One Day With Norman Lear: ‘One Day At A Time’ EPs Gloria Calderón Kellett & Mike Royce Remember “Remarkably Devoid Of Ego” Legend Who “Never Stopped Learning”
deadline.comTV icon Norman Lear had not had a TV series on the air for two decades until a reimagening of his beloved One Day At a Time premiered on Netflix in January 2017.
It was developed by Gloria Calderón Kellett and Mike Royce who served as showrunners and executive produced it with Lear. The new One Day At a Time earned critical acclaim and launched a prolific final act in Lear’s career, which has included the Emmy-winning Live In Front of a Studio Audience, the upcoming series Good Times and The Corps on Netflix, Clean Slate at Amazon Freevee as well as a slew of other projects in development.
Following Lear’s death Tuesday at the age of 101, Kellett and Royce wrote a moving tribute, reminiscing of the time they worked with the TV legend by focusing on one fateful run-through during Season 1 of One Day at a Time.
It illustrates Lear‘s “unwavering openness” and “you live and you learn” mentality which helped him maintain a level of greatness that may never be matched.
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