gotten a job, Ernesto hires him as part of his landscaping crew. When the job turns out too difficult, J.C. unionizes Ernesto's workers and begins a strike.
#7 | 05/25/2016Drug Lord
Bud unwittingly becomes drug kingpin Pablo Barracuda’s inside man at the Border Station, as he competes to be richer and more successful than Ernesto.
#8 | 05/25/2016Santa Ana Winds
Bud helps a Mexican “Bud” look-alike sneak over the border, so he can take a break from his own life.
#9 | 06/01/2016Heart Attack
Gert’s unhealthy eating causes her to have a heart attack during the Little Miss Mexifornia Pageant. Unable to afford the surgery in America, Bud takes her to Mexico to have her arteries unblocked and heart repaired. Meanwhile, Ernesto and Maria put Pepito on medication that makes him behave, but they don’t like the side effects.
#10 | 06/01/2016Wildfire
Residents are ordered to leave Mexifornia when it is threatened by wildfire, but Bud stays put and his house catches fire, requiring Ernesto to rescue him. Meanwhile J.C. and Becky take a relationship break and agree to see other people.
#11 | 06/08/2016La Fiesta Noche Show
Ernesto and Placido are thrilled that their favorite TV show, “La Fiesta Noche,” will be filming in Mexifornia. The Buckwalds and Gonzalezes both get tickets to the taping, but Bud’s anger at the spectacle causes him to be called onto the stage. Much to everyone’s surprise, the audience loves him and he becomes a big star in the Mexican community in the all-new “La Fiesta Noche Show”
#12 | 06/08/2016American Doll
Janice secretly maxes out her credit card in the purchase of an American Gal doll and accessories and takes a job as Ernesto's housekeeper to earn some extra cash. Bud, however puts in motion a plan to get her fired, while Gert seeks revenge on the American Gal company.
#13 | 06/15/2016Viva Coyote
When El Coyote is moved to the No. 1 spot on the "Most Wanted" list, Bud and Barracuda go gunning for him: Bud because he let him slip across the border; Barracuda because he seeks to regain the top slot on the list. Meanwhile, Ruiz wants to free El Coyote so that an attractive waitress will see him as "more Mexican."

Additional Information

Official websites:
Production country: United States of America (USA)
Original language: English (EN)
Spoken languages: English (EN), Spanish (ES)
Translated into 12 languages: Czech (CS), German (DE), English (EN), Spanish (ES), French (FR), Hungarian (HU), Italian (IT), Dutch (NL), Portuguese (PT), Russian (RU), Swedish (SV), Chinese (Mandarin) (ZH)
Status: Canceled
First episode released on: 05/04/2016
Last episode released on: 05/18/2018
Director: Seth MacFarlane
Producer: Seth MacFarlane
Alternative titles in other countries (from previews, ads etc.):
"Bordertown (serie animata)"
"Bordertown (US)"

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Other TV shows/series with this title: Bordertown (CA/FR, 1989), Bordertown (AU, 1995), Bordertown (FI, 2016)

WatchPlayStream ID: SHOWS:3883, Added: 05/12/2018, Last updated: 03/27/2024