Bordertown (American TV series)

Did You Know?

• Seth MacFarlane and Mark Hentemann were announced as executive producers.
• The series was picked up by ITV2 in the United Kingdom on March 23, 2015, to premiere on February 29, 2016.
• In Canada, it was broadcast on City.

Plot

The series takes place in the fictitious town of Mexifornia, on the border of California and Mexico, based on Calexico, California. The two main characters are Bud Buckwald, a border agent, and Ernesto Gonzalez, an ambitious immigrant and family man. Bud lives with his wife Janice and their three children, while Ernesto lives next door with his family.

Voice cast

The voice cast for Bordertown includes Hank Azaria as Border Patrol agent Bud Buckwald. Nicholas Gonzalez plays three roles: Bud’s Mexican neighbor Ernesto Gonzalez, who has lived in Mexifornia for two decades; Ernesto’s 21-year-old college-graduate nephew J.C. Gonzalez, who is engaged to Bud’s daughter Becky; and the drug lord Pablo Barracuda. Alex Borstein voices both Bud’s wife Janice Buckwald and their 18-year-old daughter Becky. Judah Friedlander plays the Buckwalds’ 24-year-old rebellious son Sanford, whose real name may be Vince. Missi Pyle is five-year-old pageant contestant Gert Buckwald. Jacqueline Piñol voices Pepito Gonzalez, the youngest son of Ernesto and Maria, while Efren Ramirez plays their eldest son Ruiz. Carlos Alazraqui portrays Ernesto’s cranky undocumented father Placido Gonzalez and the trickster smuggler El Coyote.

Reception

Critics were largely unimpressed with the single season of Bordertown, offering mixed to negative feedback. On Metacritic, the show earned a weighted average of 46 out of 100 from 15 reviews, falling into the "mixed or average" category. Rotten Tomatoes gave it a 39% approval rating from 18 critics, with an average score of 5.28/10. The site's consensus noted that the series' controversial concept was poorly served by an execution that confused crude jokes for relevant satire.