7 January (2014-01-07) – 25 February 2014 (2014-02-25)
Bienvenidos al Lolita is a Spanish dramedy[1] television series set in a cabaret club. Produced by Globomedia for Antena 3, it aired on the latter channel from January 2014 to February 2014.
Premise
The series deals about the backstage mishaps of a troupe of people (a "dysfunctional family") working at a time of economic crisis at the Lolita Cabaret, a cabaret club located in Madrid.[2][3]
Bienvenidos al Lolita, tentatively titled Lolita Cabaret before its release, was inspired in the classical Spanish comedy genre from the 1950s and 1960s.[4] The series was produced by Globomedia,[5] whereas Daniel Écija, Álex Pina, Fernando González Molina and Esther Martínez Lobato were credited as executive producers.[6] Fernando González Molina, David Molina and Sandra Gallego directed the episodes.[6] The 6-month-long filming was wrapped up by November 2013.[7][3] Shooting took place in Madrid.[7]
The series premiered on 7 January 2014, with a "promising" 18.4% share.[8] However interest rapidly waned, and the audience share went all the way down to a 10.5% in the sixth episode.[8] Antena 3 then decided not to renovate the series, with the last 2 episodes yet to be aired.[9] The broadcasting run of the 8-episode season ended on 25 February 2014, averaging 2,658,000 viewers and a 14.0% share.[8]
The misfiring of the series reportedly made Pina "realize the need to regenerate the prevailing model of national television".[10] According to Pina, the series' direst mistake was "not being coherent with the plot", "making a cabaret series" (...) "without being absolutely transgressive is a mistake".[11]
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