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One MORE Day at a Time? CBS and Netflix Battle Over Future of Beloved Sitcom

The CW and Pop have also expressed an interest, but does "One Day at a Time" stand a second chance?

Netflix's cancelation of its critically-acclaimed darling One Day at a Time was met with a near-universal "What the hell are you doing?!"

After all, the show was not only a rare depiction of the Cuban-American experience—as well as the queer Latinx experience—it was actually one of the best and brightest shows in a television landscape that's often difficult to navigate.

But like even the show's darkest episodes—hi, Lydia's season two coma—there's a silver lining, albeit a slight one, to the show's future.

CBS All Access, the streaming arm of CBS proper, expressed interest in saving ODAAT a few weeks ago and has made good on its looky-looing with an official offer to pick up the show for at least one more season.

There's just one snag. According to Deadline, the offer is probably a no-go since the show's deal with Netflix doesn't allow one of its original series to continue on a different streaming platform for years after its cancelation.

Although, the show could theoretically move to a broadcast or a cable network in a few months.

Even 96-year-old national treasure Norman Lear, who created the original One Day at a Time and served as an executive producer on its Netflix reboot, couldn't convince Netflix head honcho Ted Sarandos to give up the beloved sitcom. Lear reached out personally to Sarandos but being a national treasure just doesn't go as far as it used to and Sarandos told the nonagenarian TV legend to get lost. Not using those specific words, of course, because the man is literally a wink and a nod away from 100.

So not only has Netflix nailed the coffin shut on One Day at a Time but it's also shoveling the dirt on its grave. The show's producer Sony Pictures Television is not giving up so easily, however. Deadline reports Sony is trying to persuade Netflix to make an exception for ODAAT because it does a "public service of providing a platform to underrepresented voices and catering to underserved audiences."

And should that fail, Sony's also looking into some broadcast and cable networks, including The CW, home to a number of richly diverse shows but lacking in half-hour sitcoms. According to Vulture, Pop, which will soon have vacancy for a beloved family sitcom once Schitt's Creek goes off the air, also has its sights on ODAAT, but both networks don't have the dollars to do it on their own and would need a partner to secure the show.

For now, One Day at a Time is maybe not dead, but like Lydia in season two, just waffling at death's door.

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