Created by: Jennie Snyder Urman.
Starring: Gina Rodriguez, Justin Baldoni, Brett Dier, Yael Grobglas.


Jane The Virgin follows the story of 23-year-old virgin Jane (Gina Rodriguez), who was accidently inseminated by a millionaire hoteliers sperm, changing her life forever.

At times completely ridiculous and at others emotionally captivating, Jane The Virgin is the perfect mix of comedy and drama. Mirroring a telenovela in the modern day, the show not only deals with love and relationships but religion and culture too.

The show stands out as one of the best written sitcoms out there not only for it's numerous - yet magnificently intertwined - subplots but for the characters themselves. Each persona carries their own lovable, quirky and unique qualities that aren't simplified for the audience. Full of complexities, the cast of characters make the show the gem that it is.



Whilst the character themselves make this show a good watch, it's the writing that brings the show to the wonder that it is. With endless twists and surprises, Jane the Virgin is never able to bore you. Not only do the writers create completely original content but they manage to avoid all stereotypes that a show like this could easily fall victim to. With 50 minute long episodes instead of the regular 25 sitcom time and 24 episodes a season no less, it's inspiring that they manage to create so much entertaining content and should be a lesson to all other comedy sitcoms out there.

Replicating a telenovela, the shows absurdity levels are definitely up there but it's easy to forget just how outrageous some of these plots are. You become sucked into this world where murder, infidelity, love triangles, evil twins and criminal activity seem the norm and you're perfectly ok with it because even through all this absurdity there's a real-life lesson which can always be learnt.

Being the first LatinX show since Ugly Betty in 2010, Jane the Virgin provides not only it's glorious comedy and drama duo but an intimate perspective on Latin culture in a realistic way that we can all resonate with. With diversity on screen becoming more and more wanted and needed, Jane the Virgin leads the way into how we can successfully do it in an honest and remarkable way that we as a society can watch and learn from.