History Series / OneDayAtATime2017

''One Day at a Time'' is a [[TheRemake remake]] of [[Series/OneDayAtATime1975 the 1970s/1980s sitcom of the same name]], which debuted in January 2017 on Creator/{{Netflix}}.

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Like the original series, the remake centers around a divorced mom, Penelope (Creator/JustinaMachado) raising her two kids Elena (Creator/IsabellaGomez) and Alex (Marcel Ruiz). They live with Penelope's mother, Lydia (Creator/RitaMoreno), in an apartment owned by Schneider (Todd Grinnell) and try to navigate the ups and downs of life.

While the family in the original were Italian-Americans, [[RaceLift here they are Cuban-Americans]]. As such, issues of race, ethnicity, and Cuban cultural heritage play a large part, and the series doesn't shy way from addressing other political topics as well. The series was co-created by Gloria Calderón Kellett, who is Cuban-American herself, and is produced by Creator/NormanLear, who developed the original series.

* AdaptationalDiversity: The original remake was about an Italian-American family. Here the family is Cuban-American, and one of the daughters is a lesbian (with a non-binary partner).

* FeeFiFauxPas: A recurring theme is the unintentional offensiveness the family often suffers through. Perhaps most notable is Schneider getting a thorough lesson in why wearing a UsefulNotes/CheGuevara shirt around Cubans is a bad idea.

The series was canceled by Netflix in March 2019 after three seasons, with them citing low ratings as the reason, but Creator/PopTV [[ChannelHop picked it up]] for a fourth season that came out in 2020. This makes ''One Day at Time'' the first series to make the jump from a streaming platform to a traditional terrestrial network. The fourth season will air second-run on Creator/{{CBS}} beginning in October 2020, reuniting the show with the original's home network.

This can be also explained with Penelope stopping her meds suddenly - anti-depressants need to be gradually decreased otherwise there are significant withdrawal effects.

* LatinoIsBrown: Averted overall, as the Alvarezes have a variety of skintones, and also discussed in "The Turn" when Elena realizes her paler skin tone makes her white-passing.

* {{Adorkable}}: Elena's Syd-nificant other Syd, big time, and they even bring it out in Elena too. Their initial discussion about dating quickly devolves into both of them using HulkSpeak.

* {{Catchphrase}}: One of Lydia's catchphrases is to call people pobrecito/a, which literally translates as "poor little one" and generally refers to an in-the-moment need for sympathy on someone's behalf, or as an equivalent to giving a person the epithet "poor boy/girl", with Lydia using the name for everyone from Syd (to express how they're even more {{adorkable}} than Elena) to God (because "He tries so hard").

The series was canceled by Netflix in March 2019 after three seasons, with them citing low ratings as the reason, but Creator/PopTV [[ChannelHop picked it up]] for a fourth season that came out in 2020. This makes ''One Day at Time'' the first series to make the jump from a streaming platform to a traditional terrestrial network.

The series was canceled by Netflix in March 2019 after three seasons, with them citing low ratings as the reason, but it was later announced in June 2019 that Creator/PopTV had [[ChannelHop picked it up]] for a fourth season set to debut in 2020. This makes ''One Day at Time'' the first series to make the jump from a streaming platform to a traditional terrestrial network.

** Related to that, when Elena finds out [[spoiler:Lydia's not an American citizen]], she's ''terrified'' that something similar could happen to her.

* OverlyLongSpanishName:

** OverlyLongSpanishName

** More than one of the Elena-centric plots in Season Three teaches that, while pride in one's sexuality is important, it is unhealthy to base your whole identity around it and neglect the ''other'' important aspects of yourself.

* AmbiguousSituation: Did Elena and Syd have sex in "The First Time?"

* ChekhovsBoomerang: In the episode "Strays", Lydia starts suspecting Elena is "queer", because her friend Carmen spends so much time with her. Eventually [[spoiler:it turns out Carmen is spending all her time at the Alvarezes' place because her parents have been deported to Mexico and she's homeless]]. However, in later episodes [[spoiler:we find out Elena is indeed gay, though Carmen is just her best friend and straight herself]].
* {{Cliffhanger}}: The third season ends on Lydia phoning Penelope from her holiday with Berkowitz...[[spoiler:''in Cuba''.]]

* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness : Along with a bit of Discontinuity. In the pilot, Schneider mentions that the Alvarezes have been in the apartment for ten months. In the second season, we see an episode from when they moved in...17 years ago.

* FeeFiFauxPas: A recurring theme is the unintentional offensiveness the family often suffers through. Perhaps most notable is Schneider getting a thorough lesson in why wearing a Che Guevara shirt around Cubans is a bad idea.

* LiquidCourage: In Season Three, [[spoiler:a visit from his browbeating father pushes Schneider OffTheWagon. Half a bottle of scotch gives him the guts to defy and cut ties with his old man, but it also causes him to spiral.]]

* MeaningfulEcho: At the end of the pilot, Penelope vents to her mom about how she misses having someone there to hold her and say, "I got you", which Lydia does. In the season one finale, after [[spoiler: Victor walks out of Elena's quinceañera just before the father-daughter dance, Penelope goes up to Elena and takes his place, saying the same thing]].

-->'''Penelope:''' Someone once told me, 'Don't quit before the miracle happens'.

** When Penelope's ex Victor shows up in "Hurricane Victor", Lydia is exceedingly nice to him, and constantly suggests Penelope and him should get back together. But when it turns out Victor [[spoiler:lied about being sober and getting help for his issues]], Lydia [[spoiler:gets more serious than we've ever seen her before, giving Victor an ice-cold look and curtly telling him to "go"]].

* OverlyLongName: Elena Maria Alvarez Riera Calderón Leytevidal Inclan, Alejandro Alberto Alvarez Riera Calderón Leytevidal Inclan and Lydia Margarita del Carmen Inclan Maribona Leytevidal de Riera.

** Penelope thinks Lydia puts her brother Tito on a pedestal because of his successful business, even though he spends little time with the family and didn't visit her when she was in a coma despite being close by on a business trip. Tito feels the same about Penelope, because of her family and because Lydia chooses to live with her.
** When it comes to her grandchildren, Alex is Lydia's favorite by far. As in her favorite person in their entire family. While on a dinner cruise, when Tito poses that if the boat sank and asks who Lydia would save, both he and Penelope say "Alex" at the same time.

** "Jajaja que funny."

** In the second season: Schneider's figurines of the family, Lydia's OverlyLongName, the "dale, [nickname], dale" song and Vicks [=VapoRub=] with its name being said in a thick Cuban accent.

* SeriesContinuityError: A few pop up in season two:
** Schneider is an Canadian immigrant, and in season two he confirms that he does not have to go to jury duty, however in season one he mentions needing to get out of jury duty in order to help Alex with a project.

** In "Quinces", Alex says "[[{{Theatre/Hamilton}} Immigrants. We get the job done]]". in response to Penelope seeing the party hall decorated for the first time.

** It's basically a running gag that Elena is this, especially when it comes to Lydia, but it's always PlayedForLaughs and she and Alex are extremely close.

--->'''Penelope''': I think she thinks you're perfect. You think she thinks I'm perfect. Really, I think she thinks ''she's'' perfect

* StudioAudience: Unlike most sitcoms of its era, ''One Day at a Time'' is taped in front of a live audience. This is particularly apparent with Lydia, played by screen legend Rita Moreno[[note]]One of [[TheEGOTs fifteen people]] to win an Emmy ''and'' an Oscar ''and'' a Tony ''and'' a Grammy.[[/note]], as her first appearance in most episodes tends to be greeted with loud cheering.