After months of online campaigns and lots and lots of saving hashtags, One Day At A Time Season 4 finally got the renewal. After axed by Netflix, the audience lost all their hopes for their beloved show to return. However, cable network PopTV came up as a savior and picked up the show for its fourth run.
The family sitcom focuses on a Cuban-American family living in Los Angeles. The story of One Day At A Time revolves around a single mother Penelope (Justina Machado), living with her mother Lydia (Rita Moreno) and Penelope’s two children, Elena (Isabella Gomez) and Alex (Marcel Ruiz), navigating the ups and downs of life.
Adding to that, the show also succeeded in bringing some severe issues. As Penelope deals with PTSD, anxiety, and depression, all while taking care of her children and going to school to advance her career as a medical professional. Those kids are suffering from their stuff too as the daughter is gay and son gets bullied for being Hispanic.
In March 2019, Netflix officially canceled One Day At A Time after its fantastic run for three seasons. That happened because of the decreasing number of viewership and also the ratings. However, the decision further led to an immediate response from the fans as they wanted their beloved show to be saved.
Hashtags like #SAVEONEDAYATATIME trended all over the internet. Along with this, some celebrity fans like Lin-Manuel Miranda also wished to bring the show back for the fans. And looking at the wide fanbase and desperation for another season, PopTV came up and ordered the show for another 13-episode queue.
One Day At A Time Season 4: Production in January 2020
Mark your calenders fans. The show is about to begin its production work for One Day At A Time Season 4. On Saturday, showrunner and executive producer, Gloria Calderón Kellett used Twitter to announce this big news. According to the tweet, the fourth season will shoot in 2020 for its new home network Pop TV. She also mentioned the dates when the shooting will take place.
WE FINALLY HAVE OUR 2020 SHOW DATES FOR SEASON 4 of @OneDayAtATime ! Plan accordingly.
1/28, 2/4, 2/11, 2/25, 3/3, 3/10, 3/24, 3/31, 4/7, 4/21, 4/28, 5/5, 5/12.
SO EXCITED!!
— ♥ Gloria Calderón Kellett ♥ (@everythingloria) September 14, 2019
However, as the dates got revealed, the audience thought that the dates are for the premiere of the episodes. To that, Gloria re-tweeted and confirmed that those are the shooting dates and not the airing dates. And when she gets the information, she’ll provide it to the fans.
To be clear these are WHEN WE SHOOT @OneDayAtATime not when we air. Still no idea what our air dates are. As I get information I give it to you all. https://t.co/eaJwEqlxva
— ♥ Gloria Calderón Kellett ♥ (@everythingloria) September 14, 2019
Norman Lear on Cancellation
The executive producer and creator of the original 1975 series, Norman Lear shared his feelings on cancellation of the spin-off series. He felt all heartbroken when heard the news of the cancelation of his beloved show One Day At A Time three months ago. Though he also got all overwhelmed and joyous knowing that the Alvarez family will live on once again.
Not just this, Norman also thanked his producing partner Brent Miller, co-showrunners Mike Royce and Gloria Calderón Kellett and Sony for never giving up on the show. He also thanked PopTV for being the first cable network for picking the show after being canceled by a mega streaming service.
One Day At A Time Season 4: Release Date
The fourth season of the family sitcom will debut on its new cable network in mid-2020. One Day At A Time Season 4 will first premiere on PopTV, with a subsequent run on sister network CBS. Also, the fans can watch all the previous three seasons on Netflix. For future updates on One Day At A Time Season 4, stay tuned.