>>> NOW, THOUGH, WE'RE TAKING A VERY DIFFERENT TURN AND WE'RE GOING TO FOCUS ON CULTURE WITH A TV SERIES THAT'S BRIMMING WITH MUCH-NEEDED WARMTH.

THE CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED "ONE DAY AT A TIME," A REMAKE OF NORMAN LEAR'S '70s SIT-COM WITH A LATIN TWIST.

IT FOLLOWS A FAMILY GOING THROUGH THEIR LIVES, WELL, ONE DAY AT A TIME.

IT STARS LATIN LEGENDS LIKE THE.

OSCAR WINNING STAR OF WEST SIDE STORY, RITA MORENO THE BRAINS BEHIND THE SHOW, PRODUCER GLORIA CALDERON KELLETT TELLS OUR ALICIA MENENDEZ HOW SHE GOT HER SHOW OFF THE GROUND.

>> A FEW YEARS AGO, NORMAN LEAR, LEGENDARY PRODUCER OF SHOWS LIKE "ALL IN THE FAMILY," "SANFORD AND SONS," "THE JEFFERSONS" GIVES YOU A CALL AND SAYS I WANT TO REBOOT MY SHOW WITH A LATINO FAMILY "ONE DAY AT A TIME."

DID YOU THINK IT WAS A GOOD IDEA?

>> I DID NOT THINK IT WAS A GOOD IDEA AT FIRST.

I THOUGHT IT WAS A GOOD IDEA IN.

THOERY AND TO BE CLEAR, NORMAN DIDN'T CALL ME, HIS PEOPLE CALLED ME.

HE DOESN'T HAVE TO CALL ME.

SOMEBODY SAYS NORMAN LEAR WANTS TO MEET WITH YOU, YOU GO, YES, PLEASE.

I TOLD HIM, I SAT DOWN WITH HIM AND THE FIRST 30 MINUTES I COULDN'T TELL YOU WHAT HAPPENED.

YOU'RE JUST IN AWE OF THIS LEGEND THAT YOU'RE SITTING WITH HE'S SO DISARMING AND SO JUST SALT OF THE EARTH KIND OF GUY AND REALLY, REALLY INTERESTED IN PEOPLE, EVEN AT 97 YEARS OLD.

HE'S STILL CURIOUS.

AND HE WAS ASKING ME ALL THESE QUESTIONS AND FINALLY HE SAID WE'RE THINKING ABOUT DOING THE S WHAT DO YOU THINK?

SOMETHING IN ME WAS LIKE I DON'T KNOW IF YOU SHOULD DO IT.

HE GOES WHY?

I SAID BECAUSE WE'RE VERY HARD AUDIENCE.

PEOPLE ARE CONSTANTLY TRYING TO GET THAT LATINX AUDIENCE AND WE'RE VERY DIFFERENT BUT VERY SIMILAR BUT VERY PROUD OF OUR DIFFERENCES AND VERY PROUD OF OUR SIMILARITIES.

THERE'S THIS SORT OF PAN LATINX THING THAT HAPPENED THAT PEOPLE TRY TO APPEAL TO ALL OF US AND UPSET.ES ALL OF US FEEL A LITTLE HE GOES WHAT WOULD YOU DO.

I SAID I WOULD BE SUPER, SUPER SUPER SPECIFIC ABOUT MY PERSONAL TRUTH OF WHAT IT IS TO BE LATIN, CUBAN-AMERICAN.

IT'S VERY SPECIFIC DIFFERENT THAN SOMEONE -- EVEN DIFFERENT THAN CUBANS IN MID AMERICA OR EAST COAST.

AND I TOLD HIM ABOUT MY FAMILY AND ABOUT MY MOM AND DAD AND THEIR JOURNEY AS KIDS COMING TO THIS COUNTRY IN 1962.

AND HE JUST SAID WELL, LET'S DO LET'S DO THAT SHOW.

>> AND YOU WERE CONVINCED?

>> OH, YEAH.

YEAH.

YES.

I WAS CONVINCED.

I SAID OKAY.

LET'S DO IT.

LET'S DO IT.

AND THE WONDERFUL MIKE ROYCE WAS ALREADY ATTACHED TO THE PROJECT.

AND THE THREE OF US SIT DOWN AND IT WAS THE ALCHEMY OF THE MOMENT WAS MAGICAL.

>> YOU'VE WORKED IN ALMOST WRITER'S ROOM IN HOLLYWOOD.

MIXOLOGY.

>> YES.

>> MOST PEOPLE KNOW YOU FROM"HO" >> YES.

>> CAN ANY OF THAT EXPERIENCE REALLY PREPARE YOU FOR RUNNING A SHOW?

>> 1,000%.

YES, ALL OF THOSE ROOMS TAUGHT ME DIFFERENT THINGS.

I HAD SOME GREAT SHOW RUNNERS, NOT NOT SO GREAT.

SOME PEOPLE THAT WERE GREAT WITH ACTORS, SOME PEOPLE THAT DIDN'T LIKE INTERACTING WITH ACTORS.

SOME PEOPLE GREAT WITH EDITING.

I GOT TO PIECE TOGETHER I LIKE THIS, IT WAS A SALAD BAR OF TAKE THIS AND TAKE THAT OF 12 YEARS OF SALAD BARRING AND FINALLY YO.

THAT'S HOW IT CAME TOGETHER.

>> YOU'VE DONE EVERYTHING ON THIS SHOW, AS WELL IN ADDITION TO RUNNING THE SHOW, YOU'RE AOD.

YOU ARE A WRITER ON THE SHOW.

YOU'RE A DIRECTOR.

THIS SEASON YOU ARE ACTING IN THE SHOW.

LET'S TAKE A LOOK.

>> I AM.

>> HI.

>> MOMMY.

>> WOW.

LOOKING GOOD, LUPE.

SO IS THE PLACE.

UGLY PILLOW IN THE CLOSET?

>> YOU KNOW IT.

YOU LOOK GOOD TOO.

WHERE IS THE BABY I MEANDIE.

I MEAN, YOUR GIRLFRIEND.

[ AUDIENCE REACTS ] [ LAUGHTER ] >> HI.

>> OH, WOW.

>> DANG, PAPI'S GOT A TYPE.

>> IT IS SO TRIPPY TO SEE YOU LOOK THAT MUCH ALIKE.

I DIDN'T KNOW HAIR MADE SUCH A BIG DIFFERENCE.

>> WHEN WE'RE HANGING OUT TOGETHER, PEOPLE ARE LIKE, ARE YOU GUYS SISTERS?

ARE YOU GUYS RELATED?

WE'RE THE SAME HEIGHT AND WEIGHT.

SHE'S THINNER, I SHOULD POINT THAT OUT FOR HER.

BUT IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE GET ALL THE TIME.

WE LOVE EACH OTHER SO MUCH THAT THE WRITERS WERE LIKE YOU SHOULD PLAY NICOLE THIS SEASON.

ONCE I PUT THAT WIG ON, IT WAS.

MADNESS.

PEOPLE KEPT ON CONFUSING US.

IT WAS REALLY FUN.

>> THERE ARE A LOT OF SERIOUS TOPICS YOU HANDLE ON THE SHOW.

THE SHOW IS A CELEBRATION OF OUR JOY AND I WONDER WHY THAT WAS IMPORTANT TO YOU TO PUT THAT FRONT AND CENTER.

>> SO MANY REASONS.

I MEAN, LOOK, THE MAIN REASON IS THAT'S MY FAMILY.

MY FAMILY IS A SPECIAL -- A SPECIAL BUNCH OF PEOPLE.

EVERYTHING IS JOY-FILLED IN MYL.

I'M BLESSED IN THAT WAY.

BUT ALSO I FEEL LIKE THE LACK OF REPRESENTATION ON TELEVISION FOR LATINOS THAT ARE HAPPY AND JOYFUL AND LIVING A GREAT, FUN, HAPPY, PROSPEROUS LIFE IS LIMITED.

AND SO TO BE ABLE TO PUT THAT OUT THERE, YOU'RE ALWAYS SEEING SUFFERING MOTHER, YOU'RE ALWAYS SEEING GANG BANGERS AND VIOLENCE.

I JUST WANTED TO ALSO SHOW THE OTHER SIDE THAT THE NARRATIVE OF THE LATINX RIGHT NOW IN THE COUNTRY IS VERY SKEWED.

IT'S SORT OF ONE STORY.

I FEEL LIKE WE'VE EXHAUSTED THA.

I AM SO MUCH MORE INTERESTED IN THE PEOPLE THAT I GREW UP AROUND MY WHOLE LIFE.

AND THAT STORY IS NOT BEING REFLECTED RIGHT NOW AND IT IN TURN REALLY AFFECTS SOCIETY'S VIEW OF WHO WE ARE AS PEOPLE.

SO I REALLY FELT LIKE I DIDN'T MEAN TO YOU KNOW, BE TELLING THESE STORIES THAT WOULD HAVE SUCH POLITICAL INFLUENCE.

IT DOESN'T SEEM POLITICAL TO ME.

IT JUST SEEMS LIKE THIS IS THE TRUTH.

AND TELLING TRUTH RIGHT NOW SEEMS TO BE A POLITICAL ACT.

>> FOR A LOT OF US WHO GET INTO MEDIA WHO DID NOT SEE OURSELVES REFLECTED BACK TO US IN OUR YOUTH, I OFTEN SAY STEVE URKEL WAS THE CHARACTER ON TV WHO REMINDED ME OF MYSELF GROWING UP BECAUSE HE WAS FROM A MINORITY GROUP.

AND HE WAS A NERD.

THAT HAS CHANGED.

BUT SO TOO HAS MY PERCEPTION OF WHAT REAL POWER LOOKS LIKE.

IT'S NO LONGER ENOUGH TO SEE THE REFLECTION BACK OR SEE THE STOR.

I NOW UNDERSTAND IT IS IMPORTANT THAT THE PEOPLE WHO ARE MAKING DECISIONS ABOUT WHAT GETS ON AIR AND WHAT GETS RESOURCES UNDERSTAND THE VALUE OF THATRIE.

>> ABSOLUTELY.

THIS IS WHY I'M ON THE 50-50 BY 2020 ADVISORY BOARD BECAUSE JILL SOLAWAY WAS ADAMANT ABOUT THELED ENTERTAINMENT BEING ACCOUNTABLE TO HAVE WOMEN AND PEOPLE OF COLOR BEHIND THE SCENES.

THESE ARE THE PACE MAKERS, MAKING DECISIONS ABOUT WHAT YOU SEE, WHAT EVERYONE SEES, AND WOMEN AND PEOPLE OF COLOR IN PARTICULAR HAVING REALLY BEEN LED DOWN A PATH THAT IS INACCURATE TO WHO WE ARE AND IT AFFECTS TOO MUCH.

SO THE STORIES BECOME ENTERTAINING, BUT ALSO HAVE A A LITTLE BROCCOLI, A LITTLE SUGAR TO GET THAT MEDICINE DOWN.

CHANGING THE NARRATIVE SO IT'S MORE REFLECTIVE OF WHAT THIS COUNTRY LOOKS LIKE AND SOUNDS LIKE AND DOES.

>> WHAT'S SO INTERESTING FOR YOU, THAT'S LONG BEEN A HALLMARK OF NORMAN LEAR'S PROGRAMMING.

GETTING AT THE SOCIOIO CULTURAL ISSUES.

>> THIS CONSENT THING IS TRICKY.

>> NO, WOMEN ALWAYS BLAME THEMSELVES AND THEN THE MAN RESPONSIBILITY.KE >> DURING RAPE PREVENTION WEEK AT SCHOOL, ALL THE SIGNS ARE AIMED AT WOMEN.

GIRLS DON'T DRESS PROVOCATIVELY, GIRLS, DON'T WALK ALONE.

>> HOW ABOUT, HEY, GUYS, DON'T [ CHEERS ] >> OH, MY GOD, WHY ARE WE TALK ABOUT THAT?

I TOOK A COUPLE PICTURES ABOUT T ELSE TO DO WITH YOUR HAND ON HE.

>> OKAY, TAKE IT EASY.

>> NO, HE THINKS WHAT HE DID IS CUTE.

YOU'RE BASICALLY A PREDATOR.

>> YOU'RE BASICALLY A PSYCHO.

>> GOOD, CALL ME CRAZY FOR BE GROPED.A WOMAN'S RIGHT NOT TO INTERNET.

JUST MAD AT THE YOU DON'T KNOW MY LIFE.THIS APA.

>> HOW DO YOU CRAFT THAT CONVERSATION IN A WAY THAT IS AUTHENTIC AND STOPS SHORT OF SPECIAL.LIKE AN AFTER-SCHOOL CHALLENGE.W, THAT'S THE I MEAN WE REALLY TRY TO BE AS HONEST AND TRUTHFUL AS WE CAN AND WE TAKE A LOT OF CONVERSATIONS FROM THE ROOM.

THE WRITER'S ROOM, ONE OF OUR WRITERS MICHELE IS WHO TOLD US SHE WAS TALKING ABOUT RAPE PREVENTION WEEK IN COLLEGE AND SHE'S THE ONE THAT MADE THAT WONDERFUL LIKE IT'S ALWAYS GEARED TOWARDS WOMEN.

AND IT NEVER REALLY OCCURRED TO ME UNTIL THAT MOMENT.

AND SO THEN WE STARTED TALKING ABOUT IT IN THE ROOM AND SOME OF THE GUYS WERE LIKE IS THIS GOING TOO FAR?

IN OUR CONVERSATIONS BECAUSE UP REALLY AFTER ALL THIS HAS HAPPENED, WHERE DO WE GO FROM KNOWING THAT THIS IS AROUND US, RAISING KIDS LIKE I'M RAISING A DAUGHTER AND SON, MIKE ROYCE IS RAISING A DAUGHTER AND A SON.

WHAT DO WE SAY TO THEM HOW TO BEHAVE, HOW TO ACT.

IT SEEMS LIKE WE'RE TELLING WOMEN SPEAK UP, BE EMPOWERED.

WHAT ARE WE TELLING OUR BOYS?

THIS WAS SUCH A GREAT OPPORTUNITY WITH ALEX TO SEE HIM DOING SOMETHING THAT MAYBE IS A LITTLE INNOCUOUS AND BAD BUT WHERE IN THAT POINT IS HE TOLD STOP WHERE OTHER MEN WERE NOT.

AND IT SNOWBALLED.

CAN WE TAKE AN OPPORTUNITY TOVES GUY AND ALSO HAVE SNYDER GO PART OF THIS.WN REVELTORY OFOH,N THAT'S ALSO BEEN INTERESTING.

IS ROOM, THERE WERE TIMES WHEN I WENT OUT WITH A GIRL AND SHE HAPPEN.THING WAS GOING TO AND SOMETHING HAPPENED.

AM I COMPLICIT?

IT WAS THOSE CONVERSATIONS THAT.

LET'S JUST DO THIS AND SEE WHERE IT COMES FROM AND WHERE DO WE GET TO THE OTHER SIDE.

WHERE IS REDEMPTION.

>> YOU MUST HAVE A LOT OF TRUST IN THAT WRITERS ROOM.

YES, THESE ARE ALL WONDERFUL PEOPLE.

MIKE ROYCE AND I GOT SO LUCKYTH.

WE READ A GAZILLION WRITERS.

IT'S A REALLY SPECIFIC PUZZLE YOU HAVE TO PUT TOGETHER WHEN PUTTING TOGETHER A WRITERS ROOM.

YOU WANT SOME JOKE PEOPLE, STORY PEOPLE, CHARACTER PEOPLE AND THEN OVER TIME YOU GET REALLY, REALLY COMFORTABLE HOPEFULLY SO THAT PEOPLE CAN SHARE AND BE VULNERABLE.

YOU KNOW, IT'S VULNERABLE TO ADMIT YOUR FAILINGS AND YOUR SUCCESSES.

>> WE TALK A LOT ABOUT A CHANGING AMERICA AND HOW THAT IS REFLECTED BACK TO US IN MEDIA.

BUT PART OF WHAT IS CHANGING IS OUR CONSUMPTION HABITS.

SOMETIMES WHEN I WATCH "ONE DAY AT A TIME," I WONDER COULD THIS SHOW EXIST ON BROADCAST?

>> INTERESTING.

I THINK IT COULD.

IT WOULD BE A LOT SHORTER.

BECAUSE BROADCAST IS 22 SOMETIMES 20 I'M HEARING NOW, 20, 21 MINUTES.

WE GET 26 TO 28 TO 29.

>> LUXURIOUS.

>> LUXURIOUS WHICH IS A B STORY OR A C STORY OR A LINGERING LOOK OR A QUIET MOMENT WHICH YOU DON'T GET A LOT ON NETWORK BECAUSE THERE'S NO TIME.

YOU REALLY HAVE TO KIND OF FIGHT FOR THOSE JOKES.

SO THE TIME THAT THAT WOULD BE THE BIGGEST THING THAT WOULD BE DIFFICULT, BUT IN TERMS OF THE TOPICS THAT WE TALK ABOUT, THIS IS THE STUFF LIKE YOU SAID THAT NORMAN WAS DOING IN THE '70s ALTHOUGH HE TOLD ME A FUNNY STORY THAT CBS HAD DONE A RETROSPECTIVE OF HIM AND CALLED HIM AND SAID WHAT ARE YOUR FAVORITE CLIPS SO WE CAN ADD IT TO THE RETROSPECTIVE.

SOME CLIPS THEY CANNOT AIR NOW, STANDARDS AND PRACTICES COULD NOT AIR NOW.

I WAS LIKE WHAT?

SO SO GREAT.

>> THAT'S HOW GROUND BREAKING NORMAN LEAR WAS.

THE CLIPS.TO WATCH A MONTAGE OF >> I KNOW.

>> YOUR SHOW IS NOW BACK ON THE AIR AND NETFLIX WHICH IS A STREAMING SERVICE EVALUATES IN A VERY SHORT PERIOD OF TIME WHETHER OR NOT THEY BELIEVE THAT A SHOW HAS BEEN A SUCCESS.

WHAT DOES THAT MEAN FOR YOU AS A CREATOR AND WHAT DOES THAT MEAN FOR US AS CONSUMERS?

>> WELL, THE BEAUTY OF NETFLIX IS THE CREATIVE PROCESS IS UNLIKE ANY I'VE EVER EXPERIENCE.

THEY ARE SO SUPPORTIVE, LET US MAKE THE SHOW WE WANT TO MAKE.

THEIR NOTES ARE THOUGHTFUL.

IT'S PAINFUL TO SAY THAT WILLEX.

THEY ARE.

ONCE YOU PUT IT OUT TO THE WORLD, THEY HAVE ALL THESE WAYS OF EVALUATING IT WE DON'T KNOW.

SO ALL WE KNOW ARE THE NUMBERS.

ALL WE KNOW ARE THE PHONE CALLS WHERE THEY SAY WE WISH MORE PEOPLE WERE WATCHING OR NOT AS MANY WATCHED AS WE HOPED.

WE DON'T KNOW WHAT THE COST AT IS.T ANALYSIS THEY'RE LOOKING NOTHING.ST SEASON WE SAID AND THEN LAST YEAR I WAS LIKE NO, I LOVE THESE PEOPLE TOOMUCH.

I'M GOING TO LET THE INTERNET KNOW, HEY, IF YOU WANT TO HELP US OUT AND LOVE THE SHOW, DON'T LIKE WATCH IT ONCE A WEEK.

BINGE IT BECAUSE THEY'RE DECIDING RIGHT NOW.

I HAD NO IDEA THAT THAT TWEET WAS GOING TO GO VIRAL.

AND SO THAT REALLY I THINK WAS ONE OF THE FACTORS THAT HELPED TO SAVE THE SHOW.

>> YOU'RE VERY TRANSPARENT AND I THINK A LOT OF PEOPLE APPRECIATE YOUR TRANSPARENCY AROUND HOW CHALLENGING JUST GETTING IN THE DOOR INSIDE OF HOLLYWOOD CAN BE.

YOU'RE OFTEN ON TWITTER GIVING ADVICE AND COUNSEL TO WOULD-BEW.

WHY IS THAT IMPORTANT TO YOU?

>> BECAUSE I DIDN'T KNOW ANYBOD.

BECAUSE I FEEL FOR WHAT THAT STRUGGLE IS.

YOU KNOW, I GREW UP IN PORTLAND, THEN WE MOVED TO SAN DIEGO.

I DIDN'T KNOW ANYONE IN THEDUST.

I HAD NO IDEA HOW TO GO ABOUTIN.

COLLEGES NOW I THINK ARE SO MUCH BETTER AT SETTING PEOPLE UP FOR WHEN THEY GRADUATE.

MY COLLEGE WHICH I LOVED DIDN'T HAVE A PATH, HERE'S THE STEPS YOU DO WHEN YOU GRADUATE.

SO I WANTED TO BE ABLE TO OFFER UP LIKE THE LIBRARY OF GLORIA'S LIMITED BRAIN FOR PEOPLE TO, YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW EVERYTHING BUT I'LL TELL YOU WHAT I KNOW.

A LITTLE BIT EASIER OR YOU'LLBE FEEL LIKE OKAY, I'M ON THE RIGHT TRACK OR I DON'T KNOW.

THE INTERNET IS SO FULL OF NEGATIVITY THAT ANYTIME WE CAN PUT A LITTLE BIT OF KINDNESS INTO THE WORLD, IT JUST MAKES THINGS BETTER.

>> GLORIA, THANK YOU SO MUCH.

>> THANK YOU.