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New 'One Day at a Time,' now centering on Cuban-American family, wins over many critics

A new version of the Norman Lear sitcom is scheduled to debut on Netflix on Jan. 6. The show stars Justina Machado and Rita Moreno.

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'One Day at a Time' stars Justina Machado (l.) and Rita Moreno (r.).

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

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