The effort to preserve the original broadcasts of El Chavo del 8 exists in a complex legal gray zone. In 2020, a highly publicized dispute between Televisa and Grupo Chespirito (the holders of the show’s intellectual property rights) led to the show being pulled from global television networks entirely for several years.
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