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Cristela: Is this the end of the line for the ABC sitcom

We have no word yet on whether sitcom Cristela will get a second season or not but things are not looking overly positive as far as series star and creator Cristela Alonso is concerned. The actress/comedienne posted on her blog on Saturday saying she was worried about the future of the show. Hi!  It’s April 17, 2015 and I find myself sitting in the middle seat of a full Southwest flight on my way to Nashville.  Tonight at 8:30/7:30 PM, ABC will show the season (and possibly series) finale of a sitcom that I put my heart and soul into.  I want to be realistic and honest about things.  I’m not sure if the show is coming back. It worries me and not because I want to be on TV more. It worries me because I think this show gives a voice to people that haven’t been given a voice before. Cristela isn’t a flashy show. It’s not a slick single-cam that looks like it’s a movie shot on a weekly basis, it doesn’t have voiceovers telling you thoughts the characters are currently having and

Crown Court Volume Three DVD Review

Network DVD / Region 2 / 4 disc set / Released April 2008 Featuring Denis Lill, Windsor Davies, Nigel Havers, Peter Bowles One of the ITV Network's first daytime drama series (along with Harriet's Back in Town and Emmerdale Farm) Crown Court, with its highly atmospheric (and evocative) theme tune, was an instant hit with the elderly, the unemployed, the sick and kids who managed to wangle a day off school. Network are releasing this brilliantly nostalgic series (yes I did wangle more than my fair share of days off school) and this April saw the arrival of volume three with with 13 stories spread over four discs. Each case runs for three episodes and although the action never strays from the courtroom (only recaps for each episode make use of black and white photographs) you are very quickly pulled in to the goings on. The show was a real breeding ground for soon to be well known actors and these episodes feature the likes of Warren Clarke and Tony Doyle in Love Thy N