Overview

• The HBO Max series “Chespirito: Sin querer queriendo” premiered this month, prompting retrospectives on Segoviano’s direction of El Chavo del 8 and El Chapulín Colorado.
• The biopic depicts Segoviano’s five-year romance with Florinda Meza and portrays its end as the catalyst for his abrupt 1978 dismissal from the Chespirito program.
• In 1979, Segoviano rebounded by creating the children’s series Odisea Burbujas and went on to produce Anabel with Eugenio Derbez as well as the hit game shows Atínale al precio and 100 mexicanos dijeron.
• Despite never publicly addressing his firing, Segoviano quietly built a private life, marrying and raising two daughters while staying largely out of the spotlight.
• Media coverage has raised questions about the series’ portrayal of his personal life and creative contributions to landmark Latin American television.