One Day at a Time is one of TV's best shows, so why hasn't Netflix renewed it for Season 3?

Variety

The revival of the Norman Lear classic sitcom "represents one of Netflix’s riskier gambits," says Maureen Ryan. So it's unusual that the rule-breaking streaming service hasn't yet renewed One Day at a Time for a third season. "Even if it wasn’t one of the service’s more popular comedies, and even if the media wasn’t in love with it, Netflix should still renew the show, because it is a feather in the company’s cap," says Ryan. "It provides proof that Netflix is committed to quality shows that not only inspire passionate fans, but do real good in the world. It’s a show about a Cuban-American family that addresses issues of LGBT acceptance, PTSD, financial insecurity and mental illness with grace and insight, and it still manages to be really, really funny. That’s one hell of an achievement, one that Netflix should be celebrating with a renewal. It shouldn’t be making fans sweat the program’s very survival, a spectacle that, at this point, is starting to look unseemly."