One Day at a Time | |
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Genre | Sitcom |
Based on |
One Day at a Time by Whitney Blake and Allan Manings |
Developed by |
Gloria Calderon Kellett Mike Royce |
Starring |
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Opening theme | "This Is It" performed by Gloria Estefan |
Ending theme | "This Is It" (instrumental) |
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Country of origin | United States |
Original language(s) | English |
No. of seasons | 1 |
No. of episodes | 13 |
Production | |
Executive producer(s) | Gloria Calderon Kellett Mike Royce Norman Lear Michael Garcia Brent Miller |
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Camera setup | Multi-camera |
Running time | 26-31 minutes |
Production company(s) | Act III Productions Snowpants Productions Big Girl Pants Productions Small Fish Studios Sony Pictures Television |
Release | |
Original network | Netflix |
Picture format | 4K (UHD) |
Audio format | Dolby Digital 5.1 |
Original release | January 6, 2017 – present |
One Day at a Time is a Netflix original sitcom based on the 1975–84 series of the same name. The series is written by Gloria Calderon Kellett and Mike Royce and consists of thirteen episodes.Justina Machado, Todd Grinnell, Isabella Gomez, Marcel Ruiz, Stephen Tobolowsky, and Rita Moreno star in the series, with Pam Fryman directing the pilot episode. It was released on January 6, 2017.
The series centers on a Cuban-American family led by the mother, Penelope, a separated military veteran raising a son who is described as a socially inept tween, and a strong-headed, feminist daughter. Penelope’s mother, Lydia, helps her take care of the kids and the house chores.
On the review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, the first season has an approval rating of 96% based on 23 reviews with an average rating of 7.6/10. The site's critical consensus reads, "One Day at a Time breathes fresh life into the classic Norman Lear original with a lively, sharp, and proudly old-school sitcom bolstered by a surfeit of heart and terrific performances from Rita Moreno and Justina Machado."
Robert Lloyd of the Los Angeles Times found the first season to be "lively without being rushed" thanks to the full 30 minute run time. "The show is nicely written ... and the performances [especially Moreno's] are almost universally engaging," according to David Wiegand of the San Francisco Chronicle. The Newsday review by Verne Gay particularly praises Justina Machado as "flat-out terrific" and calls the first season "congenial, good-hearted, easy going, sentimental, old-fashioned and surprisingly new-fashioned. There’s also a deep emotional core here which refuses to be devalued by the typical (or tired) beat of a multicamera sitcom."