When Norman Lear‘s producing partner Brent Miller realized there was a tremendous lack of representation of Latino families on television he pitched the now 96-year-old television pioneer about bringing back a new version of his seminal ’70s series “One Day at a Time” to help fill the void.  During an post-screening Q&A of the Netflix series on Saturday night the legendary producer deadpanned, “I said I’ll call Rita Moreno.”

The complete truth is he ran into Moreno at a political fundraiser and mentioned he had a project for her.  

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