Pop TV cancels ‘One Day at a Time,’ the reboot of a Norman Lear sitcom
Pop TV is dropping “One Day at a Time” only one season after reviving it in the wake of a Netflix cancellation.
However, Sony Pictures Television, which produces the critically acclaimed reboot of Norman Lear’s Seventies sitcom, is hoping to seek out a third dwelling for a fifth season of “One Day,” additionally recognized to followers as ODAAT. It labored final time.
The present was in a position to produce solely half of Season 4 on Pop TV on account of the COVID-19 manufacturing shutdown.
The cancellation comes simply sooner or later after “One Day” star Justina Machado completed fourth in Season 29 of ABC’s “Dancing with the Stars.” Machado, a fan favourite for her dedication, model and beaming smile, completed brilliantly, incomes good scores from the judges for each of her dances Monday.
“One Day” govt producers Gloria Calderon Kellett and Mike Royce shared the newest cancellation information on Twitter Tuesday, however mentioned they’re hoping this is not the finish for the sequence, which stars Machado and Rita Moreno and focuses on a Cuban-American household in Los Angeles. Lear is an govt producer, too.
“Sadly, the news is out. I’m not sad just yet, y’all. We still have some hope for new homes. Hang tight, my loves. You know that if I go down, I will go down swinging for this show (& cast & crew) I love,” Kellett wrote.
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Royce alluded to programming shifts at ViacomCBS-owned Pop TV, which is transferring away from scripted originals. Another Pop TV sequence, “Schitt’s Creek,” ended its run in model final yr, sweeping the main comedy-series Emmy classes.
But Royce held out hope, too, for extra days of “One Day” in the future.
“So… yes. Much has changed at Viacom in the last year and unfortunately we won’t be on Pop anymore. Thanks to everybody over there for the opportunity to do season 4. And guess what? We’re still trying for season 5. What if #ODAAT was the first show ever on 3 networks?
Isabella Gomez, who plays the daughter of Machado’s Penelope Alvarez, is crossing her fingers and hoping for a continuation of the series, too.
“Maybe third community’s the attraction?” she tweeted. “Seriously, regardless of what occurs, familia para siempre. And I’ll have a sappy put up coming after we discover out which method this goes. I like you guys.”
“One Day at a Time” has earned reward for its inclusiveness, topical material and total high quality. USA TODAY tv critic Kelly Lawler ranked it seventeenth in her evaluation of the Top 25 TV series from the 2010s.
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Of the 13 episodes that were supposed to be part of Season 4 on Pop TV, six were produced before the pandemic shutdown. A seventh episode, “The Politics Episode,” was produced in animated form during the pandemic and was broadcast in June.
CBS, a Pop TV corporate cousin, started airing the Season 4 episodes in October, marking a return of the series to the network where Lear launched the original version, which starred Bonnie Franklin, Mackenzie Phillips, Valerie Bertinelli and Pat Harrington Jr., in 1975.
The series ran for three seasons on Netflix from 2017 to 2019. Fans expressed grief and anger when news came of that cancellation, with some famous names, including Lin-Manuel Miranda, seeking new life for the series.
Tuesday’s information spurred new frustration, together with hope on social media.
Buzzfeed TV editor Nora Dominick quoted one critically acclaimed sequence to indicate her assist for an additional and particularly its iconic EGOT winner. “I’m sorry, however in the phrases of This Is Us, “You don’t cancel Rita Moreno.”
Comedian/author Natasha Rockwell urged one other community to present “One Day” a dwelling, punctuating her attraction with #SaveODAAT.
“Hollywood needs to put their money where their mouth is and pick up #ODAAT and give it a new home! The TV landscape is BEGGING for exactly this!” she tweeted.
