Gordita Chronicles | |
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Genre | Comedy |
Created by | Claudia Forestieri |
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Country of origin | United States |
Original languages | English Spanish |
No. of seasons | 1 |
No. of episodes | 10 |
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Producer | Matt Claybrooks |
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Network | HBO Max |
Release | June 23, 2022 |
Gordita Chronicles is an American comedy television series that premiered on the streaming service HBO Max on June 23, 2022. [1] [2] The series tells the story of Cucu Castelli, a reporter who narrates her youth in the 1980s as a willful and reluctant "gordita" (transl. "chubby girl") whose family immigrates to Miami, Florida from the Dominican Republic. Cucu's father is a rising executive with an airline serving Florida and the Caribbean.
On July 29, 2022, it was announced the series was cancelled after one season, part of a reduction in family-oriented programming on the HBO Max service. [3] The series was removed from the HBO Max streaming service in December 2022. [4]
No. | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original release date |
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1 | "In America Everything Is Possible" | Eva Longoria | Claudia Forestieri | June 23, 2022 |
2 | "In America We Speak English" | Melissa Kosar | Claudia Forestieri & Brigitte Muñoz-Liebowitz | June 23, 2022 |
3 | "In America No One Likes a Chicken" | Melissa Kosar | Dan Signer | June 23, 2022 |
4 | "In America We Sleepover" | Randall Winston | Isaac Gonzalez | June 23, 2022 |
5 | "In America We Trick or Treat" | Angela Tortu | Shawn Wines | June 23, 2022 |
6 | "In America We Play to Win" | Ilana Peña | Matt Claybrooks | June 23, 2022 |
7 | "In America We Stereotype" | Angela Tortu | Jenny Yang | June 23, 2022 |
8 | "In America You Get What You Pay For" | Melissa Fumero | Kryzz Gautier | June 23, 2022 |
9 | "In America We Fall in Love" | Jay Karas | Francisco Cabrera-Feo | June 23, 2022 |
10 | "In America We're Brave" | Randall Winston | Rebecca Delgado Smith | June 23, 2022 |
The series received generally positive reviews.
Angie Han of The Hollywood Reporter commented "Like its heroine, Gordita Chronicles shows the potential to grow into something special — and also like its heroine, it’s sweet enough to earn our patience while finding its way there." [5] Robert Lloyd of the Los Angeles Times called it the "sitcom of the summer", writing that it "is family comedy of a classic sort –with a few significant differences –funny and appealing and sometimes moving." [6] Daniel D'Addario at Variety called it charming but criticized its at times unclear tone. [7]
The HBO main pay television network airs reruns of the series. In March 2024, Tubi added access to the series. [8] In June 2024, the series was added to Hulu.