Netflix Refuses to Let CBS All Access Save 'One Day at a Time'

Netflix has confirmed that despite interest, they will not be allowing CBS All Access to save One Day at a Time.

When the streaming giant canceled the beloved inclusive sitcom back in March, feelers immediately went out to see if the people behind the show could find a new home for it. There was some interest, and the first (publicly known) offer that came in was from CBS’s streaming service, CBS All Access.

But Netflix reserves the right to “veto any move to a streaming network for at least two years after cancellation.”

While the hope was that Netflix would waive that right, they’ve doubled down on rejecting CBS’s offer.

“We invested in three seasons and having a home at Netflix,” Originals VP Cindy Holland told The Hollywood Reporter. “We negotiated for specific rights in the deal, which we paid for. We paid for the show in its entirety, plus profits to Sony.”

And there we have it. The best shot at reviving One Day at a Time is officially dead in the water.

That having been said, there are still options.

“They have the ability to sell it to broadcast and network,” Holland said. “But we don’t think that it’s appropriate that it show up on a competitive streaming service.”

Rumors that Pop TV was interested in the show persisted shortly after it was canceled, but there’s been no further public momentum with them as of now.

Holland continued the Netflix line that One Day at a Time didn’t have a large enough audience to justify renewing it, though the streaming service is notorious for never actually releasing any viewing numbers.

But still, she wants its fans to look at the bright side instead of focusing on the cancelation—

“The way I look at One Day at a Time is, it’s a show that I was and am passionate about. I hope people discover the three seasons we have. I prefer to look at it as glass half full — we supported three seasons that probably wouldn’t have made it past season one in any other place, if it had been made at all.”