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‘Liars’, ‘Dead’ heading to PaleyFest

‘One Day at a Time’ getsnew makeover on NetflixLOS ANGELES, Jan 8, (Agencies): Televi-sion’s enthusiastic attic-rummaging for old shows to resurrect isn’t abating.

With an increasing number of outlets in need of content, original ideas are augmented by reboots and sequels including “The X-Files”, “Fuller House”, “Gilmore Girls” and debuting on Netflix, “One Day at a Time”.

But it may be unfair to put Netflix’s sitcom in that company. Yes, it has original producer Norman Lear aboard. Yes, it’s about a mom raising two children without benefit of their father. And yes, it’s a traditional multi-camera comedy with a (restrained) laugh track.

In many other ways, it’s altogether its own show.

The 1975-84 CBS series broke ground by featuring a divorced Midwesterner, on her own and struggling to re-enter the job market and care for her two daughters. Bonnie Franklin, Mackenzie Phillips and Valerie Bertinelli starred, with Pat Harrington Jr as Schneider, the apartment building superintendent.

This time around, mom is a former military medic now working as a nurse in Los Angeles raising a boy and girl. She’s separated from her husband, who’s out of the service but remained in Afghanistan to work in private security. And she’s got her own mom on hand, enlarging her support circle beyond Schneider (a mainstay of the original that stuck).

ChangeAnother change: the first “One Day” family

was white, this one is Cuban-American, with characters and stories that are a reflection, in part, of executive producer Gloria Calderon Kellett’s own life. The stage and screen writer is working with fellow executive producers Lear, Mike Royce and Michael Garcia.

“As a Latina writer, it’s all of a sudden very in fashion, the Latino voice”, Calderon Kellett said, adding tartly, “I thought it was great forever, because that’s what I am”.

An award-winning playwright who proved her TV chops with “Devious Maids” and “How I Met Your Mother”, she’d been ap-proached before about doing a project based on her family, including her Cuban immigrant parents. But her protectiveness toward them held her back.

A conversation with Lear, he of “All in the Family”, “Maude” and more hits, changed that.

“I felt very comfortable with Norman, and obviously his pedigree speaks for itself”, she said.

Royce, joining Calderon Kellett to discuss the show, brings his own impressive credits, including “Everybody Loves Raymond” and “Men of a Certain Age”. He also contributes the parent-of-teens perspective that Calderon Kellett, mother to two younger children, has yet to achieve.

Both credit Lear, 94, with giving them the

freedom to use his earlier series as the starting point, not a template. “Who is the single mom of today?” Lear asked them, the producers said.

What emerged was Penelope, played by Justina Machado (“Six Feet Under”), who appears rock-solid but grapples with family stress and her military experiences. On hand to help and hinder are Penelope’s mom Lyd-ia, played by the remarkable Rita Moreno, and a hipper Schneider (Todd Grinnell). The kids are outspoken teen Elena (Isabella Gomez) and younger, image-conscious Alex (Marcel Ruiz).

It all sets up the kind of social and political stories that are Lear’s trademark. In the first episode, Elena rejects having a quinceanara — a traditional coming-of-age celebration for Latinas — as outdated and sexist, leading to a clash with her mother. Religion, immigration and sex are among other topics woven into the show’s 13 episodes released together Friday.

Viewers have shown themselves willing to accept diversity as part of the new sitcom model, with “black-ish”, “Fresh Off the Boat” and “Jane the Virgin” among the proof. Calderon Kellett says authenticity is the key to creating characters that carry across racial and cultural lines.

“I don’t feel like we need to water it down to appeal to more people. I feel like being spe-cific we’re going to appeal to more people”, she said.

Royce recalled the operating ethic espoused by “Everybody Loves Raymond” creator Phil Rosenthal: “If it’s happening in your house, it’s probably happening in a lot of houses”.

Also:LOS ANGELES: A slew of fan-favorite shows have been added to PaleyFest LA, including “The Walking Dead”, “Pretty Little Liars” and a pair of Shondaland shows.

“The Walking Dead” will kick off this year’s annual PaleyFest LA on Friday, March 17. The cast and creative team behind AMC’s hit zombie show will be present, though panel-ists have not yet been announced.

On March 18, PaleyFest will host a matinee super hero event, featuring the casts of the CW’s “Arrow”, “The Flash”, “Supergirl” and “DC’s Legends of Tomorrow”.

“Grey’s Anatomy” will also have a panel on March 19. The ABC medical drama’s TGIT companian “Scandal” will also make a return to PaleyFest this year to close out the festival with a March 26 matinee event celebrating the 100th episode of the Kerry Washington po-litical drama, which kicks off its sixth season next week.

“The Late, Late Show” with James Cordon, “NCIS: Los Angeles”, “Orphan Black”, “Bob’s Burgers” and “Pretty Little Liars”, which is heading into its final season this spring, will also have panels.

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MoanaSharqia 1 13:00 (No Fri) 15:15, 17:30, 19:45Muhalab 2 13:45, 16:00, 18:15Fanar 2 12:00 (No Fri) 14:30, 17:00, 19:30Marina 1 14:00, 16:15, 18:45Avenues 2 17:45Avenues 4 13:30 (Fri)Avenues 9 11:30 (No Fri) 14:00, 16:30, 19:00Avenues 10 18:15360° 7 18:30360° 8 12:30 (No Fri) 15:00, 17:30, 20:00360° 9 13:30 (Fri)360° 14 16:45 (No Mon)360° 15 17:15Al-Kout 2 14:15, 16:30, 18:45Bairaq 2 15:15, 17:30, 19:45Laila 15:30Grand Hamra 3 14:00, 16:15Grand Gate 2 14:00, 16:15, 18:30, 20:45

Assassin’s CreedSharqia 1 22:00, 00:30Sharqia 3 12:45 (No Fri) 15:30Muhalab 1 18:30, 00:15Fanar 1 13:45, 21:00, 23:30Marina 3 14:45, 22:15, 00:45Avenues 2 22:30Avenues 4 15:45, 21:30, 00:05Avenues 6 12:00 (No Fri) 14:30, 17:00, 19:30, 22:00, 00:45360° 1 11:30 (No Fri) 13:45, 16:15, 18:45, 21:15, 23:45360° 6 12:30 (No Fri) 15:00, 00:15360° 8 22:30, 01:00360° 9 13:15 (No Fri) 22:15, 00:45360° 15 22:00Al-Kout 4 13:00 (No Fri) 15:30, 18:00, 20:30, 23:00Bairaq 3 21:45, 00:15Laila 20:30Grand Hamra 1 14:30, 17:00, 19:30, 22:00 00:15 (Thu, Fri)Grand Hamra 5 17:15, 22:30Grand Gate 3 14:30, 17:15, 19:30, 22:00 00:15 (Thu, Fri)

The Great WallSharqia 2 11:30 (No Fri) 13:30, 15:45, 18:00, 20:15, 22:30, 00:45Sharqia 3 21:30, 23:45Muhalab 2 20:30, 22:45, 01:00Muhalab 3 12:30 (No Fri) 14:45, 17:00, 19:15,

21:30, 23:45Fanar 3 23:45Fanar 4 11:30 (No Fri) 13:45, 16:00, 18:15, 20:30, 22:45, 01:00Marina 1 11:45 (No Fri) 21:00, 23:15Marina 2 13:00 (No Fri) 15:15, 17:30, 19:45, 22:00, 00:15Avenues 2 13:00 (No Fri) 15:15, 20:15, 01:00Avenues 3 00:30Avenues 5 13:15 (No Fri) 15:30, 20:00, 22:15, 00:30 17:45 (No Sun)Avenues 7 11:30 (No Fri) 13:45, 16:00, 22:45, 01:00Avenues 11 12:30 (No Fri) 14:45, 17:00, 19:15, 21:30, 23:45360° 10 12:00 (No Fri) 14:15, 16:30, 18:45, 21:00, 23:15360° 12 11:30 (No Fri) 13:45, 16:00, 18:15, 20:30, 22:45, 01:00360° 13 12:45 (No Fri) 15:00, 17:15, 19:30, 21:45, 00:05360° 14 12:15 (Sat) 14:30 (Fri, Sat) 19:00, 21:15, 23:30360° 15 12:30 (No Fri) 14:45, 19:45, 01:00Al-Kout 1 13:15 (No Fri) 15:30, 17:45, 20:00, 22:15, 00:30Al-Kout 2 12:00 (No Fri) 21:15, 23:45Bairaq 1 12:15 (No Fri) 14:30, 16:45, 19:00, 21:15, 23:30Bairaq 2 00:30Plaza 21:45Laila 18:00, 23:00Grand Hamra 5 14:45, 20:00Grand Hamra 6 14:00, 16:30, 19:00, 21:30 00:00 (Thu, Fri)Grand Hamra 9 15:00, 17:30, 20:15, 22:30 01:00 (Thu, Fri)Grand Gate 1 14:15, 16:30, 18:45, 21:00, 23:00Grand Gate GC 15:00, 17:30, 20:00, 22:30 01:00 (Thu, Fri)

Dangal (Hindi Film)Sharqia 3 18:15Muhalab 1 13:00 (No Fri) 21:00Fanar 3 14:00, 17:15, 20:30Avenues 3 18:00, 21:15

Avenues 4 12:30 (No Fri) 18:15 (No Thu)360° 9 15:45 19:00 (No Wed)360° 11 13:30, 16:45, 20:00, 23:15Bairaq 3 18:30Plaza 15:15 18:30 (No Thu, Fri)Ajial 1 14:45 (Fri, Sat) 18:00, 21:15Ajail 4 15:30, 18:45, 22:00

Collateral BeautyGrand Hamra 3 18:30, 20:30, 22:30Grand Gate 5 20:45, 22:45

Snow White’s New AdventureMuhalab 1 14:30 (Fri) 16:30Muhalab 2 11:45 (No Fri)Fanar 1 11:30 (No Fri) 16:30, 18:30Avenues 8 12:00 (No Fri) 16:00, 18:00360° 5 13:00 (No Fri) 15:00, 17:00, 19:00Bairaq 3 12:00 (No Fri) 16:30Grand Hamra 8 14:15, 16:15, 18:15Grand Gate 4 14:15, 16:00, 17:45

The FounderFanar 2 22:00, 00:30Avenues 1 11:45 (No Fri)

16:45, 21:45, 00:15360° 7 13:30, 16:00, 21:00, 23:30Al-Kout 3 12:30 (No Fri) 19:15, 00:05Grand Hamra 8 20:00, 22:15Grand Gate 4 19:45, 22:15

SingFanar 3 11:45 (No Fri)Avenues 3 13:30, 15:45360° 4 11:30 (No Fri) 13:45, 16:00, 18:15Al-Kout 3 17:00Bairaq 3 14:15Grand Hamra 2 14:30, 16:45Grand Gate 5 14:00, 16:15, 18:30

Hacksaw RidgeGrand Hamra 2 19:00, 21:45 00:30 (Thu, Fri)Grand Gate 7 14:00, 16:45, 19:15, 22:00 00:30 (Thu, Fri)

Florence Foster JenkinsMarina 3 12:30 (No Fri) 17:15, 20:00Avenues 10 13:15 (No Fri) 13:30 (Fri) 15:45, 20:45, 23:15360° 2 11:45 (No Fri) 14:15, 16:45, 19:15, 21:45Al-Kout 3 14:45, 21:45

Bairaq 2 13:00 (No Fri) 22:00

WithinGrand Gate 6 14:45, 17:00, 19:00, 21:15, 23:00

PassengersAvenues 1 14:15, 19:15360° 3 13:00 (No Fri) 15:30, 20:15, 22:45, 01:00Grand Hamra 4 14:15, 17:00, 19:45, 22:15 00:45 (Thu, Fri)Grand Gate 8 14:30, 17:00, 19:15, 21:30 00:00 (Thu, Fri)

Taht Al Tarabeza (Arabic Film)Avenues 7 18:15360° 6 19:45

Eshtebak (Arabic Film)Avenues 7 20:30360° 6 22:00

The Snow Queen 3Avenues 8 13:45360° 6 17:45

La La LandAvenues 8 19:45Grand Hamra 7 14:45, 17:15, 19:45, 22:30

Level UpAvenues 8 22:15, 00:05360° 5 21:00, 23:00, 01:00

The MonsterAvenues 9 21:30, 23:30360° 4 20:30, 22:30, 00:30

Rogue One: A Star Wars Story360° 2 00:15

Laf Wa Dawaran (Arabic Film)360° 3 18:00

Swarna Kaduva (Malayalam Film)Plaza 18:30 (Thu, Fri)Ajial 3 15:30, 18:30, 21:30

Sardar Saab (Punjabi Film)Ajial 2 15:15, 18:15, 21:30

IMAXImax film programme at The Scientific Center

Sunday Humpback Whales 3D 10:30 am, 07:30 pm Flying Monsters 3D 11:30 am, 06:30 pm, 09:30 pm

Kenya: Animal Kingdom 3D 12:30 pmJourney to Space 3D 05:30 pmSecret Ocean 3D 08:30 pm

Monday Humpback Whales 3D 12:30 pm, 06:30 pmFlying Monsters 3D 10:30 am, 05:30 pm, 08:30 pmKenya: Animal Kingdom 3D 09:30 pmJourney to Space 3D 11:30 pm, 07:30 pm

Tuesday Humpback Whales 3D 11:30 am 09:30 pmFlying Monsters 3D 12:30 pm, 05:30 pm, 08:30 pmKenya: Animal Kingdom 3D 10:30 amJourney to Space 3D 06:30 pmMysteries of the Unseen World 07:30 pm

Wednesday Humpback Whales 3D 05:30 amFlying Monsters 3D 11:30 am

06:30 pm, 09:30 pmKenya: Animal Kingdom 3D 08:30 pmJourney to Space 3D 12:30 pmMysteries of the Unseen World 10:30 amSecret Ocean 3D 07:30 pm

Thursday Humpback Whales 3D 11:30 am

06:30 pm, 09:30 pmFlying Monsters 3D 10:30 am 07:30 pmKenya: Animal Kingdom 3D 05:30 pmJourney to Space 3D 08:30 pmSecret Ocean 3D 12:30 pm

Friday Humpback Whales 3D 08:30 pm Flying Monsters 3D 02:30 pm,

06:30 pm, 09:30 pmKenya: Animal Kingdom 3D 03:30 pmJourney to Space 3D 04:30 pmSecret Ocean 3D 07:30 pmMysteries of the Unseen World 05:30 am

Saturday Showtime Available for Groups 09:30 amHumpback Whales 3D 10:30 am 07:30 pmFlying Monsters 3D 11:30 am, 02:30 pm, 05:30 pm, 08:30 pm Kenya: Animal Kingdom 3D 04:30 pm, 09:30 pmJourney to Space 3D 01:30 pm, 06:30 pmSecret Ocean 3D 03:30 pmMysteries of the Unseen World 12:30 pm

Notes: All films are in Arabic. For English, headsets are available upon request. Film schedule is subject to chang-es without notice.

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The Sultan Gallery announces preview of ‘KRM: Four Hands’ exhibition on Jan 24 from 07:00 pm to 09:00 pm.

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