Director: Natasha Kline
Twelve cousins, one small house, and exactly one summer to fix a plan that was never going to survive contact with family. "Primos" turns a crowded-house comedy into a musical animated series about a girl named Tater who did not ask for a full-house takeover.
What is Primos about?
Tater has her summer mapped out — goals set, time budgeted, nothing left to chance. Then her mother invites all twelve of Tater's cousins to stay, and the careful schedule collapses into shared bunk beds, borrowed clothes, and constant noise. Rather than treating the chaos as a simple obstacle, the show leans into it: each episode finds Tater negotiating space, attention, and identity within a household that suddenly has far more opinions in it than she planned for. Musical numbers break out around ordinary flashpoints — sibling rivalry, sneaking out, arguments over the last snack — turning small domestic friction into big, colorful set pieces. Underneath the noise sits a gentler question about what family actually looks like when it refuses to stay tidy, and whether Tater's ambitions have room to bend rather than break.
Cast & crew
Myrna Velasco voices Tater, giving the character both the exasperation and the eventual affection the role needs. Elizabeth Grullón and Jonathan Melo round out a large ensemble of cousin voices, while series creator Natasha Kline, who also directs, takes on a voice role herself alongside Cristina Valenzuela and Nomi Ruiz.
Context & significance
"Primos" is a Disney Branded Television animated comedy built around a large Latino family household, using its musical format to move quickly between comedic setups and character beats within each short, 22-minute episode. The large cast of cousins gives the writers room to rotate focus without losing the show's central thread through Tater.
Where & how to watch
"Primos" streams on K-Time after a free account login, with a Persian dub and Persian subtitles both available for younger viewers and families who prefer to watch in Farsi, inside an interface built with the Iranian diaspora audience in mind.