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- 2019
- Comedy Central
- 2019
- Comedy Central
Summary The sketch comedy series from Arturo Castro features more than 45 characters including Arturo as a Latin millennial.
Created By: Arturo Castro
- 2019
- Comedy Central
- 2019
- Comedy Central
Alternatino with Arturo Castro
Season 1 Premiere: Jun 18, 2019
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8.3
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Summary The sketch comedy series from Arturo Castro features more than 45 characters including Arturo as a Latin millennial.
Created By: Arturo Castro
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Generally Favorable
Based on 5 Critic Reviews
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 5 Critic Reviews
63
40% Positive
2 Reviews
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60% Mixed
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0% Negative
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After watching a few episodes, Castro’s sense of humor starts to become a little too predictable. Mid-way through, you can feel the team straining to subvert expectations. Thankfully, Castro’s charisma and range go a long way.
A funny, fresh comedy half-hour, “Alternatino” offers some welcome laughs amid the drama-heavy diet of summer TV.
The quality and the pacing vary—and the political satire, especially, walks a tricky line, as with an ad for ice that boasts free-range children instead of ones in cages. Ugly topics like this are, arguably, the ones that comedy should be taking on, but when the bits don’t work it’s rough. When they do click, however, there’s a satisfying jolt.
By all rights, “Alternatino” should not be TV’s only sketch comedy show fronted by a Latinx actor; it’s just too much pressure, and you can feel the show straining underneath it while also trying to make fun of it. Still, Castro and company are more than game to try, and the moments when they pull it off are worth the effort.
This series is acceptable-but-unremarkable, the occasional perceptive or funny bit lost amid the inoffensively stale or inevitably dated. Watching all 21 minutes of any Alternatino episode won't cause any real pain or irritation, but your life would be lived more efficiently by waiting and checking out whichever clip or two Comedy Central decides it hopes to see go viral each week.
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Production Company:
- Avalon Television
Initial Release Date: Jun 18, 2019
Number of seasons: 2 Seasons
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