It’s official: ABC has revived Roseanne straight-to-series, with an 8-episode season to premiere midseason 2018.
ABC entertainment president Channing Dungey just confirmed Roseanne reboot. Said it will premiere at midseason.
— Daniel Holloway (@gdanielholloway) May 16, 2017
Additional details courtesy THR:
“We’re rebooting Roseanne,” ABC president Channing Dungey confirmed Tuesday on a conference call with reporters about asked about the potential revival, news of which had broken several weeks earlier. However, she did not have many details to share beside an expected midseason premiere date, noting, “we’re still at the early stages.”
Original cast members Roseanne Barr, John Goodman (despite the fact that his character died of a heart attack during the series’ run), Sara Gilbert, Laurie Metcalf, Michael Fishman and Lecy Goranson are all set to return. Sarah Chalke, who played the role of Becky after Goranson, will also return, but in a different role.
“The Conners’ joys and struggles are as relevant – and hilarious – today as they were then, and there’s really no one better to comment on our modern America than Roseanne,” Dungey said in a statement.The pickup comes almost exactly 20 years after the Emmy-winning multicam went off the air.
Stay tuned as we now monitor the renew/cancel status of Roseanne Season 2 (Season 10 overall) at ABC…
Eric says
Why? Do the writers have nothing new to come up with?
#BADDECISION
sheila Montgomery says
They were funny. They always made me laugh. I am looking forward to watching them again,
Lloyd Pritchett says
They are really desperate to bring that witch back to tv. I will never watch that show! How stupid.
Michael says
ABC just got rid of the TOP rated upper class conservative show Last Man Standing and are bring back the NO class liberal Poor White FAT trash Roseanne show. It’s just going to be another ABC show trashing President Trump and Republicans… PASSS!! It wasn’t a funny show. The Connor family was so bad it just made people feel better about their own crappy lives.
Mary K. Durbin says
Honestly, writers so unimaginative, they couldn’t come up with something anything better than this from the 80’s was it? They should of left this show back there….I won’t be watching.
Ginny says
I will not be watching this show ! I will stay away from ABC ALL TOGETHER. I CAN’T BELIEVE THAT YOU GOT RID OF LAST MAN STANDING FOR THIS?
GOOD LUCK ON THE RATINGS – I HOPE IT GOES DOWN THE TUBE !