Sofia Residents in Excess

Sofia Residents in Excess Столичани в повече
Created by	Evtim Miloshev Ivan Spasov Hristina Apostolova
Starring	Lyubomir Neikov Albena Pavlova Silvia Lulcheva Krustyo Lafazanov Stoyanka Mutafova Hristo Garbov Ivan Yurukov Nencho Ilchev
Country of origin	Bulgaria
Original language(s)	Bulgarian
No. of seasons	10
No. of episodes	128
Production
Running time	40–45 min. approx.
Release
Original network	bTV
Original release	23 March 2011

Sofia Residents in Excess (Bulgarian: Столичани в повече) is a Bulgarian TV comedy-drama series produced by BTV and Dream Team Production that premiered on BTV on 23 March 2011.

Plot

Тwo families - Chekanovi and Lyutovi are in constant competition between. They used to live in endmost metropolitan district of Izvor but they have moved to central metropolitan district and are real Sofia residents now.

Cast

The Chekanov Family (Chekanovi)

• grandma Mariyka Chekanova (Stoyanka Mutafova) - mother of Rangel
• Rangel Chekanov (Lyubomir Neikov) – former Mayor of Izvor, former member of the parliament and former caretaker prime minister
• Galabina Chekanova (Albena Pavlova) - wife of Rangel, housewife
• Radko Chekanov (Vasil Draganov) – the son
• Mariya Chekanova/Lyutova (Violeta Markovska) - the daughter, wife of Andrey Lyutov (season 1-5)

The Family Lyutov

• Yordan Lyutov (Krustyo Lafazanov) - husband of Slaveya, former Mayor of Izvor
• Slavka/Slaveya Lyutova (Sylvia Lulcheva) - wife of Yordan, former member of the parliament
• Spas Lyutov (Ruslan Maynov) - eldest son of Yordan and Slaveya; former doctor
• Andrey Lyutov (Ivan Jurukov) - son of Yordan and Slaveya; photographer, TV producer
• Yana Lyutova (Mina Markova) - daughter of Yordan and Slaveya
• Yovka (Eva Tepavicharova) - wife of Spas Lyutov

Other characters

• Dominik Strosran (Ivan Radoev)
• Pop Grigoriy - Grishata (Nencho Ilchev) - local priest
• Zoya (Ernestina Shinova) - wife of Plamen Tsekov
• Plamen (Patso) Tsekov (Hristo Garbov), twin brorther of Konstantin Tsekov
• Konstantin Tsekov (Hristo Garbov), twin brother of Plamen Tsekov
• Dimo Tsekov (Ivan Panayotov) – son of Plamen Tsekov, accountant
• Petar 'Pepi' Peychev (Petyo Petkov) - friend of Andrey, TV producer
• Eleonora Veron (Evelin Kostova) - dating Andrey Lyutov
• Kameliya (Daniela Stamova) - Eleonora's best friend, dating Pepi

Guest stars

• Preslava as herself (season 1)
• Georgi Kaloyanchev as Georgi grandma Mariyka first love (season 2)
• Orlin Goranov as Venelin Draganov, writer (season 2)
• Desi Slava as Vyara Toneva, pop singer (season 3)
• Doni as Toni, pop singer (season 4)
• Ralitsa Kovacheva-Bezhan (season 5)
• Daniel Tsochev (season 5)
• Atanas Mihaylov (season 5)
• Hristo Stoichkov as God (season 5)
• Azis as cook in jail (season 7)
• Dimitar Kovachev - Funky as The Kraut, cellmate of Plamen Tsekov (season 7)
• Maria Ilieva as Mariya Skala, opera singer (season 8)
• Blagoy Georgiev - friend of grandma Mariyka (season 9)
• Evgeni Budinov as lawyer (season 9)
• Robert Yanakiev as prosecutor (season 9)
• 100 Kila as Tsanko, student (season 9)
• Hristina Apostolova as Karolina, Macedonian spy (season 9)
• duet Riton as themselves (season 9)
• Lyubo Ganev as Bulgarian Olympic Committee President (season 10)
• Stefan Danailov (season 10)

Episodes

Main article: List of episodes Sofia Residents in Excess

Season		Time slot	TV Season	Episodes	Premiere	Final	Duration
	1	Wednesday, 21:00 (UTC+02:00)	2011 (Spring)	10	23 March 2011	25 May 2011	45 minutes (free ads)
	2		2011 (Fall)	13	28 September 2011	21 December 2011
	3		2012 (Spring)	14	7 March 2012	6 June 2012
	4		2012 (Fall)		19 September 2012	19 December 2012
	5		2013 (Spring)		13 March 2013	12 June 2013
	6		2013 (Fall)		18 September 2013	18 December 2013
	7	Wednesday, 21:30 (UTC+02:00)	2014 (Spring)	13	5 March 2014	28 May 2014
	8	Friday, 21:30 (UTC+02:00)	2015 (Spring)		6 March 2015	29 May 2015
	9		2015 (Fall)	6	25 September 2015	December 2015
	10	Friday, 21:30 (UTC+02:00)	2016 (Spring)		11 March 2015

References

• Stolichani v poveche IDMb

• Official website on BTV (Bulgarian)