El Chavo del Ocho’s popularity? Other children’s shows?

hi yall!

i’m a media student from the US currently working on a research project on popular global children’s media in the early to mid 1990s. a friend pointed me in the direction of El Chavo del Ocho and from my research, it looks great. i wanted to ask, is there one country where, in the early to mid 90s, this show really stood out? i’ve seen it was very popular in Mexico and Brazil, why specifically those countries? are there other Spanish speaking focused children shows you grew up with that i should look at?

thank you for your help :)

EDIT: i apologize for using the term “Latinx”. i am currently taking a class where i am learning the history of this word and it is common among people at my school. thank you all for educating me.