Wow, I can still smell the smells.

I can still see the audience.

And that’s one of them.

Valerie Bertinelli stars as Barbara Cooper Royer in the CBS television program “One Day at a Time."; Valerie Bertinelli attends the 51st annual Daytime Emmys Awards at The Westin Bonaventure Hotel & Suites, Los Angeles on June 07, 2024 in Los Angeles, California

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There was a magical quality about the series, Bertinelli says, that stuck out to her straight away.

I knew that was going to be special.

I don’t know how I knew that then, but I could feel it, she says.

Pat Harrington Jr (as building superintendent Dwayne Schneider) and, from left, Valerie Bertinelli (as Barbara Cooper), Bonnie Franklin (as Ann Romano), and Mackenzie Phillips (as Julie Cooper) on ‘One Day at a Time’

Pat Harrington Jr. (Schneider), Valerie Bertinelli (as Barbara Cooper), Bonnie Franklin (as Ann Romano), and Mackenzie Phillips (as Julie Cooper) on ‘One Day at a Time’.CBS Archive/Getty

I wish Id feel those feelings more.

I mean, I feel it [onThe Drew Barrymore Show].

I love the way the audience is growing here.

Valerie Bertinelli attends the 51st Annual Daytime Emmy Creative Arts & Lifestyle Awards at The Westin Bonaventure Hotel & Suites, Los Angeles on June 08, 2024 in Los Angeles, California

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God, I’d love to see Mac on the show, she confesses, referring to Phillips.

Im so lucky to be doing this for 50-some-odd years and to run into very few a-holes.

I count myself like one of the lucky ones.

The Drew Barrymore Showairs weekdays on CBS.