El Gordo y La Flaca first aired on September 21, 1998, on
Univision, hosted by
Raúl De Molina ("El Gordo") and Cuban model
Lili Estefan ("La Flaca"), the niece of music mogul and producer
Emilio Estefan, the husband of singer/songwriter
Gloria Estefan. The show combines interviews with actors, musicians, and other celebrities with reports on their comings and goings. The show appears weekdays on the Spanish-language television network
Univision. It is filmed in the network's studios in
Miami, Florida. For many years, the show also featured an in-house coffee maker who appeared several times on Live TV,
Marta Martin Carrera-Ruiz, known to show viewers as "Martica la del Cafe", but had left the show &
Univision in 2018, and later died in 2021. In 2025, De Molina and Estefan were awarded their own stars on the
Hollywood Walk of Fame. The stars were placed side by side and awarded in a double ceremony in recognition of their partnership as cohosts. ==Correspondents==