The former Netflix comedy will return on the niche cable network in 2020 with 13 all-new episodes.


It's a TV miracle.


Pop, the niche CBS-owned cable network, has revived Netflix's canceled critical darling One Day at a Time for a fourth season. The new batch of 13 episodes will debut in 2020. As part of the deal, CBS will also broadcast the series later in 2020, after its run on Pop. CBS, whose streaming platform, CBS All Access, initially tried to revive the series, was the original home for Lear's groundbreaking original comedy more than 40 years ago.


The historic move is likely the first example of a scripted original series moving from a streaming platform to a cable network. As part of the deal, Sony will now have syndication and international rights to the show — both of which were originally controlled by Netflix. Pop will also air the first three seasons of the series, which will also continue to stream on Netflix.


"How amazing it is to be involved with this brilliant and culturally significant series that deals with important themes one minute while making you laugh the next,” Pop TV president Brad Schwartz said Thursday in a statement. "If Schitt’s Creek has taught us anything, it’s that love and kindness always wins. Pop is now the home to two of the most critically praised and fan-adored comedies in all of television, bringing even more premium content to basic cable. We couldn’t be more proud to continue telling heartwarming stories of love, inclusion, acceptance and diversity that pull on your emotions while putting a smile on your face."The news comes three months after Netflix canceled the critically praised but apparently little-watched reboot of the classic comedy from executive producer Norman Lear and showrunners Gloria Calderon Kellett and Mike Royce. The multicamera comedy from Sony Pictures Television had, under its Netflix deal, limitations that prevented another streamer — like Amazon or CBS All Access — from picking up the show. Netflix continues to retain exclusive streaming rights to the first three seasons of the reboot.


“Three months ago, I was heartbroken with the news of our beloved One Day at a Time’s cancellation. Today, I’m overwhelmed with joy to know the Alvarez family will live on,” said Lear. “Thank you to my producing partner, Brent Miller, our incredibly talented co-showrunners, Mike Royce and Gloria Calderón Kellett, and of course, Sony, for never once giving up on the show, our actors or the possibility that a cable network could finally save a cancelled series that originated on a streaming service. And one last thank you to, Pop, for having the guts to be that first cable network. Even this I get to experience — at 96."