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One Day at a Time

  • TV-PG
  • 1975–2005
  • 9 seasons
  • Comedy
  • 6.8

The misadventures of a divorced mother, two teenage daughters, and their new building superintendent in Indianapolis.

Episodes

26 episodes
  1. 1Father, Dear Father (1)

    24 minSep 18, 1978

    Ann's ex-husband tells her that he can no longer pay her child support for his daughters.

  2. 2Father, Dear Father (2)

    24 minSep 25, 1978

    Ed is forced to admit the truth to Julie and Barbara.

  3. 3Ann's Friend

    24 minOct 2, 1978

    Ann is stunned when a friend says she's leaving her husband.

  4. 4Bob's New Girl

    24 minOct 16, 1978

    Barbara has been steadily dating Cliff and soon finds herself trying to gently discourage Bob from pursuing her. However, Bob is sure he can win her away from Cliff, that's when Ann encourages Bob to perhaps date other women. He does but Barbara's reaction to Bob's new girlfriend is incredibly telling.

  5. 5Schneider's Helper

    24 minOct 23, 1978

    While he's recovering from a back injury, Schneider needs an assistant maintenance man to help out with his work around the building. Barbara suggests that Schneider hire her disabled friend, Jackie. Schneider reluctantly takes on the kid who does his best to prove he can do the job. However, when there is a gas leak in the building, Jackie's competence is put to the test.

  6. 6Yes, Sir, That's My Baby

    24 minNov 6, 1978

    Sally, an old school friend of Barbara's shows up for a visit with some news, she's now a mother. Originally, she agreed with the father to give the baby up for adoption but after one look at the baby, decided to keep it. However, the big bombshell is dropped when she mentions that the father is Cliff Randall, Barbara's boyfriend.

  7. 7The Dating Game (a.k.a.) Ann's Dating Game

    24 minNov 13, 1978

    Ann is interested in a business associate but isn't quite sure how to convey her romantic interest to him. Barbara and Julie suggest that she just make the first move and call him, which she does. However, he isn't quite getting the hints and assumes that when she asks him out the dinner is business instead of pleasure.

  8. 8Peabody's War

    24 minNov 20, 1978

    ""Mr.Peabody"".An elderly resident in the ""Romano's""apartment building refuses to pay higher rent to allow the building's owners to throw him out.Because he is old and disabled.He locks himself in ""The Romano's Apartment""with a shotgun and will hold the family hostage.Until he can get on tv and tell the buildings owners to allow him to stay in his apartment and pay a fair rent price for it.On a sad not,this was Mr.J.Pat O'Malley's last tv performance.He would spend his last years living at The Motion Picture and TV Home in Woodland Hills,Ca.,Until his death in 1986.

  9. 9Jealousy (1)

    24 minNov 27, 1978

    Julie and Barbara become rivals when they fall for the leader of a rock group. First of two parts.

  10. 10Jealousy (2)

    24 minDec 4, 1978

    Conclusion. The battle for the band leader continues as Barbara tries to win him back from Julie.

  11. 11The Arab Connection

    24 minDec 11, 1978

    Ann plays hostess to an Arab sheik while Julie leads a demonstration against his country's economic policy.

  12. 12Hold the Mustard

    24 minDec 18, 1978

    The pace of Barbara's restaurant job proves to be faster than she anticipated.

  13. 13Girl Talk

    24 minDec 25, 1978

    Ann and the girls spend a warm Christmas Eve in a frigid mountain cabin.

  14. 14The Married Man (1)

    24 minJan 17, 1979

    In the first of a three-part story, Ann and a sportswriter begin a promising romance.

  15. 15The Married Man (2)

    24 minJan 17, 1979

    In the second of a three-part story, a smooth-sailing romance between Ann and a sportswriter hits the rocks.

  16. 16The Married Man (3)

    24 minJan 24, 1979

    Ann considers pursuing a relationship with her married sports writer, but soon concludes that to do so would strip her of her self respect.

  17. 17Going Nowhere

    24 minJan 31, 1979

    Julie is depressed because her designing career seems to have reached a dead end.

  18. 18Francine Strikes Again

    24 minFeb 7, 1979

    Francine uses her feminine wiles to wrest away one of Ann's big accounts.

  19. 19The Dental Hygienist

    24 minFeb 14, 1979

    Only hours after they meet, Ann's old pal and Schneider are ready to sail off on a romantic cruise.

  20. 20The Piano Teacher

    24 minFeb 21, 1979

    The baby grand delivered to Ann by mistake belongs to her next-door neighbor, a slightly unstrung piano teacher who begins giving lessons in her living room.

  21. 21The Broken Nose

    24 minFeb 28, 1979

    Barbara learns a lesson about beauty after Schneider accidentally opens a door smack into her nose.

  22. 22Mad for Each Other

    24 minMar 7, 1979

    Julie falls for an egotistical filmmaker whose temperament exactly matches her own.

  23. 23The Graduation

    24 minMar 21, 1979

    Barbara's high school graduation has arrived and she's all excited, except for two issues. First, she's unsure if she wants to attend the University of Wisconsin, like her father did and second she's up in arms, trying to make a decision on whether to hang out at a party with friends or one with just family after graduation.

  24. 24Fear of Success

    24 minMar 25, 1979

    A lucrative offer to direct public relations for a computer firm prompts Ann to give Mr. Davenport two weeks' notice.

  25. 25Grandma Leaves Grandpa

    24 minApr 8, 1979

    Ann is all set to go away for the weekend to a ski lodge, however her plans are put to a halt when Grandma Romano drops by with the announcement that she's left Ann's father and now would like to stay with Ann and the girls. Not quite taking her seriously, Ann is dealt a blow of reality when her father drops by needing a place to stay as well.

  26. 26Schneider Gets Fired

    24 minApr 15, 1979

    Schneider quits because the landlord refuses his raise request.

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Series cast

Bonnie FranklinAnn Romano210 episodes
Valerie BertinelliBarbara Cooper210 episodes
Pat Harrington Jr.Dwayne Schneider210 episodes
Mackenzie PhillipsJulie Cooper168 episodes
Michael LembeckMax Horvath80 episodes
Glenn ScarpelliAlex Handris72 episodes
Boyd GainesMark Royer59 episodes
Nanette FabrayKatherine Romano51 episodes
Shelley FabaresFrancine Webster41 episodes
Richard MasurDavid Kane40 episodes
Howard HessemanSam Royer30 episodes
Mary Louise WilsonGinny Wroblicki24 episodes
Ron RifkinNick Handris21 episodes
John PutchBob Morton14 episodes
Joseph CampanellaEd Cooper8 episodes
Charles SiebertJerry Davenport6 episodes
Scott ColombyCliff Randall6 episodes
John HillermanMr. Connors6 episodes

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