¿Qué Pasa, U.S.A.? is America's first bilingual
situation comedy, and the first sitcom to be produced for
PBS. It was produced and taped in front of a live studio audience at PBS member station
WPBT in
Miami,
Florida and aired on PBS member stations nationwide. The program explored the trials and tribulations faced by the Peñas, a
Cuban-American family living in
Miami's
Little Havana neighborhood, as they struggled to cope with a new country and a new language. The series is praised as being very true-to-life and accurately, if humorously, portraying the life and culture of Miami's Cuban-American population. Today, the show is cherished by many Miamians as a true, albeit humorous, representation of life and culture in Miami.