Selena: The Series: Season 1 (2020)


Season 1
Selena: The Series

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Selena: The Series's affections are obvious, but by not probing deeper into Selena herself it fails to capture the woman behind the legacy, settling for just-another-retelling of the charismatic star's life instead of something more.

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User Ratings: 72

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Air date: Dec 4, 2020

Abraham Quintanilla vows to cultivate his young daughter's raw musical ability despite his financial struggles. He then organizes a family band for Selena and her siblings.

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Air date: Dec 4, 2020

AB works to create a song for Selena's latest single as Abraham discusses the band's future with a record executive.

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Air date: Dec 4, 2020

The Tejano Music Awards put Selena's name in the running for Female Vocalist of the Year. Later, the band ventures to Matamoros, Mexico, for a performance that could decide their future.

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Air date: Dec 4, 2020

The band embarks on a challenging tour across the country, which puts Selena under stress.

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Air date: Dec 4, 2020

The family welcomes a new guitarist to the band as Abraham considers the pros and cons of the competing recording contracts.

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When questions of Selena's style arise, the label butts heads with the family, leading to further creative differences.

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Air date: Dec 4, 2020

Suzette expresses her concern over the chemistry between Selena and the band's new guitarist. Meanwhile, AB struggles to produce new music.

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Air date: Dec 4, 2020

Selena expresses her elation at her latest gold-rated album. However, she runs into trouble trying to record an album in English.

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Air date: Dec 4, 2020

Selena questions her decision to hide her relationship with Chris as AB's songwriting reignites thanks to a plastic flower.

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Tv Season Info

A coming-of-age story following Selena as she chases her dreams, and the heart-wrenching and life-changing sacrifices she and her family make as they navigate the highs and lows of success, loss, love, and music.

Cast & Crew

Ricardo Antonio Chavira
Abraham Quintanilla
Madison Taylor Baez
Young Selena
Christian Serratos
Selena Quintanilla
Jesse Posey
Chris Perez
Julio Macias
Pete Astudillo
Hunter Reese Peña
Ricky Vela
Noemí González
Suzette Quintanilla
Gabriel Chavarria
A.B. Quintanilla
Seidy Lopez
Marcella Quintanilla
Moisés Zamora
Jaime Davila
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Critic Reviews for Selena: The Series Season 1

All Critics (21) | Top Critics (10)

"Selena: The Series" ends up feeling like a Cliff's Notes take on Selena y los Dinos, the band, and not the woman at the center of it.

Dec 7, 2020 | Rating: C | Full Review…

In the end, Selena: The Series pulls enough poignancy from Selena's legend ... and the creators counteract the looming tragedy with silly, earnest, and heartfelt storytelling that gets you from one cumbia to the next.

Dec 4, 2020 | Full Review…

The show's exploration of identity becomes more poignant when imagined in Selena's own words.

Dec 4, 2020 | Full Review…

Selena: The Series could've been a fitting tribute to a Mexican American trailblazer with still too few successors. But it never gets at what made her such a star.

Dec 4, 2020 | Full Review…

So it's really a shame that the new Netflix series about Selena's life is so remarkably uninterested in any of that. Nor is Selena interested in any of the things that might make a series about its subject compelling viewing.

Dec 4, 2020 | Full Review…

Even with some great tunes, Selena: The Series just stays far too often on the surface of what is truly a fascinating American story -- and that just hits all the wrong notes.

Dec 7, 2020 | Full Review…

The show gives too much time to the nuts and bolts without tapping into the juice: how it all emotionally impacts Selena y Los Dinos.

Dec 7, 2020 | Rating: 2/5 | Full Review…

Latine fans, writers, actors, and executives have asked to see ourselves on screen more frequently, yet here the response is a hollow recreation of something that's already been done.

Dec 7, 2020 | Full Review…

If Selena: The Series seemed like it had more to say about Selena other than "she existed" and "wasn't the music great?," then splitting her story into two seasons might be justifiable.

Dec 7, 2020 | Full Review…

She's a person whose life is worth diving deeper into, beyond the constraints of a two-hour Hollywood picture. But the new series isn't interested in any of this. It's barely interested in Selena herself.

Dec 7, 2020 | Full Review…

Selena's portions play like a daytime Latino soap opera, and through it all the songs beat everything else... Those songs and their romantic imagery will far outlast this show, even though it has its fleeting charms.

Dec 7, 2020 | Full Review…

There are moments of inspiration in the first episode.

Dec 4, 2020 | Full Review…

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