Cane (television) Television series debuting on CBS on September 25, 2007, and ending December 18, 2007. The Duques are a large Cuban-American family who own a rum and sugar empire in South Florida. Patriarch Pancho Duque has two sons, one of whom is adopted, whose approach to business are as different as their approach to life. The series is an epic drama about the family’s external rivalries and internal power struggles. Stars Jimmy Smits (Alex Vega), Hector Elizondo (Pancho Duque), Nestor Carbonell (Frank Duque), Rita Moreno (Amalia Duque), Paola Turbay (Isabel Vega), Eddie Matos (Henry Duque), Michael Trevino (Jaime Vega), Lina Esco (Katie Vega), Samuel Carman (Artie Vega). From CBS Paramount Network Television in association with ABC Studios.