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''One Day at a Time'' is an American television
sitcom A sitcom, a portmanteau of situation comedy, or situational comedy, is a genre of comedy centered on a fixed set of characters who mostly carry over from episode to episode. Sitcoms can be contrasted with sketch comedy, where a troupe may use ...
that aired on CBS from December 16, 1975, to May 28, 1984. It starred
Bonnie Franklin Bonnie Gail Franklin (January 6, 1944 – March 1, 2013) was an American actress, known for her leading role as Ann Romano in the television series '' One Day at a Time'' (1975–1984). She was nominated for Emmy, Tony, and Golden Globe Awards ...
as a divorced mother raising two teenage daughters, played by Mackenzie Phillips and Valerie Bertinelli, in
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.


Background

The series was created by Whitney Blake and
Allan Manings Allan Manings (March 28, 1924 – May 12, 2010) was an American television producer and comedy writer. He was active in the 1950s, 1960s, 1970s and 1980s and was best known for his work in co-creating with his wife, actress Whitney Blake, '' ...
, a husband-and-wife writing duo who had both been actors in the 1950s and 1960s. The series was based on Whitney Blake's own life as a single mother raising her three children (including future actress
Meredith Baxter Meredith Ann Baxter (born June 21, 1947) is an American actress and producer. She is known for her roles on the CBS sitcom '' Bridget Loves Bernie'' (1972–73), ABC drama series ''Family'' (1976–80) and the NBC sitcom ''Family Ties'' (1982 ...
) after her divorce from her first husband.


Overview

Divorced mother Ann Romano moves herself and her teenage daughters, rebellious Julie and wisecracking Barbara, from their home in
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, to Indianapolis. Ann frequently struggles with maintaining her role as mother while affording her daughters the freedom she never had as a young woman. Dwayne Schneider, the building superintendent, provides usually unwanted advice to the tenants, especially Ann. Ann dates her divorce lawyer, David Kane, and they become engaged, but on their wedding day David says he wants kids; Ann does not, so they call off the wedding. After David takes a job in Los Angeles, the show focuses on Ann's dilemmas as single mother and career woman, as well as the girls' growing pains, with Schneider becoming a more welcome part of the family. Ann's strained relationship with her ex-husband Ed slowly improves, as does the girls' relationship with his new wife Vickie. Julie and Barbara graduate from high school and head into the working world. Julie eventually marries flight attendant Max Horvath. Alex, the orphaned son of Ann's deceased boyfriend, moves in, changing the dynamics in the female-dominated apartment. Later in the series' run, Julie gives birth to daughter "Little Annie" Horvath, Barbara marries dental student Mark Royer, and Ann's mother Katherine moves nearby. In the penultimate episode, Ann decides to take a job in London, leaving her daughters in Indianapolis raising their own families. In the series finale, Schneider also leaves town, moving to Florida to take care of his niece and nephew.


Production

For its entire run, the series was taped in Hollywood before a studio audience. Originally, it was taped at
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. Shortly after its premiere, the series began taping at
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, where it remained until 1982. From 1982 to 1984, the series was taped at
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. Like many sitcoms developed by
Norman Lear Norman Milton Lear (born July 27, 1922) is an American producer and screenwriter, who has produced, written, created, or developed over 100 shows. Lear is known for many popular 1970s sitcoms, including the multi-award winning '' All in the Fami ...
, ''One Day at a Time'' often tackled serious issues in life and relationships, particularly those related to
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, and can be considered an example of the "dramedy" (hybrid comedy/drama) genre. In an ironic twist, during the 1979–1980 season, Mackenzie Phillips was dealing with drug addiction and entered rehab in 1980, thus reflecting the Alcoholics Anonymous central sobriety saying, "One Day at a Time." Stories depicting such events as weddings, births, and other important milestones frequently stretched over two-, three-, and four-part episodes.


Theme song and opening credits

The theme song for ''One Day at a Time'', "This Is It", was composed by
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songwriter
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and his wife Nancy Barry, and performed by recording artist Polly Cutter. The opening credits were originally seen over a filmed sequence showing Ann, Julie, and Barbara excitedly moving into their new home. Later, the opening credits sequence mostly consisted of clips of each cast member taken from previous episodes.


Casting

Actors Bonnie Franklin, Pat Harrington Jr., and Valerie Bertinelli were the only cast members to remain with the series throughout its entire run. Lead actress Mackenzie Phillips was fired after the fifth season due to growing problems with substance abuse. She later returned in a frequent recurring role. Original cast member Richard Masur was written out early in the second season, but returned as a guest star in the sixth-season finale. Richard Masur played attorney David Kane, a love interest for the newly divorced Ann Romano, in the first season and left after the fourth episode of the second season. In a 2016 interview with The A.V. Club, he explained that David was constantly proposing marriage to Ann and she refused him every time. The actor became even further frustrated when Lear insisted that David and Ann's romance be unconsummated. His role was relegated to being a confidante to Julie and Barbara and an adversary to Schneider. After several disagreements with the direction Masur's character took, Lear agreed to write off David from the show but not entirely, as Masur returned for a final appearance in the sixth season. After Masur's departure, the producers replaced the romantic interest with a comedic foil. That role was filled by actress and comedienne Mary Louise Wilson, playing as Ginny Wroblicki, a cocktail waitress who becomes Ann's neighbor, best friend and confidante. It was an unhappy casting change all around, as the show’s ratings began to decline soon after Wilson's arrival, the character of Ginny Wroblicki proved to be unpopular with viewers, and Wilson herself did not like the role or get along with Franklin. Wilson wrote that "aside from Lear, nobody thought I was funny...To make matters worse, each character, according to the show's formula, had to have a 'serious' moral dilemma at some point, and I was given some problem about an illegitimate child to work out in these increasingly sentimental scenes that made my bowels shrink." At the end of the second season of ''One Day at a Time'', Wilson was released from the show at her own request after appearing in 14 episodes. The character of Ginny Wroblicki was never seen, referred to, or heard from again Wilson, Mary Louise. ''My First Hundred Years'', pp. 133-139. Overlook Press. c. 2015, 2016 except in a fifth-season retrospective clip episode. For the next two seasons, the central cast of Ann, Julie, Barbara and Schneider was supplemented by recurring characters, including William Kirby Cullen as Julie's boyfriend Chuck Butterfield, Howard Morton and K Callan as Chuck's parents,
John Putch John Putch (born July 27, 1961) is an American actor and filmmaker. He is best known for his recurring role as Bob Morton on the 1970s sitcom '' One Day at a Time'' and as Sean Brody in the film '' Jaws 3-D''. Life and career Putch was born in ...
as Barbara's awkward friend Bob Morton, Scott Colomby as Barbara's boyfriend Cliff Randall, and
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and Charles Siebert as Ann's bosses, Mr. Connors and Mr. Davenport, respectively.
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and
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made three appearances together as Orville and Emily, residents of the retirement home where the main characters put on a semiregular variety show.
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also made several appearances as Ann's ex-husband and the girls' father, Ed Cooper. Michael Lembeck joined the series as Julie's husband, Max, in the fifth season, but he was written out as a consequence of Phillips' firing (but later returned in season seven along with Philips). A steady stream of regulars was added in the ensuing seasons, including
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as Ann's boyfriend, Nick;
Glenn Scarpelli Glenn Christopher Scarpelli (born July 6, 1966) is an American actor and singer. He played Alex Handris from 1980 to 1983 on the sitcom '' One Day at a Time''. Early life Born in Staten Island, New York City, New York, he is the son of long time ...
as Nick's son, Alex; and
Boyd Gaines Boyd Payne Gaines (born May 11, 1953) is an American actor. During his career, he has won four Tony Awards and three Drama Desk Awards. Gaines is best known for playing Mark Royer on '' One Day at a Time'' (1981-1984). Early life and education ...
as Barbara's boyfriend, later husband, Mark.
Shelley Fabares Michele Ann Marie "Shelley" Fabares (; born January 19, 1944) is an American actress and singer. She is best known for her television roles as Mary Stone on the sitcom '' The Donna Reed Show'' (1958–1963) and as Christine Armstrong on the sitco ...
, who had previously guest-starred as Ann's rival co-worker Francine Webster, appeared more frequently, eventually becoming a regular.
Nanette Fabray Nanette Fabray (born Ruby Bernadette Nanette Theresa Fabares; October 27, 1920 – February 22, 2018) was an American actress, singer, and dancer. She began her career performing in vaudeville as a child and became a musical-theatre actress dur ...
, who played Ann's mother, also made more frequent appearances before becoming a regular cast member in the final season.
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joined the series for a short time as Mark's father, Sam, who would become Ann's second husband. Notable guest stars throughout the series run include
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Main cast

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(credited)
: = Recurring cast (3+) : = Guest cast (1-2)


Episodes


Reception


Ratings

''One Day at a Time'' was best known in the 1980s as a staple of the CBS Sunday-night lineup, one of the most successful in TV history, along with ''
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'', ''
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.'' The series consistently ranked among the top twenty (if not the top ten) programs in the ratings. However, the network moved the show around on the
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schedule eleven times. By the end of the 1982–83 season, viewership was beginning to slip and the series ended season eight ranking at No. 16. At this time, Bonnie Franklin and Valerie Bertinelli were anxious to move on, but agreed to do a ninth (and final) season.


Awards and honors

*1981, 1982:
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to Valerie Bertinelli * 1982: Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing in a Comedy Series to
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* 1984:
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to Pat Harrington


Syndication

CBS aired daytime reruns of the show for three years. From September 17, 1979, to February 1, 1980, it aired on the daytime schedule at 3:30 pm Eastern time; with the cancellation of '' Love of Life'' to accommodate the expansion of ''
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'' to one hour, it was moved on February 4, 1980, to 4 pm Eastern due to ''
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'' moving to 3 pm. On September 28, 1981, it moved to 10 am Eastern time, and on September 20, 1982, it was replaced by '' The $25,000 Pyramid''. Soon after, the show entered off-network syndication, airing on local stations around the country, and nationally on WGN (currently known as NewsNation), TBS, and the E! Network.
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started airing episodes in April 2017. As of July 23, 2017, the series airs Weekday evenings (formerly Sunday nights) on the digital broadcast network
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. It also can be seen on the satellite service FeTV. The series returned to Antenna TV on January 4, 2021. As of 2020, it can also be seen weekday evenings on Hamilton, Ontario-based
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. It is also available to stream for free (with ads) on the
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app.
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airs the show on channel 506. ''
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'' also airs on this channel. As of 2022, Canada's
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's streaming service’s "throwback" line-up features the entire run of the series.


Cast reunions

''The One Day at a Time Reunion'' was a 60-minute CBS retrospective special which aired on Tuesday February 22, 2005, at 9:00 pm ET, reuniting Bonnie Franklin, Mackenzie Phillips, Valerie Bertinelli, and Pat Harrington to reminisce about the series and their characters. Regular cast members
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,
Shelley Fabares Michele Ann Marie "Shelley" Fabares (; born January 19, 1944) is an American actress and singer. She is best known for her television roles as Mary Stone on the sitcom '' The Donna Reed Show'' (1958–1963) and as Christine Armstrong on the sitco ...
,
Nanette Fabray Nanette Fabray (born Ruby Bernadette Nanette Theresa Fabares; October 27, 1920 – February 22, 2018) was an American actress, singer, and dancer. She began her career performing in vaudeville as a child and became a musical-theatre actress dur ...
, Michael Lembeck and
Glenn Scarpelli Glenn Christopher Scarpelli (born July 6, 1966) is an American actor and singer. He played Alex Handris from 1980 to 1983 on the sitcom '' One Day at a Time''. Early life Born in Staten Island, New York City, New York, he is the son of long time ...
shared their feelings about their time on the show in separate interviews. The special was included as a bonus on ''One Day at a Time: The Complete First Season'' DVD set. On February 26, 2008, Franklin, Phillips, Bertinelli, and Harrington reunited once again to talk about life on the set, Phillips' drug problems, and the show's theme song on
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's '' Today Show'' as part of a week-long segment titled "Together Again: TV's Greatest Casts Reunited". Bertinelli, Harrington, and (on tape) Franklin appeared on the September 10, 2008, episode of ''
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'' to celebrate Ray's 40th birthday. In 2011, Franklin reunited again with Bertinelli on an episode of ''
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'' which marked one of Franklin's last acting roles before her death in 2013. Mackenzie Phillips and Pat Harrington Jr. also made individual cameos on the series. ''One Day at a Time'' was awarded the Innovation Award on the 2012 TV Land Award show on April 29. Accepting the award were Valerie Bertinelli, Bonnie Franklin, Pat Harrington Jr., Richard Masur, Mackenzie Phillips, and Glenn Scarpelli. In July 2020, Bertinelli, Phillips, Lembeck and Scarpelli reunited on the Stars in the House video podcast, along with producers Norman Lear and Patricia Fass Palmer.


Home media

On April 24, 2007,
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released the first season of ''One Day at a Time'' on DVD in Region 1. On September 7, 2017, it was announced that
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had acquired the rights to the series and released ''One Day at a Time - The Complete Series on DVD'' in Region 1 on December 5, 2017. Season 2 was released on March 27, 2018. Season 3 was released on June 12, 2018.


Remake

Gloria Calderon Kellett and Mike Royce developed a new version of the series, with a Latino cast, for
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, beginning in 2017. Norman Lear also returned for the remake as executive producer. The ensemble is led by Justina Machado, with
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,
Isabella Gomez Isabella Gomez (born February 9, 1998) is a Colombian-American actress, best known for starring in '' One Day at a Time''. Gomez has previously had minor roles in both ''Modern Family'' and ''Matador''. She was later cast in a starring role in ...
, Marcel Ruiz, and
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in supporting roles. Pam Fryman directed the pilot episode. Several members of the original cast and production crew returned in various capacities throughout the series run
Patricia Fass Palmer
returned as a producer for the remake; Mackenzie Philips had a recurring role as drug and alcohol counsellor, Pam;
Glenn Scarpelli Glenn Christopher Scarpelli (born July 6, 1966) is an American actor and singer. He played Alex Handris from 1980 to 1983 on the sitcom '' One Day at a Time''. Early life Born in Staten Island, New York City, New York, he is the son of long time ...
appeared in the season three episode “The First Time”; and Michael Lembeck directed the season one episode “Sex Talk”.


Notes


References


External links

* *
Museum of Broadcast Communications page on ''One Day at a Time''
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