HBO Max cancels Gordita Chronicles as it backs away from live-action family programming
The comedy, starring Olivia Goncalves as a young woman growing up in 1980s Miami, is being shopped to other networks

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HBO Max announced today that it was canceling Claudia Forestieri’s Gordita Chronicles after a single season, not because it did poor ratings or got bad reviews—it didn’t, on either count—but because the streaming service has decided that it’s no longer interested in pursuing live-action family fare.
This is per Deadline, which reports that the series—which stars Olivia Goncalves as a young woman originally from the Dominican Republic, growing up in 1980s Miami—has been dropped via a weirdly apologetic statement from the streamer, which essentially says “We’re very sorry to not be making any more of this show that both you and we liked.” Or, to quote a spokesperson directly: