''Operation Repo'' (formerly known as ''Operación Repo'') is an American

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series that depicts the world of car

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with a team that portrays repossessions from California's

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Re-enactment and authenticity

''Operation Repo'' consists of what are purported to be actual stories of repossession incidents; however, the show depicts scripted and dramatized re-enactments in which the cast "recreates" incidents using actors and staged action footage.

Broadcast history

''Operation Repo'' was first produced in a Spanish-language version, ''Operación Repo'' on

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in October 2006, becoming the number-one rated show on the network. The show later crossed over to English-language and moved to

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, where it started airing on March 31, 2008. ''Operation Repo'' also airs on OLN in Canada and

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in the Netherlands and on

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In Australia. In Spain it airs on

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, in Norway on

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, in Italy on

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and in the United Kingdom it airs on DMAX. The eleventh season resumed on December 18, 2013 and concluded, along with the series, on February 5, 2014. ''Operation Repo'' now streams free on

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, Crackle,

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and

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Cast

Sonia's team (May 2013 – 2014)

*Sonia Pizarro - herself (boss) (2006–2014) (died 2023) *Lyndah Pizarro - herself (Sonia's niece) (2008–2014) *Froylan 'Froy' Tercero - himself (Sonia's ex-husband) (2006-2011, 2011–2014) *Matt Burch - himself (family friend) (2006-2009, 2009-2011, 2011–2014) *Carlos Lopez, Jr. - himself (new hire) (2012–2014) (died 2018) *Ronnie Lee - himself (new hire) (2012–2014)

Matt and Froy's team (2011)

*Matt Burch (2011) *Froylan 'Froy' Tercero (2011)

Former cast

*Luis 'Lou' Pizarro - himself (boss, retired in episode 6 of season 11) (2006–2013) *Roberto 'Rob' Pizarro - (Lou's cousin, filled in for Matt & Froy when they temporarily left Lou's team) (2011) *Vanessa Gomez (on the team when the show aired on Telemundo; replaced by Lyndah when the show moved to truTV) (2006–2008) *Mike (joined when Matt left the first time, left while on the show after a dispute with the R.O.) (2009) *Ashley Burch - herself (Matt's daughter, secretly went on repos with Matt.) (2011) *Frankie - himself (came to fill in for Matt & Froy in 2009 and 2012 respectively, fired and arrested for DUI in 2009, fired in 2012 for wrecking a semi and a car) (2009, 2012)

Production

*Tariq Jalil - Executive Producer *Francisco Aguilar - Executive Producer/Director *Luis Pizarro - Executive Producer/Creator *Stephen A. Phillips - Consulting Producer *Angel Annussek - Executive Producer (in association with

) *Lars Casteen - Associate Producer (in association with

)

References

External links

Operation Repo on TruTV
(web archive) * {{TruTV TruTV original programming 2008 American television series debuts 2014 American television series endings American English-language television shows