One Day at a Time: Season 1

I haven't watched an episode of One Day at a Time in probably 35 years. I just got done reading Mackenzie Phillips bio book, and was intrigued to watch an episode of her epic character. I really wanted to watch more like season 4 or 5, but all that was available was season 1. This particular episode Bonnie Franklin is overboard with juggling men in her life and her hard headed teen. Simple, engaging and to the point though, and the laugh tracks brought me back. BRING BACK GOOD TV!

One Day at a Time was on for nine seasons, and never lost its focus or momentum, will updating the format and content and characters just enough each season to keep it entertaining and funny! This introductory season is not only funny, but insightful. It was one of the first, if not THE first to show something we all knew and probably had contact with back then -- a single mother raising her family in a male-centric society, at least as far as working goes. With humor, this series illustrated the challenges without shoving it in our face, and allowing us to laugh for 23 minutes a week at something we were probably all too familiar with in one way or another.If this season didn't sell well enough to encourage the release of further seasons, that's not only a shame, but baffling as well. This is a great show, with a great start. This season is well worth buying. I say, go buy your copy NOW!!!

this is a great show with a wonderful cast of bonnie franklin, valerie bertinelli, mackenzie philips, pat harington and david kane. I am a teenager of today and enjoy this show. The box has 2 discs that played well with nice color and clarity. The shows julie (mackenzie philips) gets a job at truck stop cafe. The girls want a party with basketball players. A college guy visits on a blind date to see julie but falls for her mom ann (bonnie franklin) there are 15 episodes all together and i just gave you an idea of some of my favorites. Shnider (pat harington) keeps his comety with the entering unwantidly. In this season there is a bonus feature of the stars in 2004. Great buy for all ages!

"One Day At A Time" is a show with such a great ensemble cast that the moment you see the first episode you know the chemistry is there between Bonnie Franklin and Pat Harrington as well as the rest of the cast. Mostly, though, this first season, you will see the pains of growing up, the girls wanting to be independent and making their own decisions, the challenge of Anne Romano and reconciling her feelings with her ex-husband and her new love, her divorce lawyer, David. This is a great show and I highly recommend the purchase to get you started on a great series. And, it teaches us in every episode to take life "One Day At A Time."

Wow! This show is so offensive given current standards. It is only funny because it’s so out dated, I thought this show was funny when I was a young girl but now I think it’s creepy, especially the apartment manager Dwayne.

The only reason this show should get a good rating is for the nostalgic feelings of life in the late 70s/early 80s it evokes. That is really the main reason I watch this show and why I like it. It is so bad and outdated and quaint that it is really good again.Bonnie Franklin is a cutsie and has spunk but she was just out of place and seemed too boyish, independent and too young to be believable as a mother of teens. I just didnt see the connection there and she didnt have much chemistry with her daughters both of whom seem miscast, especially Phillips. Their relationships kinda felt fake, the jokes were flat and there was just no connection. Franklin's character's aspirations to be independent and respected as a woman also always seemed so superficially addressed and worked out. That is because the show goes from being a situation comedy to drama within minutes back and forth, creating a comedy-drama. One minute it is comedy and jokes, then 2 minutes later they pan in on the faces and a serious issue is being talked about, then it's back to rom-com. I say just pick something and stick with it. I found that back and forth irritating and it wasnt very cleverly done.Another issue is the acting which at times is really bad. nearly everyone in this show is miscast or they are miscast with each other. I really had a hard time believing Ann Romano (Bonnie Franklin) was a mother. The actors just dont inhabit their roles and they dont have chemistry. Everything feels too rehearsed. The guest stars were almost always horrible actors, like the daughter's boyfriends. Awful. I couldnt stop laughing cause they were just so so bad that it was amusing watching them, wondering how they ever passed that audition. I dont know what they were thinking.Finally, I dont understand why Schneider, of all people, has been elevated to such a status and is featured on covers. All he does is drop in every now and then and crack lame jokes or remarks and leave. He is not particularly funny nor interesting and his purpose for this show, especially since his role is reduced to that of mere comic relief, eludes me.Overall, though, I think the nostalgia of the 70s this show evokes more than makes up for all the issues mentioned above. All the faults and cheesiness make this show endearing rather than annoying and if you go into it with that understanding it will be fun. I still enjoyed watching it and it was interesting to see the issues people in the 70s struggled with and how daring this show was in a way for attempting to address these issues even though it all still felt very lighthearted and quirky. Hollywood is always ahead of mainstream when it comes to a lot of social liberal issues; the medium of film allows for such a possibility and this show was part of that industry. Anyway this is a fun show if you can put yourself back to a different time where life took place at a different pace.

As a kid I enjoyed this show as much as I do today! The rest of the seasons on Prime video would be nice!! How 'bout getting the licensing Amazon??

I was fourteen in 1975 and this was one of my favorite shows for the following five or six years. I didn't watch it in reruns on cable in the 1990s but when season one came out on DVD I thought I'd like to see it again. I was right. I did want to see it again and it looks great! Bonnie Franklin is dynamite as the courageous, independent, divorced mom of two and many of the story lines are just as relevant now as they were in the 70s. The acting is superb, better than many of the new tv shows on today where everyone acts alike and nobody can deliver a punchline. I'm really enjoying seeing these episodes again and I anxiuosly await the DVD release of season two.