A Grande Família (English: The Big Family)[8] is a Brazilian television sitcom created by Oduvaldo Vianna Filho and Armando Costa that originally aired on Rede Globo from 29 March 2001 to 11 September 2014.

The show tells the story of a typical middle-class family living in a suburban neighborhood of Rio de Janeiro.

In addition to being the longest-running Brazilian sitcom,[10] A Grande Família is considered one of the most popular comedy shows in Brazil.

[13] Lineu (Marco Nanini), the head of the family and quintessential patriarch, acts like a father to everyone in the house, including to his street-wise son-in-law, the hilarious Agostinho (Pedro Cardoso).

Lineu is married to the sweet Nené (Marieta Severo), and unlike most long-married couples, they are still passionately in love.