Comments on: When Did One Day at a Time Jump the Shark? https://popculturereferences.com/when-did-one-day-at-a-time-jump-the-shark/ Brian Cronin takes a look at interesting pieces of pop culture history from the worlds of TV, film, music and more. Mon, 10 Jul 2023 23:37:56 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.3 By: My Two Cents https://popculturereferences.com/when-did-one-day-at-a-time-jump-the-shark/#comment-11043 Mon, 10 Jul 2023 23:37:56 +0000 https://popculturereferences.com/?p=5181#comment-11043 Brian, I would say Valerie Bertinelli’s appeal was in the character she played. Barbara Cooper was cute girl who was always nice to the geeky kid and even enjoyed hanging out with them in occasion. I hated when they added Mark Royer as her love interest as it was cliche, the attractive woman marrying the guy with the high earning potential.

]]> By: Tim Pendergast https://popculturereferences.com/when-did-one-day-at-a-time-jump-the-shark/#comment-11036 Mon, 10 Jul 2023 20:59:44 +0000 https://popculturereferences.com/?p=5181#comment-11036 I would say it jumped the first time Mackenzie Phillips left. It was all down hill from there.

]]> By: Brian Cronin https://popculturereferences.com/when-did-one-day-at-a-time-jump-the-shark/#comment-11031 Mon, 10 Jul 2023 20:11:09 +0000 https://popculturereferences.com/?p=5181#comment-11031 In reply to My Two Cents.

I will say that any other prepubescent teen male at the time, I had a huge crush on Valerie Bertinelli and didn’t care about the show’s quality as long as she was on screen.

I should do something about her appeal. It’s plainly there, no doubt about (as I had the same reaction), but, like, what IS it about her that makes her so appealing? It’s not like she’s some supermodel or whatever. And yet, she was SO darn appealing.

]]> By: demoncat_4 https://popculturereferences.com/when-did-one-day-at-a-time-jump-the-shark/#comment-10974 Fri, 07 Jul 2023 22:38:49 +0000 https://popculturereferences.com/?p=5181#comment-10974 think the show jumped the shark when not only did they add alex as an adopted sibling due to his bio father either dieing in a car crash on the show or being abusivie but also when they had to write mackenzie philips out of the show due to her real life issues with substance abuse.

]]> By: My Two Cents https://popculturereferences.com/when-did-one-day-at-a-time-jump-the-shark/#comment-10967 Fri, 07 Jul 2023 00:50:55 +0000 https://popculturereferences.com/?p=5181#comment-10967 Brian, I think you pinpointed it exactly. The show quit becoming about a struggling single mother at that point. I will say that any other prepubescent teen male at the time, I had a huge crush on Valerie Bertinelli and didn’t care about the show’s quality as long as she was on screen.

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