‘Gordita Chronicles’ Canceled After One Season At HBO Max – Deadline

EXCLUSIVE: HBO Max has opted to not renew Eighties coming-of-age comedy collection Gordita Chronicles for a second season. The choice comes a bit over a month after the present launched on the platform to sturdy opinions amid a programming shift on the Warner Bros. Discovery streamer.

“Stay-action, children and household programming is not going to be a part of our programming focus within the quick future, and consequently, we’ve needed to make the very troublesome choice to finish Gordita Chronicles at HBO Max,” a spokesperson for the streamer mentioned in a press release to Deadline. “The collection earned crucial acclaim and a loyal following, and we’re proud to have labored with creator Claudia Forestieri and our two powerhouse govt producers, Eva Longoria (who additionally masterfully directed the pilot) and Zoe Saldaña, to deliver Cucu’s journey to the display. We thank them and the gifted forged and crew for creating such a heartfelt, groundbreaking present that related deeply with a vital demographic.”

Gordita Chronicles is a uncommon streaming collection reflecting authentically the experiences of the Latino group within the U.S., and the studio behind it, Sony Footage Tv, plans to buy it elsewhere because it did with One Day At a Time following its cancellation by Netflix. The household comedy discovered a brand new dwelling at Pop and CBS and ran for an additional season.

“We’re heartbroken by the bigger programming adjustments at HBO Max that won’t permit our particular present that’s Gordita Chronicles, showrun by LatinX comedy powerhouse Brigitte Muñoz-Liebowitz, to have a second season at its authentic dwelling. As producers and storytellers who’re frequently looking for out the genuine and authentic tales that spotlight our group’s pleasure and expertise, we’re so proud to have labored on this piece of magic,” the collection’ govt producers Longoria and Saldaña mentioned in a press release. “We proceed to be blown away by the overwhelmingly optimistic crucial response coupled with our rising viewers numbers, which show that viewers acknowledge the significance of this present’s existence and the essential house it’s filling for LatinX content material within the media panorama.”

HBO Max solely lately entered the live-action household leisure area with the Head of the Class reboot, which was canceled after one season, Gordita Chronicles in addition to Theodosia, whose destiny is unclear. The slate has been overseen by Jennifer O’Connell EVP, Unique Non Fiction & Stay Motion Household.

That is certainly one of many programming adjustments made by Warner Media retailers following the corporate’s acquisition by Discovery, which was accomplished in April. It has included a pullback in authentic scripted collection for the TNets. The way forward for O’Connell’s non-fiction portfolio is also beneath query post-acquisition as Warner Bros. Discovery plans to in the end merge HBO Max with Discovery’s non-fiction streamer Discovery+.

As a precursor to the programming shift and amid the uncertainty, I hear HBO Max lately stopped taking in new pitches for live-action children/household and unscripted programming.

As HBO Max’s assertion signifies, the pause in live-action children and household programming is “for the quick future.” Lengthy-term, the streamer doubtless will discover its approach again into the world, not less than for particular tasks. Warner Bros. Discovery owns one of many greatest world children/household IPs in Harry Potter, and, whereas there’s nothing imminent, the corporate brass have indicated their want to finally launch a Harry Potter collection on HBO Max.

Created by Forestieri primarily based on her real-life childhood experiences, Gordita Chronicles is about household, alternative, love, resilience, and boldly defying the established order in pursuit of the “American Dream.” It tells the story of Cucu “Gordita” Castelli, who has simply mentioned goodbye to all of her family and friends in Santo Domingo and moved to Miami together with her advertising and marketing govt father Víctor, daring and vivacious mom Adela, and status-obsessed older sister Emilia. Whereas life in America is way from what they imagined, the Castellis are decided to take cost of their unusual new world.

The collection, from Sony Footage Tv, stars Olivia Goncalves, Diana Maria Riva, Juan Javier Cardenas, Savannah Nicole Ruiz, Noah Rico, Cosette Hauer and Dascha Polanco.

Forestieri wrote the pilot and serves as govt producer. Josh Berman govt produces alongside Jennifer Robinson and Chris King of SPT-based Osprey Productions. Showrunner Brigitte Munoz-Liebowitz govt produces for Bons Mots Emporium. Eva Longoria directed the pilot and serves as govt producer for UnbeliEVAble Leisure. Zoe Saldaña, Mariel Saldana and Cisely Saldaña are govt producers for Cinestar Footage.

Berman, Forestieri and Munoz-Liebowitz all have general offers at SPT.