![]() If they let me keep making it, I don’t care. Do you think that sets up a showrunner to fail if they aren’t made aware of the numbers/expectations in the first place? Netflix doesn’t share numbers and/or ratings for their shows. You know, they were talking about how much they love making it, but they are a business. It was a very emotional meeting on their part. We sat down with them and they love the show, and they said beautiful things about the show. We saw that you tweeted about your meeting with Netflix, starting the social media campaign, #RenewODAAT. The future of this show and whether or not it will get picked up for a fourth season is still up in the air. In my family, we don’t talk about any health issues - a part of it I think is because I’m first generation, so I don’t have access to my great grandparents medical records. I think as a Latina with a lot of mental health issues with her family that are never discussed, I am really proud to put that out there because I think it’s very strong to talk about these things. I always love the mental health episodes. I really think that was a sex-positive thing to put into the world. I think putting that out there and also, the Penelope perspective of not wanting to have this happen, but realizing that she just wants a beautiful experience for her daughter. I have never seen that discussed, so I think for straight and gay kids if you are not emotionally ready to have that conversation, you’re not emotionally ready to have sex. This is an emotional thing as much as it is a physical thing. A sex-positive conversation between a mother and a daughter, and between two partners about… we don’t ever have to do this. I have never seen a TV show talk about reasons to have sex that were positive. Nice! Was there a particular episode from season three that meant the most to you or was more personal for you? And I think that’s better because we are limited in what we can show because it’s a play. But we do go places sometimes, but I think it’s going to be more in the storytelling. This is a multi-cam show, so it really lives in the proscenium of the apartment. We’re not doing season four in Cuba for many reasons. Any chance it will take place there or feature scenes in Cuba? The season three finale features a scene of Lydia in Cuba. What is that like? What is it like for a Latina girl? What is it like for a girl that doesn’t have a lot of money? What’s the scholarship process like? There’s already things we start talking about. Even season four - Elena is going to graduate high school. We have so much we want to talk about, but it always is what’s happening in the world right now? What’s happening in the characters’ lives? We set up things. Gloria Calderón Kellett:Every year, we only have 13 episodes, and we have to take them on an entertaining journey. If you return for season four, what can we expect from the subsequent season? Upon waiting on a season four renewal of “One Day at a Time,” Calderón Kellett talks about diversity in the television industry, what it means to be a Latinx writer, the numbers game at Netflix and what we can expect from season four, if the series gets picked up. So even from now to when the room starts, who knows where we will be? And also, we have to be cognizant of from where we are when we’re writing the show to six months later when it airs… where is the world going to be? So hopefully, talking about something in a timeless way, so that it can resonate with people when they are watching it. But that’s because that was happening in our world. What do we have to say about this? What does the room have to say about this? Do we have something new to say about this? That hasn’t been said a million times. Obviously, Me Too was one of those issues. “’It’s never like I want to tackle this issue. But, that they are never strategically planned so far out in advance. ![]() When asked about whether or not they would avoid a certain topic, Calderón Kellett says, “There hasn’t been a topic, where I have been like, ‘Uh, I don’t think so.’”įor many issues addressed on the show, she reveals that they come together in a natural way, utilizing the characters’ storylines to touch on relevant and conscious topics. From immigration to LGBTQ relationships to toxic masculinity, there isn’t anything off-limits for the show, as they have prided themselves on addressing social, political and personal matters. The Netflix reboot of Norman Lear’s sitcom now centers around the Alvarez family, a Cuban American unit taking on everyday life together in Echo Park. Not to mention she looks nearly identical to Penelope, played by Justina Machado, on the show! Gloria Calderón Kellett is currently the executive producer and co-showrunner of the Netflix comedy, “One Day at a Time,” where she not only directs and writes on the show, but this past season, she also starred in the series as Nicole, Penelope’s ex-husband’s new girlfriend.
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