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Cristela Alonzo: 'It's Weird to Have Your Life Canceled'

Comedian Cristela Alonzo created and starred in an ABC sitcom based on her own life -- which made getting canceled after just one season that much harder. She reflects on the past year and tells us why she won't be joining The View.

By Kim Masters • Jun 6, 2015 • 28m Listen

Cristela Alonzo is the first Latina to create and star in her own sitcom. ABC's Cristela was based the comedian's own life as the daughter of an impoverished single mother in small-town Texas. Getting her show on the air was a dream come true. Getting canceled after a year was crushing. Alonzo comes back on the show to take us through her roller coaster of a year in television.

Photo courtesy ABC and Bob D'Amico

Kim Masters
partner/writer at Puck News, host of KCRW's “The Business.”
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founding partner of Puck News
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Cristela Alonzo: 'It's Weird to Have Your Life Canceled'

Comedian Cristela Alonzo created and starred in an ABC sitcom based on her own life -- which made getting canceled after just one season that much harder. She reflects on the past year and tells us why she won't be joining The View.

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Cristela Alonzo: 'It's Weird to Have Your Life Canceled'

Comedian Cristela Alonzo created and starred in an ABC sitcom based on her own life -- which made getting canceled after just one season that much harder. She reflects on the past year and tells us why she won't be joining The View.

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