On May 9, NBC canceled “Lopez vs. Lopez” after three seasons.

The multi-cam sitcom first aired in 2022 and concluded its third season in February. The show explored the dynamics within a working class family that learns to coexist after an old-school Latino dad (George Lopez) moves in with his mostly estranged Gen Z daughter (Mayan Lopez), her boyfriend (Matt Shively) and their son (Brice Gonzalez). Selenis Leyva and Al Madrigal are also series regulars on the Latino-led cast.

The initial concept was created by the father-daughter duo and showrunner Debby Wolfe, who previously worked on shows “One Day at a Time” and “Love, Victor.” Wolfe drew inspiration for the show during the COVID-19 pandemic after doom scrolling through TikTok and catching a glimpse of Mayan, who was clearing up rumors about her parents’ divorce while twerking upside down.

Like their on-screen relationship, the real-life Lopez family has had a documented fraught relationship. Mayan, who has been transparent about her personal life on social media, was at one point estranged from George. Their show “Lopez vs. Lopez” was one of the few network TV shows that tackled themes like generational trauma and machismo in the Latino community.

“I see ‘Lopez vs. Lopez’ as a show for everyone, but also a love letter to our community,” Mayan told The Times last year ahead of Season 2.

In true Gen Z fashion, Mayan uploaded a video to both TikTok and Instagram, in which she pointed to the Deadline article about the show’s cancellation and mouthed the words to a trending audio to explain her own feelings: “That was rude, that was pretty f— rude.” In the Instagram caption, she wrote: “It is the Lopez way that we will not be down for long. This is just the beginning.”

George himself uploaded a similar clip to his own Instagram profile. In one part of the caption, he wrote: “This wasn’t just a show, it was and is our lives. We created a family.”

Wolfe also shared a fan-made petition on social media named “Save Lopez vs. Lopez” on her Instagram, which now has more than 800 signees. It called for Netflix, which acquired the first two seasons last year, to keep the show alive. “This show provides important representation for the Latino community and brings families together on a Friday night,” the description stated. (De Los has reached out to the Lopez family’s representatives for comment.)

“Lopez vs. Lopez” was the only NBC comedy series awaiting renewal before NBCUniversal’s upfront presentation in New York City on Monday, which detailed the next year’s projects for the entertainment conglomerate.

The cancellation does not come as a surprise to Ana-Christina Ramón, director of the Entertainment and Media Research Initiative at UCLA, who says that broadcast television has been going through a difficult period: “It’s unfortunate that one show is a victim to the changing industry.”

“ A lot of people think that broadcast is dead,” says Ramón. “The hardest hit was the pandemic, which made it difficult for [a] TV season to come out on time. After the [union] strikes, a lot of the shows had smaller seasons.”