Esta noche quiero ver un programa de cocina con mi familia.

In Spanish, time expressions like hoy, mañana, esta noche, este fin de semana, and el lunes usually do not need a preposition.

So:

• Esta noche quiero ver... = Tonight I want to watch...
• not En esta noche... in normal usage

Using en esta noche would sound unnatural here. Spanish often uses these time phrases directly at the start of the sentence.

Because esta here is a demonstrative adjective, meaning this:

• esta noche = this night / tonight

By contrast, está with an accent is a form of the verb estar:

• está aquí = he/she/it is here

So in your sentence:

• esta = this
• está = is

The accent changes both the pronunciation and the meaning.

This is a very common Spanish structure.

• quiero = I want
• ver = to see / to watch

After a conjugated verb like querer, the next verb usually stays in the infinitive:

• quiero ver = I want to watch
• quiero comer = I want to eat
• quiero salir = I want to go out

This is similar to English want to + verb, except Spanish does not need a separate word for to between the two verbs in the same way English does. The infinitive itself already carries that idea.

Both can relate to sight, but they are not always used in the same way.

In Spanish, ver is very commonly used for watching TV, films, or programmes:

• ver la tele
• ver una película
• ver un programa

Mirar is more like to look at something, or to direct your eyes toward it.

So:

• Quiero ver un programa de cocina = the natural way to say I want to watch a cooking programme/show
• Quiero mirar un programa is less natural in this context

For TV and entertainment, ver is usually the safer choice.

Good question — this is one of those important exceptions.

Although many Spanish nouns ending in -a are feminine, programa is masculine:

• el programa
• un programa

This happens because programa comes from a group of words of Greek origin that are masculine in Spanish, such as:

• el problema
• el sistema
• el tema
• el idioma

So even though it ends in -a, it is still masculine.

Literally, programa de cocina means something like programme of cooking, but in natural English we say cooking programme or cooking show.

Spanish often uses de + noun to describe the type or category of something:

• libro de historia = history book
• clase de español = Spanish class
• programa de cocina = cooking programme/show

So de cocina tells you what kind of programme it is.

Because cocina is being used here in a general, descriptive way: a cooking programme.

• programa de cocina = cooking programme
• programa de la cocina would suggest the kitchen specifically, which is a different idea

Compare:

• un libro de historia = a history book
• la historia del libro = the history of the book

So de cocina is not talking about a specific kitchen; it is describing the subject matter of the programme.

In Spanish, possessives like mi, tu, su, nuestro usually go directly before the noun without an article:

• mi familia = my family
• mi casa = my house
• nuestro coche = our car

So:

• con mi familia = with my family

Using la mi familia is not standard modern Spanish.

Yes. Here con means with, in the sense of being together or in company:

• Voy con mis amigos = I’m going with my friends
• Ceno con mi familia = I have dinner with my family

So ver un programa de cocina con mi familia means watching it together with them.

The word order can change.

Your sentence is perfectly natural:

• Esta noche quiero ver un programa de cocina con mi familia.

But you could also say:

• Quiero ver un programa de cocina con mi familia esta noche.

Both are correct. Putting Esta noche first gives a little more emphasis to tonight. Spanish word order is often more flexible than English, especially with time expressions.

Yes, but the meaning changes.

• Quiero ver = I want to watch
• Voy a ver = I’m going to watch

So:

• Esta noche quiero ver un programa de cocina... focuses on desire or intention
• Esta noche voy a ver un programa de cocina... sounds more like a plan

Both are natural; they just express slightly different things.

Because Spanish often leaves out subject pronouns when the verb already shows who the subject is.

• quiero already means I want

So:

• (Yo) quiero ver...

Both are correct, but yo is often omitted unless you want emphasis, contrast, or clarity.

For example:

• Yo quiero ver un programa, pero mi hermano quiere ver una película.

There, yo helps create contrast.

Yes. In Spain, programa is a very normal and common word for a TV or radio programme.

• un programa de cocina = a cooking show/programme
• un programa de televisión = a TV programme

Depending on context, English might translate it as programme, show, or even TV show, but programa is the standard Spanish word.

In Spain, quiero is pronounced roughly like KYEH-roh.

A simple breakdown:

• qui sounds like kyi or kye
• e is a clear short eh
• ro is roh

The r in quiero is the single Spanish r, not the stronger rolled rr sound.

So a helpful approximation is:

• quiero ≈ KYEH-roh

Not perfect English spelling, of course, but close enough to help.