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Three of the six unfilmed fourth season episodes of the cancelled One Day at a Time will soon be heard — including the series finale. The cast of the reboot will read the episodes at a table read to benefit Norman Lear‘s People For the American Way Foundation. The event will occur on October 5th at the TV Academy’s Saban Media Center in North Hollywood. The family comedy’s entire cast is returning to participate in the table read, but it’s unknown if a recording will be made available later.
Justina Machado, Todd Grinnell, Izabella Gomez, Marcel Ruiz, Stephen Tobolowsky, and Rita Moreno star in the series, which follows a military veteran single mother (Machado) as she raises her three children while living under the same roof with her mother (Moreno). The series ran for three seasons on Netflix and moved over to the PopTV cable channel for the show’s fourth and final year.
According to Variety, co-showrunners and executive producers Gloria Calderón Kellett and Mike Royce said the following about the event in a joint statement:
“Reuniting our ‘One Day at a Time’ cast to bring these unaired, unshot episodes to life – including what would have been our series finale – is a powerful reminder of the magic of Norman Lear and his work. It was an honor to bring this Latine family to the screen, and this reading is not just a celebration, but a chance to connect with our incredible fans once more and support a cause close to our hearts, People For The American Way Foundation, another of Norman’s brainchildren. Together, we honor Norman’s legacy, our beloved show and a community that has always supported us.”
PopTV cancelled the series in 2020 as the channel exited the scripted TV business. Six episodes of season four were left unfilmed due to the production shutdown caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. Shortly after the show’s cancellation, one of the showrunners shared the plots of the unproduced episodes on social media.
What do you think? Were you a fan of One Day at a Time? Would you still want to see the remaining episodes produced years later?
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