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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 • • 28m ListenCristela 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.
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Last fall, comedian Cristela Alonzo joined us to talk about how she beat the odds to become the first Latina to create and star in her own sitcom. Her show Cristela was part of ABC's much touted push for diversity this past season, along with comedies Blackish and Fresh Off the Boat.
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