Awful show, totally unfunny in every regard!
I gave Cristela a chance in the fall of 2014, despite the truly atrocious promos that were running. Supposedly, Cristela is a stand-up comedian, so that's how she got her show. But instead of playing a real person, she portrays pretty much a cartoon, surrounded by other cartoons. There's the racist white boss, his ditzy, insensitive BLONDE daughter, Cristela's mom who keeps mentioning "in my veelaj," just like Sophia used to do about Sicily (ie: The Golden Girls), and the agonizingly, numbingly UNFUNNY "Fluffy" in a supporting role, wearing gigantic shorts and an oversized shirt that could be used as a sail.
Every line is punctuated by uproarious laughter from a "laff machine." I doubt any real audience would find any of that stuff funny.
When the show started dropping in the ratings, supporters flocked here to claim people "just didn't get" what Cristela was putting out. I think the direct opposite--they DID get it, and that's why the show went into the proverbial toilet.
When it was finally mercifully cancelled, Cristela bit the hand that fed her by complaining that ABC just didn't give her a chance. Never mind that the show was on for an entire year, when it probably should've been cancelled within a month. Yep, it was that bad, people!