She also thought that Harrington's character of Schneider was not funny at all, although she liked Harrington himself, and found him hilarious offscreen. Wilson also did not get along with Franklin, 'who took her role as arbiter over moral issues very seriously' and who considered herself 'our foremost authority on Broadway'. She did not find the sitcom funny at all and was not given a script until the first read-through of her first episode. According to her memoir, My First Hundred Years in Show Business, prior to being cast as Ginny, Wilson had never seen One Day at a Time and immediately sat down and watched an episode one night in her apartment. The shows' ratings began to decline soon after Wilson's arrival, as the character of Ginny Wroblicki proved to be unpopular with viewers. Wilson was signed to play Ginny Wroblicki, a cocktail waitress who moves into Schneider's apartment building, and immediately becomes Ann's best friend and confidante. For that role, producer Lear chose actress and comedienne Mary Louise Wilson, who had just completed a successful run on Broadway as Tessie Tura in a revival of Gypsy starring Angela Lansbury. Instead of Ann Romano being romantically involved with a man, it was decided to give Ann a comedic foil. After Masur's departure, the producers tried going in a different direction.
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