Justina Machado to Lead Netflix's ONE DAY AT A TIME Reboot

Deadline reports that Justina Machado, best known for her roles on 'Six Feet Under' and 'ER" will take on the lead role in Netflix's Latino family remake of the Norman Lear classic sitcom ONE DAY AT A TIME. The 13-episode series, from Sony Pictures TV, also co-stars EGOT winner Rita Moreno.

Written by Gloria Calderon Kellett nd Mike Royce, the project will follow "Penelope (Machado), a recently separated former military mom who is navigating a new single life while raising her radical teenaged daughter and socially adept tween son, with the "help" of her old school Cuban-born mom and a friends-without-benefits building manager named Schneider. Moreno will play the grandmother. A single mom, Penelope is a former Army medical specialist, now running a doctor's office and dreaming of medical school." Bonnie Franklin took on the role of divorced mom Ann Romano in the original series.

Machado will soon be seen in USA's upcoming drama series Queen of the South. She has also appeared in the NBC sitcom Welcome To the Family.

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