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A new version of the 1970s Norman Lear sitcom 鈥淥ne Day at a Time,鈥� which will soon debut on Netflix, is receiving mostly positive reviews for the story of a Cuban-American family.聽

The new 鈥淥ne Day at a Time鈥� will debut on Netflix on Jan. 6 and stars Justina Machado as Penelope, a veteran who has a son and daughter. Rita Moreno stars as Penelope鈥檚 mother.聽

Mr. Lear, who also produced such classic sitcoms as 鈥淎ll in the Family鈥� and 鈥淭he Jeffersons,鈥� is producing this new take on 鈥淥ne Day at a Time鈥� as well. The original version, which debuted in 1975 on CBS, centered on a mother raising two daughters after a divorce.

that she enjoys the fact that the new show is about a Latino family because she remembers when that was not around on television.

鈥淵ou just didn鈥檛 see it,鈥� she said. 鈥淎ll these years later, it鈥檚 not like we are the first show to have a Latino family, but there are so few out today 鈥� that doesn鈥檛 make any sense when you look at the demographics in the U.S. There seems to be this dumb idea that you can鈥檛 get into a show with Latinos if you鈥檙e not Latino.鈥澛�

The show has received mostly positive reviews ahead of its debut, with calling it 鈥減erfect鈥� and showing that 鈥渢here鈥檚 hope for the future of sitcoms.鈥澛�

鈥淎s it was long ago, 鈥極ne Day at a Time鈥� leans heavily on Lear鈥檚 knack for fearlessly blending controversial topicality with comedy 鈥� with a sometimes challenging additional layer of identity politics,鈥� Mr. Stuever writes. Meanwhile, called the show 鈥渓ively and full of voice, a rare reboot that鈥檚 better than the original. It鈥檚 a throwback in the best sense, to an era of mainstream, socially engaged kitchen-sink sitcoms.鈥�

However, was not quite as impressed, writing that 鈥渢he show is unabashedly old-fashioned, with a pragmatic application of contemporary issues 鈥� the show is nicely written, but just that, and the performances are almost universally engaging. The exception to that is the performance that kicks the whole reboot up several notches: Rita Moreno鈥檚.鈥�