One Day at a Time
Gift Horses
TV Flash files “Gift Horses” as hour 147 of 209 in the TV Flash guide — One Day at a Time (1975–1984) on CBS, season 7, episode 11, aired 1982-01-17, 30 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S07E11: listed hour 147 of 209 in the One Day at a Time guide, hour 11 of 25 in season 7. It aired 1982-01-17 (30 min). The listed hour before it is “Not So Silent Partner” (S07E10). Next is “Stick 'em Up” (S07E12).
Viewer FAQ
Where does Gift Horses sit in the One Day at a Time guide?
S07E11 is listed hour 147 of 209 — hour 11 of 25 in season 7, season 7 episode 11.
When did One Day at a Time S07E11 air?
Gift Horses aired 1982-01-17 and is listed at 30 minutes.
Original series or the later reboot first?
This catalog hour is the 1975–1984 CBS original with Bonnie Franklin. The later reimagining is a cousin, not a replacement.
In the series
Why this series still plays
Bonnie Franklin's newly divorced Ann Romano raises two daughters in an Indianapolis apartment while Pat Harrington Jr.'s Schneider supplies the tool-belt Greek chorus. Lear-adjacent single-mom sitcom with real stakes under the jokes. Women's lib as weekly multi-cam, not a one-episode pamphlet.
The first image is an Indianapolis apartment that has to look like independence: Bonnie Franklin's newly divorced Ann Romano raising two daughters, a tool-belt superintendent in the doorway, and women's lib as weekly multi-cam rather than a pamphlet. CBS's One Day at a Time (1975–1984) ran nine seasons, 209 episodes, a Whitney Blake / Allan Manings / Norman Lear relevant sitcom about single motherhood, teen trouble, and a laugh track that does not apologize. Valerie Bertinelli and Mackenzie Phillips grew up on…
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- Bonnie Franklin as Ann Romano
Bonnie Franklin’s Ann Romano raised two daughters in an Indianapolis apartment on One Day at a Time — newly divorced, Pat Harrington Jr.’s Schneider as tool-belt Greek chorus, Lear-adjacent single-mom sitcom with real stakes under the…
- Mackenzie Phillips as Julie Cooper
Mackenzie Phillips grew up in public as Julie Cooper on One Day at a Time — Bonnie Franklin’s newly divorced Ann Romano, two daughters in an Indianapolis apartment, Pat Harrington Jr.’s Schneider as tool-belt chorus. Lear-adjacent…
- Valerie Bertinelli as Barbara Cooper
Valerie Bertinelli’s Barbara Cooper grew up in One Day at a Time’s Indianapolis apartment — Bonnie Franklin’s newly divorced Ann, Schneider’s tool-belt chorus, women’s lib as weekly multi-cam — then walked Touched by an Angel’s…
- Pat Harrington Jr. as Dwayne Schneider
Pat Harrington Jr. made Dwayne Schneider the tool-belt Greek chorus on One Day at a Time — Bonnie Franklin’s newly divorced Ann Romano raising two daughters in a 1970s Indianapolis apartment. Lear-adjacent single-mom sitcom with real…