Operation Repo

Operation Repo (formerly known as Operación Repo) is an American reality television series that depicts the world of car repossession with a team that portrays repossessions from California's San Fernando Valley.^[2]

Operation Repo
Also known as	Operación Repo (2006–2008)
Genre	Reality
Created by	Luis Pizarro
Directed by	Luis Pizarro
Starring	Sonia Pizarro Froylan 'Froy' Tercero Lyndah Pizarro Matt Burch
Narrated by	Jordan Emil Mueller
Theme music composer	Alvaro Morello
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
No. of seasons	11
No. of episodes	286[1]
Production
Executive producers	Luis Pizarro Tariq Jalil Francisco Aguilar
Running time	30 min.
Production companies	Arietis A/V EGA Productions
Original release
Network	Telemundo
Release	October 2006 (2006-10) – 2008 (2008)
Network	truTV
Release	March 31, 2008 (2008-03-31) – February 5, 2014 (2014-02-05)

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.^[3][4]

Broadcast history

Operation Repo was first produced in a Spanish-language version, Operación Repo on Telemundo in October 2006, becoming the number-one rated show on the network.^[5] The show later crossed over to English-language and moved to truTV, where it started airing on March 31, 2008.

Operation Repo also airs on OLN in Canada and RTL7 in the Netherlands and on One In Australia. In Spain it airs on Energy, in Norway on Viasat 4, in Italy on Italia 2 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.^[6]

Operation Repo now streams free on Tubi, Pluto TV, Crackle, Roku Channel and Plex.

Cast

Sonia's team (May 2013 – 2014)

• Sonia Pizarro - herself (boss) (2006–2014) (died 2023)^[7]
• 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)^[8]
• 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 truTV)
• Lars Casteen - Associate Producer (in association with truTV)