'Roseanne' Returning to ABC in 2018 — Page 4

Just Fired! Good.

Roseanne has said her show was to give a voice to trump supporters and show that they are not racist, and that they voted for him for economic reasons. So when she routinely tweets out racist things and has the president of the united states take credit for the success of her show....welll I mean just wow.

I am a big fan of the first 4-5 seasons of the show when it was grounded. Watching a few episodes of this season reminded me why I liked Roseanne the character and actress. However, this revival was not very good. The writing was sluggish, the actors outside of Gilbert never seemed comfortable getting back into their roles, the comedy was boring, and the content itself made me wonder why they needed a team of writers to produce what they did. It's not like the episodes were full of good content. It was just a basic skeleton of ideas that they stretched out for 24 minutes. I think what this show attempted to do isn't unusual considering the types of issues sitcoms and television shows in general are tackling now. It's just people are familiar with the Roseanne brand and showed up to watch the show while not watching anything else. Also, Laurie Metcalf is awful in this series because they made her play Jackie like it was season 9 Jackie and I had to watch Getting On again to remind myself what a brilliant comedian and tv actress she can be.

Also, there's a line that is drawn where you cannot separate the art from the artist, and this is one of those times. I'd argue it was one of those times long before they green lit this show, but no need to fight battles already gone by. I bet Whitney Cummings and then Wanda Sykes leaving (even before the "ape" tweet) was coming because they thought they could take a novel idea of a politically-fractured family and showcase "the other side". I do think there is room on network television to do that, but they need much better and smarter writers and somebody who isn't as vile as Roseanne to be the front person. Even the National Review had enough of her. I think Cummings and Sykes they could handle it because they have thick skin as comedians tend to do, but then they realized where their line was. I bet the ratings made Roseanne feel empowered and invincible and she wanted to take the show in an extreme direction, which resulted in Cummins' exit. Then the ape comment came and Sykes bowed out.

Updated On: 5/29/18 at 03:24 PM

ScottyDoesn'tKnow2 said: "However, this revival was not very good. The writing was sluggish, the actors outside of Gilbertnever seemed comfortable getting back into their roles, the comedy was boring, and the content itself made me wonder why they needed a team of writers to produce what they did. It's not like the episodes were full of good content. It was just a basic skeleton of ideas that they stretched out for 24 minutes."

You just described every network sitcom.

adamgreer said: "Broadway Joe said: "Never watched the new show, can't stand Roseanne but with how well the ratings did it would be surprising if another network or company doesn't pick the series up. "

Not a chance. She’s way too toxic right now. This cancellation likely came ahead of a big ad boycott."

That's true. The numbers don't matter if advertisers aren't going to be paying top dollar for a commercial slot during the show. Plus the networks have to weigh taking a gamble on whether Roseanne will have the same numbers on their network and after this mess with the public exit of Wanda Sykes due to Roseanne's tweet for a short-term return vs. their lasting image as the network that saved Roseanne and what it will look like for that network long-term.

Updated On: 5/29/18 at 06:43 PM

And from what I saw, she is taking responsibility (even despite the ambien clause). She said she is to blame.

Is Sandy Duncan available? lol

ErikJ972 said: "dramamama611 said: "And from what I saw, she is taking responsibility (even despite the ambien clause). She said she is to blame."

Yes. While also retweeting racists who were defending her, attacking Roseanne castmates, and tweeting more conspiracy theories about Valerie Jarret."



I didn't see any of that - I was just reading something that posted a bunch of her "I'm sorry", "Don't blame anyone else" type of posts. (so thank you!)