| Genre: | Comedy drama |
| Director: | Fernando González Molina David Molina Sandra Gallego |
| Executive Producer: | Daniel Écija Álex Pina Fernando González Molina |
| Starring: | Beatriz Carvajal Roberto Álamo Natalia Verbeke Carlos Santos Nerea Camacho Luis Varela |
| Country: | Spain |
| Language: | Spanish |
| Network: | Antena 3 |
| Num Seasons: | 1 |
| Num Episodes: | 8 |
| Company: | Globomedia |
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.
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.
Bienvenidos al Lolita, tentatively titled Lolita Cabaret before its release, was inspired in the classical Spanish comedy genre from the 1950s and 1960s.[3] The series was produced by Globomedia,[4] whereas Daniel Écija, Álex Pina, Fernando González Molina and Esther Martínez Lobato were credited as executive producers.[5] Fernando González Molina, David Molina and Sandra Gallego directed the episodes. The 6-month-long filming was wrapped up by November 2013.[6] Shooting took place in Madrid.[7]
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.[8] 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".[9] 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".[10]