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‘Hermanas’ Drama Series About Three Sisters in Florida Coming to CW

Virginia IsaadOctober 12, 2021October 12, 2021

by Virginia IsaadOctober 12, 2021October 12, 20210915

Family is everything to us but that doesn’t mean we want them around 24/7 because tensions can rise and that’s basically the premise of a new drama series about Latina sisters. Diary of a Future President creator Ilana Peña is re-teaming...

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Netflix Announces ‘On My Block’ Spinoff ‘Freeridge’ Cast

Virginia IsaadOctober 11, 2021October 11, 2021

by Virginia IsaadOctober 11, 2021October 11, 202101457

October has been a great month for On My Block fans! Just four days after the show premiered its fourth and last season on Netflix, the streaming service announced the main cast for the show’s upcoming spinoff, Freeridge, created by...

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‘On My Block’ Celebrates the End of an Era with Season 4

Virginia IsaadOctober 7, 2021

by Virginia IsaadOctober 7, 202101686

When Netflix’s On My Block first premiered on the streaming service in the spring of 2018, I already knew it was going to be something special. The show featured the first on-screen depiction of gang violence that didn’t make me...

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Eva Longoria Developing Sci-Fi Series Based on Book Inspired by Cuban Mythology

Virginia IsaadSeptember 23, 2021September 23, 2021

by Virginia IsaadSeptember 23, 2021September 23, 202103776

Eva Longoria‘s UnbeliEVAble Entertainment just added another Latinx show to their roster following the announcement that she’s working on a series for ABC about a large Mexican-American family in Texas. The multi-generational comedy is about an upper-middle-class family handling grief,...

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‘Diary of a Future President’ Executive Produced by Gina Rodriguez Returns for Season 2

Virginia IsaadAugust 18, 2021August 18, 2021

by Virginia IsaadAugust 18, 2021August 18, 202102226

Seeing a Cuban-American future female president on the small screen is a sign of progress and so naturally we’re excited to see the return of Diary of a Future President on Disney+. Cuban American Elena Cañero-Reed, 12, (Tess Romero) is...

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Eva Longoria Developing a Mexican-American Family Comedy Series for ABC

Virginia IsaadAugust 11, 2021August 12, 2021

by Virginia IsaadAugust 11, 2021August 12, 202103530

Representation of Latinx families on television remains a rarity with Jane the Virgin and Gentefied being one of the most prominent recent examples and The Brothers Garcia reboot also coming up. Earlier this year there was talk that Eva Longoria...

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Aubrey Plaza to Star as Puerto Rican Wedding Planner in ‘Olga Dies Dreaming’ on Hulu

Virginia IsaadAugust 6, 2021August 6, 2021

by Virginia IsaadAugust 6, 2021August 6, 202104135

Aubrey Plaza, 37, has become known for taking on roles that have a little darkness to them so her upcoming starring role in Olga Dies Dreaming seems like the perfect fit. The one-hour drama pilot based on the novel by...

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Mexican Telenovela ‘Rebelde’ Gets a Reboot on Netflix

Virginia IsaadMarch 3, 2021

by Virginia IsaadMarch 3, 202105273

We know Latinx representation in TV series is low so when shows like Gentefied succeed while others like One Day at a Time are canceled we can’t help but take it personally. Netflix has been upping their Latinx content with...

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Justina Machado Says ODAAT is a Universal Story about Family

Virginia IsaadMarch 24, 2020July 29, 2020

by Virginia IsaadMarch 24, 2020July 29, 202002534

One Day at a Time is a beloved sitcom centered around a Cuban-American family that deals with real-life issues including PTSD and queer identity. It’s that fine balance between heartwarming moments and true-life hardships sprinkled with quirky humor that helped...

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New Latina TV Show ‘The Gordita Chronicles’ Coming to HBO

Virginia IsaadFebruary 20, 2020March 3, 2021

by Virginia IsaadFebruary 20, 2020March 3, 202102942

The upcoming HBO series The Gordita Chronicles sounds like Real Women Have Curves meets One Day at a Time with a dash of Ugly Betty and we’re here for it. Loosely based on the life of series writer Claudia Forestieri,...

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‘Gentefied’ Trailer Reveals February Premiere Date on Netflix

Virginia IsaadJanuary 22, 2020July 20, 2020

by Virginia IsaadJanuary 22, 2020July 20, 202001914

Just days after the premiere of The Expanding Universe of Ashley Garcia comes another Latinx-centered series also on Netflix with the Feb.21 premiere of Gentefied. The series is set in Boyle Heights in East Los Angeles and like the play...

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The 20 Best Latinx Shows of the Decade

Cristina EscobarDecember 20, 2019July 10, 2020

by Cristina EscobarDecember 20, 2019July 10, 202009467

As the 2010s were starting, Ugly Betty was ending. It was in many ways the OG of Latinx shows: a telenovela crossover, airing on one of the big three networks (ABC), starring America Ferrera and featuring her Mexican-American family. Arguably,...