You possibly can’t maintain the Alvarez household down. Within the midst of its coronavirus-necessitated shutdown, One Day at a Time is producing an animated particular set to air this spring, Deadline reports. The information was introduced Tuesday, the day of the Pop TV sitcom’s midseason finale — the final episode the present filmed earlier than manufacturing was halted. Now, followers will be capable of go into the episode figuring out the characters will return quickly in a brand new format.
In accordance with Deadline, the animated particular shall be centered on the upcoming presidential election. As Penelope (Justina Machado) prepares for a go to from her conservative household, the Alvarez household come collectively to strategize how they will deal with political disagreements. One Day at a Time had reportedly at all times deliberate to do a particular episode in regards to the election utilizing fantasy components; that script was rewritten to work as animation. The one-off particular won’t be linked to the bigger story of the season.
The sequence regulars will all voice their very own characters within the animated episode and shall be joined by movie star friends.
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“In my 97 years, I’ve by no means recognized of a multicam comedy to animate a single episode as a particular. Even this I get to expertise,” mentioned government producer Norman Lear in an announcement, per Deadline.
Added government producer and co-showrunner Gloria Calderón Kellett, “As everyone knows, it is hard to keep One Day At a Time off the air. Throughout this unprecedented time, we wished to discover a strategy to maintain our household — on digicam and behind the scenes — collectively and create extra entertaining content material for our followers who’re self-distancing at dwelling.”
This is not the primary time One Day at a Time has gifted followers with new content material in the course of the coronavirus pandemic. In March, the forged — together with Machado, Rita Moreno, Isabella Gomez, Marcel Ruiz, Todd Grinnell, and Stephen Tobolowsky — filmed a special mini-episode from their houses in regards to the Alvarezes checking in with Schneider (Grinnell) throughout social distancing.
The midseason finale of One Day at a Time airs Tuesday at 9/8c on Pop TV. It is going to be simulcast on TV Land.
The primary three seasons of One Day at a Time are streaming on Netflix.
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