Hulu is bidding farewell to This Fool: The Chris Estrada-led comedy has been cancelled after two seasons at the streamer, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
Reviews for the series were strong, but sources tell THR that it “failed to find an audience large enough to justify a third season.”
Estrada created the series and starred as Julio Lopez, a 30-year-old still living with his mother and grandmother in his childhood bedroom in working-class South Central Los Angeles. Julio worked at Hugs Not Thugs, a gang rehab center that helped recently released convicts acclimate to life after prison.
Emmy winner Michael Imperioli (The Sopranos, The White Lotus) co-starred as Minister Payne, with Frankie Quiñones as Luis and Michelle Ortiz as Maggie. Fred Armisen served as an executive producer and also guest-starred in a Season 1 episode.
“After Julio’s job and love life blew up” at the end of Season 1, per the official description, Season 2 followed new roommates Julio and Luis as they “embark on finding new careers and romances with the help of Minister Payne, Chef Percy and other former Huggers.”
This Fool debuted on Hulu in August 2022. It was renewed that November for a second season, which premiered last August. The cancellation caps This Fool’s run at a total of 20 episodes.
Will you miss hanging out with This Fool? Hit the comments to share your thoughts on the cancellation.
Although this isn’t unexpected, it’s still a real shame
This shoe was hilarious! Sad to see it go.
Noooooooo. This show is so good!!!!
Dang. This was such a funny show but I didn’t have much hope for it having a long run because I barely saw people talking about it. Good luck to the cast and crew
Yes, release little show that needed promotion during a strike that no one. Could speak about it.
Right? What could go wrong?!
It sucks that once a Chicano show hits the TV it doesn’t last. This was well written and a great show, it sucks that not more people watched this show. As raza I think we need to get together and start supporting our people as much as we support others. I was really looking forward to season 3, I love watching our people on TV with relatable topics.
The reason “la Raza” doesn’t support Chicano shows en mass is that there’s no lack of Latinos rapresentation on the screen with all the catalog and programming coming from Mexico and Latin America. Telemundo now even has programming in English, so that’s no longer a selling point and you need to extraordinary to catch the attention of viewers.
I love that show! It was different and awesome. Why did Hulu cancel it? Ridiculous. “This Fool” was such a great show!
It was cancelled because people didn’t watch it or knew it existed.
Another show I’ve never heard of till I see an article on here of it being cancelled.
I loved this show so much. It was a pleasant surprise to me how funny it is. I thought I maybe wouldn’t relate or “get it” not being from the area or of Latino descent. But that wasn’t the case at all, and it had me cracking up out loud through multiple episodes. So sorry to see it go!
I truly was looking forward to this show, damn that’s cold.
Boo!
I was looking forward to season 3, this show was hilarious. I hope another stream service picks them up.
One of my favorite shows of the last couple of years. Truly original, funny, and the cast was excellent. Definitely deserved a third season. WTF Hulu!
Noooooo! This show is so good! Someone else pick this show up please!
We loved this show. I for one knew alot of other people who enjoyed too. Please, please bring it back to this fool.
Total BS. The show must go on. It always found a way to make my day. After busting my ass in construction all day. The cast worked well together and made me feel like finally something worth paying the increasing Hulu price tag. Cancel Time for me. Thanks for the heads up.
I loved the show! It was very refreshing to watch. Really made me forget about the stressful day I just had every night when watching and episode, after coming home from running my own restaurant.
Whyyyy? Whyyyy? This show was so funny! 3generations in my family watched This Fool!
Hulu was lazy on the promos!
That sucks, this show is hilarious. Watching it for the 3rd time.
My friends and I were instantly laughing and enjoying ‘This Fool’
Would all enjoy a third season, great comedy.
This show got my family to sit down and watch bring back
All my kids are older teens but relate and had great laughs
Im so sad This Fool really resonates with the chicano population and its sad to see representation lost because of the suits in charge
Really, HULU? These Fools! The show was genuinely well written and hilarious. I was looking forward to season 3. I just hope that a different network picks it up that would be awesome.
I’m very sad :( I like the show a lot :(
I was really looking forward to the continuation of this show… I am disappointed to hear that there will not be a season 3, it was so good and hilarious. Even though it is unlikely, I do hope that Hulu changes their minds. Not a fan of the new crap they are coming out with like, “High hopes” and “Miss America’s Secret.”