WHAT IT'S ABOUT: The Acostas are a Mexican-American family who run a popular restaurant in Los Angeles. Then ICE arrives with questions. When answers are not forthcoming, the parents head to a detention center as possibly illegal aliens, and are then deported. The five kids _ including a months-old baby _ are left to themselves. Emilio (Brandon Larracuente) is 24, so the de facto adult, a role which he is unprepared for. Kid brother Beto (Niko Guardado) struggles to operate the restaurant, while his twin sister Lucia (Emily Tosta) struggles at school; kid sister Valentina (Elle Paris Legaspi) tries to take care of the baby, and everyone else.
This is based on the Fox series that aired from 1994 to 2000.
MY SAY: Because every TV hit that ever aired is a reboot-waiting-to-happen, "Party of Five" was inevitable. But the reboot appeal here was always obvious, at least to the original fan base that watched the Salinger brood grow up, or to any network that knew just how potent a star factory this was during the run. (At least five substantial careers were launched here _ Jennifer Love Hewitt, Matthew Fox, Lacey Chabert, Scott Wolf and Neve Campbell.) "Party" gave Fox prestige _ unusual for Fox _ and awards too.
