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One Day at a Time still had six episodes left of season four to be filmed when the pandemic shut down production. With the series cancelled by Pop TV, those six installments will never be filmed. Gloria Calderón Kellett, the woman behind the Pop TV series, released details about the unfilmed episodes on Twitter.
Justina Machado, Todd Grinnell, Izabella Gomez, Marcel Ruiz, Stephen Tobolowsky starred in the series which is a reboot of the popular 1970s sitcom. The One Day at a Time reboot features Machado (above, right), as a single mom and military veteran, living in Los Angeles and raising her teen children while her mother lives under the same roof.
Check out the details for the remaining episodes of the Pop series below.
Episode 8: “Church & Statement”
When Lydia’s church hires a young, progressive priest (Cruz), Lydia is able to convince Elena to start attending regular Sunday services again. Elena enjoys the positive message for a few weeks, until she misses an opportunity to clarify her sexual orientation and quickly realizes she was never be truly accepted by her church. Lydia takes it upon herself to challenge the priest on this. Meanwhile, Schneider enlists Alex to help him build a crib and baby-proof his apartment. Both of them learn they have a lot to offer each other in terms of father/son relationships.
Since they will never air here are the loglines for the final six episodes of @onedayatatime that we wrote but will never be shot.
Episode 8 Church & Statement written by Sebastian Jones. Summary below. @wcruz73 would have CRUSHED it as our hot liberal priest. Sigh. pic.twitter.com/NO2oFgO1Uy
— Gloria Calderón Kellett (@everythingloria) December 15, 2020
Episode 9: “Steppin’ Out”
Now that Penelope is a nurse practitioner, she decides to see what else is out there work-wise, to surprising results. Meanwhile, Elena and Syd bond over their mutual crush, Tanya [the barista, played by Taylor-Klaus], but Elena takes it a little too far. Both Penelope and Elena take advice from Lydia, resulting in the two Alvarez women dealing with the outcome of their decisions.
Season 4, Episode 9 of @OneDayAtATime that will never be shot was called Steppin’ Out Written by @elizacossio
Summary below. @IBexWeBex was set to play Tanya the barista that comes between Syd and Elena. Sigh. pic.twitter.com/r5BwqsjOaW
— Gloria Calderón Kellett (@everythingloria) December 15, 2020
It’s true, Bex Taylor-Klaus was going to play Tanya (named after @TanyaSaracho ) the hot barista that tempts Elena to stray (of course she stays true to Syd). I was so excited to work with @IBexWeBex — one day! #ODAAT #EpisodesThatNeverGotShot https://t.co/tFRmzQyx3n
— Gloria Calderón Kellett (@everythingloria) December 14, 2020
Episode 10: “One Year at a Time”
It’s New Year’s Eve! Lydia is pumped to celebrate but the fam is tired of the rigmarole of ALL the Cuban traditions and wants to go out. So they hatch a plan so everyone gets what they want. They turn back the clock and do a fake New Year’s Eve for Lydia at 9 pm (with the New York ball drop) and head out to their fun nights. Everyone wins! Until their plans fall apart and they return home to find that Lydia knows what they’ve done. How the new year finds you is how the year will be and it can’t find them mad and not doing things the Cuban way. Now they must make things right before the strike of midnight or the next year will be ruined.
Season 4, Episode 10 of @OneDayAtATime that will never be shot: One Year At A Time Written by Liz Rivera. We were FINALLY going to do an ep about the specific New Years traditions that we do! Also, this episode was going to end with Dr. B getting a kiss from Lydia. Sigh. pic.twitter.com/kARj1HHGei
— Gloria Calderón Kellett (@everythingloria) December 15, 2020
Episode 11: “Road Trip”
The Alvarez family road trip to the Grand Canyon extends to New Haven, CT, after Elena hears a rumor that touring the Yale campus will better her chances of getting accepted. To make the long drive comfortable, Schneider offers his RV, which is a replica of the Alvarez home. On the road, Schneider questions whether he will ever be as good a parent as Penelope. Meanwhile, Alex and Lydia catch up on a telenovela until a betrayal Alex has been keeping secret is revealed. Suddenly, Lydia and Alex find themselves living out a real-life telenovela… in an RV.
Season 4, Episode 11 of @OneDayAtATime that will never be shot: Road Trip Written by @debbywolfe
A replica RV of the Alvarez apartment?!? Big emotional monologues?!? This one had it all. Summary below. pic.twitter.com/WH8FraDGuB
— Gloria Calderón Kellett (@everythingloria) December 15, 2020
Episode 12: “Cancelled”
Lydia cancels the birthday party Penelope has planned for her, insisting that she’s not in the mood to celebrate. Elena and Alex discover their abuelita is upset about mementos from Cuba that have deteriorated beyond repair. But when they find an old tape of Lydia singing as a young girl, she gets an unexpected birthday present. Meanwhile, Penelope gets “cancelled” by Schneider when she makes fun of Avery’s alternative home birth plan, advocating instead for a hospital birth using traditional medical practices. In the end, Penelope finds the ultimate way to redeem herself, by delivering Schneider and Avery’s beautiful, healthy child… right in the Alvarezes’ apartment.
Season 4, Episode 12 of @OneDayAtATime that will never get shot was called Cancelled Written by @DanSigner & @vbontheset
It’s Lydia’s birthday but she doesn’t want to celebrate? THis one had singing. Dancing. And a moving ending. Sigh. pic.twitter.com/M1MWG2zC3j
— Gloria Calderón Kellett (@everythingloria) December 15, 2020
Episode 13: “Dreams”
When Penelope accidentally sees an email on Elena’s phone and discovers that Elena did not get into Yale, the Alvarezes scramble to try to prepare Elena for crushing disappointment. Meanwhile, Avery and Schneider enlist the help of Dr. Berkowitz to help solve Schneider’s new parent insomnia. (As noted by Kellett, this one had “a twist where Elena wants to stay in L.A. after actually getting into Yale!”)
Season 4, Episode 13 of @OneDayAtATime that we’ll never get a chance to shoot was called Dreams Written by Sebastian Jones & Brigitte Munoz-Liebowitz. This one had the emotional monologues you love & a twist where Elena wants to stay in LA after actually getting into Yale! Sigh! pic.twitter.com/7dsohPDgmz
— Gloria Calderón Kellett (@everythingloria) December 15, 2020
One Day at a Time aired six episodes of season four on both Pop TV and CBS. A seventh and animated episode was produced after the production shutdown and aired only on Pop.
What do you think? Would you have wanted to see the remaining episodes of season four of One Day at a Time filmed and aired?
Just reading these put a tear or two or three in my eyes. I adored this series and am so sad I will not get to see the end of this season nor anor aother one.
My teenage kids introduced me to One day at a time the modern version. Having grown up watching reruns of the original it was awesome to see an original cast member back in the reboot. Especially seeing her in a positive role. This show has opened up so many conversations between my teenagers and I and we love it!!! We are seriously bummed that it has been cancelled. It’s a show that is ground breaking in my humble opinion. I hope a network picks it up again because I know this show has touched many more families than just mine.
It’s sad that no one is picking up this show! It’s one of the best shows on TV!
One day at a time has helped me a lot, my family is so close now we would watch all the time and when we were done with the seasons we would watch it all over again. We even know every line they say. Please finish season 4 and continue doing one day at a time it’s a show that gives happiness, and making you cry. This show is the best show ever like I would never get tired of it!
I am so very disappointed that One Day at a Time was cancelled,, I LOVED this show and looked for to each new episode and Season. I would have really liked to see the last 6 episodes filmed and aired. I sure wish a network would pick this show up and bring us more ODAAT.. I don’t understand why it was cancelled in the first place!
Signed,
BRING BACK ODAAT !!!
This sucks. It was such a light happy show for this day and age. My b/f teased me that I was a teenager at heart watching this show. Why do they cancel these types of shows????? It’s all Reality and heavy stuff (which I enjoy too) but it was nice to have something like this as well.
Boo, boo,boo!!!
It is a great show! Maybe just bad timing, so that is why it didn’t get the high ratings. Someone should give it another chance.
I never was interested in watching yet another show that was a repeat of an old show.
I’m heartbroken that this show that did such an amazing job representing the Latino life and culture was canceled. Those last episodes sound awesome. I totally pictured everything and all the characters in my head. It’s all very sad.
I really, really LOVE this show an it really breaks my heart that no one can see the value it has especially in these times where so much division has been sown in to our communities for the last few years. This show brings a lovely experience of unity, acceptance, understanding and respect wrapped in the Latino culture but applicable to all. It is a shame that once again novelty and trivial mindless programming is chosen over socially conscience educating entertainment. I still have GREAT HOPE this program which has become a staple in my home can be saved.
Was waiting for the return of One Day At A Time.
Enjoyed the show about families today and the changes people go through.
I feel badly that they never got to air the rest of the shows or to continue on. I have to agree with everything DEBORAH says in her comments below. CBS handled that show very poorly. I wish it was still on.
My heart is devastated. This would have been amazing! Tragic. Thanks for such an wonderful show.
My family and I miss watching this show. There are not many Hispanic family shows on American television. It’s too bad no other channel picked it up. Having this show on the air allowed us to see how our current events effects our culture. It also helped normalized personal, social and societal issues that are frowned upon and categorized as taboo, not normal or unacceptable.
I’m really upset that One Day At A Time was canceled. CBS didn’t give them a chance! They didn’t even air new episodes. The show was not well advertised. This is a huge disappointment.
TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN: I love this show. Its funny as Hell, its emotional, it hits all the topics about life they need to put this show back on the air. You don’t fine to many tv shows like this. They need to come up with a plan to get it back on the air. And they picked the perfect cast for this show. If they put this show back on the air they to keep all the original cast members I’m upset and disappointed.
I absolutely agree. CBS keeps cancelling shows that I think should continue to air. Boo!!!!!