One Day at a Time

By Persona Non Grata

The first sitcom featuring a divorcee, rather than a widow, raising children.  The series opened with newly divorced, after 17 years of marriage, Ann Romano (Bonnie Franklin) and her two daughters, 17 year old Julie Cooper (Mackenzie Philips) and 15 year old Barbara Cooper (Valerie Bertinelli) moving into an apartment in Ann's hometown of Indianapolis. 

The building super, Dwayne Schneider (Pat Harrington, Jr.), referred to only as Schneider, considered himself quite a Lothario. Ann's love interest early in the show was David Kane (Richard Masur), who was considerably younger than Ann. Initially the show revolved on the trials and tribulations of trying to raise two headstrong teenagers while trying to keep a job.

Eventually Ann found a good job as an account executive for an advertising agency. Both daughters were married during the series and Ann remarried.  Series star Mackenzie Philips had serious drug problems and was written out of the show in the 1979 - 1980 season  and again in the 1981 - 1984 season.

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[My favorite episode is:] Ah, Schneider sells the girl a stereo set, guaranteed but with one stipulation: They couldn"t play the Sex Pistols on it. --slaneco

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