EPISODE
Cristela - Season 1
Cristela Hernandez is a Mexican-American law-school graduate currently working as an unpaid intern while her mother Natalia thinks she should focus on finding a husband.In this series, Cristela deals with balancing her family, career pursuit and relationship.
15 April 1952, New York City, New York, USA
8 August 1987, Toronto, Canada
13 June 1953, Denver, Colorado, USA
14 February 1961, Edcouch, Texas, USA
3 November 1952, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
2 November 1976, Chicago, Illinois, USA
22 December 1936, New York City, New York, USA
15 July 1976, San Diego, California, USA
October 01, 2014
Cristela Alonzo created the show based on her own experiences, and it rings with the kind of authenticity you don't often find on family sitcoms.
April 17, 2015
It's doing something viewers have seen a million times before, but succeeds because of its stellar execution, not just because of its novel subject matter.
September 26, 2014
This is one of those unfortunate cases when you really wish the show was as appealing and engaging as its star, but it isn't.
October 10, 2014
Give ABC diversity points for airing a sitcom with Cristela, and give Cristela more points for making it lively and engaging.
October 08, 2014
Cristela is unfailingly good-natured, but never quite funny enough. In a TV world where sitcoms either draw blood or put audiences into a stupor, that might actually turn out to be its secret weapon -- as the TV comedy that works the bland middle ground.
October 08, 2014
It's the writers' and actors' job to make us laugh. The folks behind Cristela seem to have forgotten that.