After canceling a ton of shows last week, ABC has added two new comedies to its lineup both centered on family and cultural identity, THR reports. The first series order goes to Cristela, a semi-autobiographical multi-cam show by and starring standup Cristela Alonzo as “an American Latina straddling cultures while not fully belonging to either.†The second show to land a series order is Fresh off the Boat from Don’t Trust the B—- in Apartment 23 creator Nahnatchka Khan. Based on the Eddie Huang memoir of the same name, Fresh off the Boat follows a family of Taiwanese Americans as they “try to live the American dream while still maintaining their cultural identity and sense of family.â€
ABC Orders Culture-Straddling Comedies ‘Cristela’ and ‘Fresh off the Boat’
