ONE DAY AT A TIME Sets Animated Special

With much of ONE DAY AT A TIME’s fourth season delayed due to the coronavirus—the midseason finale airs Wednesday, April 28—Pop TV announced the comedy will produce an animated special that will air later this spring.

“In my 97 years, I’ve never known of a multicam comedy to animate a single episode as a special,” said executive producer Norman Lear in a statement. “Even this I get to experience.”

According to Pop TV, “the ONE DAY AT A TIME animated special centers around Penelope’s conservative family visiting. Penelope dreads that with the election coming up, they won’t be able to avoid fighting over politics. The Alvarez family spends the episode discussing strategies of how to get through it, illustrated through fantasy sequences.” The cast will portray their characters, with special celebrity guests also expected to join on.

“As we all know, it’s hard to keep ONE DAY AT A TIME off the air,” said executive producer Gloria Calderón Kellett. “During this unprecedented time, we wanted to find a way to keep our family – on camera and behind the scenes – together and create more entertaining content for our fans who are self-distancing at home. This animated special gives us an exciting opportunity to imagine the Alvarez family in a colorful new way while continuing to tell important and relevant stories.”

The series stars Justina Machado, Rita Moreno, Stephen Tobolowsky, Todd Grinnell, India de Beaufort, Isabella Gomez, and Marcel Ruiz.

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