It looks like Cristela Hernandez has a bright future ahead of her — unfortunately the same can’t be said for the Cristela TV show. ABC has cancelled the sitcom after one season of 22 episodes.
On Cristela, a young Mexican-American woman (Cristela Alonzo) works to become an attorney while juggling her responsibilities to her traditional family. The rest of the cast includes Maria Canals-Barrera, Carlos Ponce, Terri Hoyos, Gabriel Iglesias, Sam McMurray, Justine Lupe, and Andrew Leeds.
The sitcom debuted in October 2015 and attracted a 1.3 rating in the 18-49 demographic with 6.5 million viewers. That was a decent start for a Friday night show but the ratings lost quite a bit of steam over the course of the season, falling as low as a 0.8 demo rating with 4.1 million viewers.
Those numbers weren’t good enough to mandate a second season so ABC has decided to cancel Cristela instead. The final episode aired on April 17th.
What do you think? Did you like the Cristela TV show? Do you think it should have been cancelled or renewed? Why do you think it didn’t attract a bigger audience?
The Cristela show was one of my favorite new shows of 2015. I am actually surprised that this show was cancelled. It was fresh, funny, well written, with a great witty and entertaining cast. I feel it’s loss is more than just a cancelled TV show.
Cristela was my favorite!
Funny show
Just finished season one on Hulu loved it so why not let Hulu or Netflix pick it up cmon let us Latinos have a show to watch
This was a great show. I believe it should have been renewed. Although the Natalia character could be made to be a bit less annoying (someone should have told tell her to shut up a bit more) however, although some things could be changed, that, right there was my biggest complaint while watching the show. Cristelas character was so funny, easy going, sarcastic and relatable. I never liked Carlos Ponce in other roles but, i truly enjoyed him in this one. It was so effortlessly played. It is sad to see that us latinos and hispanics can’t have a show… Read more »
I liked the comedy on Cristela. I enjoyed watching and best of all if I chose to hear it in Spanish was great with my dad who is 82 enjoyed the comedy. I agree that its run shouldn’t of stopped so soon, but should have given it more time. Cristela made a name for herself on TV even if it was only for one season.
I liked the show it was different and funny .
I love that show n i too looked ending my work week with that show, i am half Mexican n half white n I find myself relating to that show on soo many levels, damn ABC!! I’m a huge Disney fan n they can’t cancel all my fav shows like this, of all shows this show feel more like family too me
i loved cristela. im so sad its cancelled. ill just have to re watch season 1 on netflix
I’m actually watching Cristela on NetFlix and was upset that been cancelled is there some other channel that will pick up the show. Who can I contact?
i thought it was great show, it made laugh. compared to the last man standing should have been cancel. It bores me….
I loved the show and so did my family!!! I so agree that we finally have a Hispanic show with a wonderful upcoming female hispanic comediene, and the show gets cancelled before it is even given a chance. I really hope another network picks it up again. I am so tired of reality shows, gory crime shows, adult comedies that should not be in primetime. Cristela was such a breath of fresh air in the current horrible primetime lineup on all the networks. I will certainly not be watching anything on ABC primetime as of now unless they can change… Read more »
Not only do I love the show, but my boys do as well. It is a family show that we all enjoy. So, sad to find out that it has been cancelled. I am always looking for a great family show.
Omg say it isn’t so I love cristela it’s a great show.
Super disappointed there won’t be a season two. Finally we have a a Hispanic show with great comedy and its gone before it even gains momentum to thrive. I agree with others comments that there should have been more done to give it the opportunity to succeed.a different time slot or more advertising. I watched this religiously with my family and couldn’t wait to watch each episode.with some of the shows currently out there I can’t understand why this show was one to be cancelled. disappointed and makes me not want to attempt to get into new shows for this… Read more »