El Vato: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

Regional Mexican Act The Dasa, has changed the settings on television when he was elected the protagonist of the first scripted series of NBC Universe, titled "Vato". "El Vato" will have 10 episodes, produced by Endemol Latino and Boomdog Shine, based on the real life story of El Dasa. The Dasa (real name Dasahev Lopez Saavedra), was discovered by the Mexican icon Vicente Fernández in Los Angeles, when the Dasa worked as a driver and had to pick up the famous star.Seizing the opportunity, El Dasa "auditioned" in the car Fernandez and Fernandez invited him to sing a duet with him at the Gibson Amphitheatre in Los Angeles in 2011. Since then, El Dasa has toured and shared the stage with great Regional Mexican bands like Banda el Recodo, La Arrolladora Banda El Limón, El Coyote and his band, among many others.

Series details

• Title: El Vato
• Format: Scripted
• Language: Spanish
• Genres: Comedy
• Premiere date: 2016-04-17
• Final broadcast date listed: 2017-11-26
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: Universo
• Network country: United States
• Typical episode runtime: 60 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 15912
• IMDb ID: tt5635260
• TVDB ID: 318944

Cast and credited roles

• El Dasa — El Dasa

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2016-04-17; final listed air date 2016-06-19; episode order: 10.
• Season 2: premiered 2017-08-27; final listed air date 2017-11-26.

Source and licence

Adapted from El Vato on TVmaze. The synopsis is reproduced as plain text; catalogue facts, cast and season records are selected and reformatted. This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, following the TVmaze API licence. Network and web-channel credits identify the service listed in this source; they do not establish current streaming availability.