Bienvenidos al Lolita
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{{Infobox television
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| genre = Comedy drama
| creator =
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| director = Fernando González Molina
David Molina
Sandra Gallego
| screenplay =
| executive_producer = Daniel Écija
Álex Pina
Fernando González Molina
{{ill|Esther Martínez Lobato|es}}
| starring = Beatriz Carvajal
Roberto Álamo
Natalia Verbeke
Carlos Santos
Nerea Camacho
Luis Varela
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| country = Spain
| language = Spanish
| network = Antena 3
| first_aired = {{start date|2014|01|07|df=y}}
| last_aired = {{End date|2014|02|25|df=y}}
| num_seasons = 1
| num_episodes = 8
| runtime =
| company = Globomedia
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Bienvenidos al Lolita is a Spanish dramedy{{Cite web|url=https://www.elconfidencial.com/television/2014-01-07/bienvenidos-al-lolita-pone-a-bailar-y-cantar-a-natalia-verbeke_72418/|website=El Confidencial|title='Bienvenidos al Lolita' pone a bailar y cantar a Natalia Verbeke|first=Juan M.|last=Fdez|date=7 January 2017}} 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 is about the backstage mishaps of a troupe of people (a "dysfunctional family") working at a time of economic crisis at the Lolita Cabaret club located in Madrid.
Cast
- Beatriz Carvajal as Dolores Reina.{{Cite web|url=https://www.formulatv.com/noticias/35051/asi-son-los-personajes-de-bienvenidos-al-lolita-nueva-comedia-antena-3/|website=FormulaTV|title=Así son los personajes de 'Bienvenidos al Lolita', la nueva comedia de Antena 3|date=7 January 2014}}
- {{ill|Luis Varela (actor)|es|Luis Varela|lt=Luis Varela}} as Don José Luis Carrión.
- Natalia Verbeke as Violeta Reina.
- Roberto Álamo as Cúper.
- Carlos Santos as Alfredo.
- Sara Vega as Roxy.
- Rodrigo Guirao as Jota.
- Nerea Camacho as Greta.
- {{ill|Jorge Bosch|es}} as Reverendo.
- Cristina Peña as Norma del Pino.
- Maggie Civantos interpreta a Fanny.
- {{ill|Nuria Herrero|es}} as Lupe.
- Estefanía de los Santos as Charo.
- Font García as Virgilio.
- Denisse Peña as Daniela.
- Álvaro Balas as Xuxo.
- Lucía Balas as Nuri.
- Pablo Espinosa as Camilo.
Production and release
Bienvenidos al Lolita, tentatively titled Lolita Cabaret before its release, was inspired in the classical Spanish comedy genre from the 1950s and 1960s.{{Cite web|url=https://www.formulatv.com/noticias/34375/lolita-cabaret-cambia-nombre-bienvenidos-al-lolita/|website=FormulaTV|title='Lolita Cabaret' cambia de nombre a 'Bienvenidos al Lolita'|first=Santiago|last=Aparicio|date=27 November 2013}} The series was produced by Globomedia,{{Cite web|date=2 December 2013|url=https://www.audiovisual451.com/finaliza-la-grabacion-de-bienvenidos-al-lolita-nueva-serie-de-globomedia-y-antena-3/|website=Audiovisual451|title=Finaliza la grabación de 'Bienvenidos al Lolita', nueva serie de Globomedia y Antena 3}} whereas Daniel Écija, Álex Pina, Fernando González Molina and Esther Martínez Lobato were credited as executive producers.{{Cite web|date=3 January 2014|title='Bienvenidos al Lolita' – estreno 7 de enero en Antena 3|url=https://www.audiovisual451.com/bienvenidos-al-lolita-estreno-7-de-enero-en-antena-3/|website=Audiovisual451}} Fernando González Molina, David Molina and Sandra Gallego directed the episodes. The 6-month-long filming was wrapped up by November 2013.{{Cite web|url=https://www.heraldo.es/noticias/comunicacion/2013/11/28/quot_bienvenidos_lolita_quot_una_serie_con_musica_quot_familia_disfuncional_quot_258764_311.html|website=Heraldo|title="Bienvenidos al Lolita", una serie con música y "familia disfuncional"|date=28 November 2013}} Shooting took place in Madrid.{{Cite web|url=https://www.lavozdealmeria.com/noticia/5/vivir/53352/bienvenidos-al-lolita-nerea-camacho-estrena-su-primer-personaje-estable-en-television|website=La Voz de Almería|date=6 January 2014|first=Marta|last=Rodríguez|title='Bienvenidos al Lolita': Nerea Camacho estrena su primer personaje estable en televisión}}
The series premiered on 7 January 2014, with a "promising" 18.4% share. However interest rapidly waned, and the audience share went all the way down to a 10.5% in the sixth episode. Antena 3 then decided not to renovate the series, with the last 2 episodes yet to be aired.{{Cite web|url=https://cadenaser.com/ser/2014/02/13/television/1392262526_850215.html|website=Cadena Ser|title=Antena 3 se carga 'Bienvenidos al Lolita'|date=13 February 2014|first=David|last=Redondo}} The broadcasting run of the 8-episode season ended on 25 February 2014, averaging 2,658,000 viewers and a 14.0% share.
The misfiring of the series reportedly made Pina "realize the need to regenerate the prevailing model of national television".{{Cite book|year=2020|title=The Palgrave Handbook of Incarceration in Popular Culture|doi=10.1007/978-3-030-36059-7|chapter=Is Yellow the New Orange? The Transnational Phenomenon of Female Prison Dramas|first=Julia|page=64|last=Echeverría-Domingo|isbn=978-3-030-36058-0|editor1-first=Marcus|editor1-last=Harmes|editor2-first=Meredith|editor2-last=Harmes|editor3-first=Barbara|editor3-last=Harmes}} 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".{{Cite web|url=https://vertele.eldiario.es/verteletv/actualidad/Cosas-series-miticas-espanolas-protagonistas_0_1780621935.html|website=Vertele!|publisher=eldiario.es|title=Cosas que no sabías de las series míticas españolas y sus protagonistas|date=2 April 2016}}
{{Series overview
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| infoC1 = {{Cite web|url=https://www.formulatv.com/noticias/36071/bienvenidos-al-lolita-llega-final-tras-temporada-irregular/|website=FormulaTV|date=26 February 2014|first=Santiago|last=Aparicio|title='Bienvenidos al Lolita' llega a su final tras una irregular temporada (14%)}}{{Cite web|access-date=28 March 2021|title=Bienvenidos al Lolita. Temporada 1|url=https://www.sensacine.com/series/serie-17108/temporada-23153/|website=SensaCine}}
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|Title = Lo verde empieza en Los Pirineos
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|Title = El hermano rarito de Garritas
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|Title = La pandilla basura
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|Title = El último viaje a Egipto
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References
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Category:Television shows set in Madrid
Category:2014 Spanish television series debuts
Category:2014 Spanish television series endings
Category:2010s Spanish drama television series
Category:2010s Spanish comedy television series
Category:2010s comedy-drama television series
Category:Antena 3 (Spanish TV channel) network series
Category:Television shows filmed in Spain
Category:Spanish-language television shows