Three lost episodes from Season 4 of ‘One Day at a Time’ (including what would have been the series finale) will finally see the light of day – via a charity table read for the late Norman Lear’s People For the American Way foundation . The show’s cast and executive producers will gather to read unproduced scripts on Saturday, October 5, at the TV Academy’s Saban Media Center in North Hollywood.
Proceeds from the event will go to People For the American Way, the organization co-founded by Lear that continues to focus on democracy and defending the nation’s freedom. The scripts, which were written for season 4 of “One Day at a Time” but never produced, are part of the event and will be produced by “One Day at a Time” executive producers Gloria Calderón Kellett, Mike Royce and Brent Miller. as well as producer Sandi Hochman.
“Reuniting our ‘One Day at a Time’ cast to bring these unaired, unrecorded episodes to life – including what would have been our series finale – is a powerful reminder of the magic of Norman Lear and his work ” co-showrunners and executive producers Gloria Calderón Kellett and Mike Royce said in a joint statement. “It was an honor to bring this Latino family to the screen, and this talk is not just a celebration, but an opportunity to reconnect with our incredible fans 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.”
The entire cast of the original series – which ran for three seasons on Netflix, followed by one more season on Pop TV – will join, including Justina Machado as “Penelope,” Rita Moreno as “Lydia,” Stephen Tobolowsky as “Dr. Berkowitz,” Todd Grinnell as “Schneider,” Isabella Gomez as “Elena,” Marcel Ruiz as “Alex,” India de Beaufort as “Avery,” Sheridan Pierce as “Syd” and Ed Quinn as “Max.”
The direction is read by co-showrunner and executive producer Gloria Calderón Kellett. The cast will read the unproduced Season 4 episodes “Church and Statement,” written by Sebastian Jones; “Best Birthday,” written by Vincent Brown & Dan Signer; and the final episode “Dreams,” written by Sebastian Jones & Brigitte Muñoz-Liebowitz.
“Norman Lear was brilliant at portraying loving families of all kinds, and he believed that all kinds of families, all kinds of Americans, deserve to be treated with respect and dignity and to share in the blessings of freedom,” he said. People For the American. Chairman of the Way Foundation, Svante Myrick. “We are grateful to the producers and cast of ‘One Day at a Time’ for helping the People For the American Way Foundation continue Norman’s work to defend our democracy and ensure that ‘We, the People’ all includes people.”
From Sony Pictures TV, “One Day at a Time” received critical acclaim for its new version, featuring a predominantly Latinx cast reinterpreting Lear’s classic 1975 series. Seasons 1-3 continue to stream on Netflix; after that streamer canceled the show, it was revived on Pop TV in 2019. The show was abruptly canceled in 2020 after Pop TV exited its original series series.
‘One Day At A Time’ follows three generations of a Cuban-American family. A newly single mother and military veteran (Justina Machado) journeys through the triumphs and trials of raising two strong-willed, mega-millennial children (Isabella Gomez, Marcel Ruiz), all the while getting the ‘help’ of her aging mother. invokes. school mom (Rita Moreno) and her building manager, an invaluable confidant (Todd Grinnell). The series also stars Stephen Toblowsky.