On Tuesday, Deadline Hollywood's Nellie Andreeva dissected the swell of actors of color in television's casting rooms and leading roles, writing that minorities might be snatching too many jobs. I mean, what are the white actors supposed to do in this kind of climate?
Someone find Lee Daniels, Kenya Barris, Shonda Rhimes and Jennie Snyder Urman and hug them: their television successes with Empire, Black-ish, How to Get Away with Murder and Jane the Virgin are opening doors for other diverse shows. Give thanks!
This fall, two television shows starring Latinas, and featuring American Latina culture, made it to primetime. In Cristela, we've seen a milestone: it's the first-ever primetime sitcom not only starring a Latina (any Latina!) but also created, written, and produced by her as well. Cristela Alonzo, a 35-year-old,…
Everyone says Cristela Alonzo, in her eponymous new sitcom Cristela, is "charming," and that is true: she has mischief in her eyes and a dimple in one cheek and she smiles very naturally, a lot more than the deceptively maudlin laughtrack drones populating the majority of primetime sitcoms these days. She seems…
Tonight's the debut of the sitcom Cristela, the first-ever primetime show created, written, produced by and starring a Latina—Tejas-born, Mexican-American comedian Cristela Alonzo. Cristela is about an aspiring lawyer on her hustle who lives with her family, who seem from the trailer to be both loving and…
ABC has picked up two new comedy shows for its 2014-15 lineup, the Asian American Fresh Off The Boat and the Latina-led Cristela. Both shows take a stab at depicting the American dream from two first generation writers of immigrant parents, Cristela Alonzo from Mexico and Nahnatchka Khan, from Iran. Go diversity!
