To Retire was a very popular Greek sitcom that aired in 1990 from the Greek channel Mega

Mega Channel

Mega Channel, also known as Mega TV or just Mega, is a major television network in Greece. Teletypos S.A. was founded in 1989 under the name Teletypos Television Programmes S.A...

. It was written and directed by Yiannis Dalianidis and it lasted two years.

Characters

The main character is Katerina Sofianou, played by the famous Katerina Gioulaki. Katerina is a divorced, nervous lady that lives with her mother Sofia and her niece Eirini. She wants to get married again but her family does not like the groom.
The other characters are Katerina's friend and colleagues: Haroula, Iason, Eleni, Foivos etc.

Actor	Character
Katerina Gioulaki	Katerina Sofianou
Koula Agagiotou Koula Agagiotou Koula Agagiotou was a Greek actress. She is probably best known for her role in the Greek sitcom To Retire.-Biography:...	Sofia Sofianou
Tzois Evidi	Eirini Sofianou
Pavlos Evaggelopoulos	Iason Sekeris
Elda Panopoulou Elda Panopoulou Elda Panopoulou is a Greek comedian, best known for her role as "Haroula Peponaki" in the Greek sitcom To Retire.- Early life :Panopoulou was born in Athens in the early 1960s...	Haroula Peponaki
Nefeli Orfanou	Amalia Vakoura
Tasos Kostis	Fivos

Plot

The idea of this sitcom is about the everyday life of modern Greeks; their habits, their problems, their affairs. Katerina wants to get married but Sofia hates the groom. Eirini wants to buy a new video recorder but Katerina thinks that is too expensive. Foivos loves Haroula but she does not see him as a lover. All the stories take place in Athens

Athens

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 of the early '90s.

Similarities

A few years after To Retire, Yiannis Dalianidis wrote and directed a new sitcom, Oi Mikromesaioi which was a total copy of his previous work. But still, To Retire was not original either. In the late '80s Dalianidis had written a sitcom about modern Greeks and their problems, titled Odos Antheon, which in many ways is similar to both of his following creations.

Success

To Retire was actually a big hit and it is one of the most popular Greek sitcoms. Every summer it is aired again and again on Mega. In the 2008 summer, the sitcom experienced another rerun, also with success. The average rates were 17%, which is very good, especially if you consider that the American sitcom Ugly Betty

Ugly Betty

Ugly Betty is an American comedy-drama television series developed by Silvio Horta, which premiered on ABC on September 28, 2006, and ended on April 14, 2010. The series revolves around the character Betty Suarez and is based on Fernando Gaitán's Colombian telenovela soap opera Yo soy Betty, la fea...

reached 8% when it is aired on the same time with To Retire.