Roseanne is headed back home.
ABC, the landmark
comedy’s original network, has beat out Netflix for rights to an
eight-episode present-day revival featuring pretty much the entire
original cast, including titular star Roseanne Barr, leading man John
Goodman (Dan) and supporting players Sara Gilbert (Darlene), Laurie
Metcalf (Jackie), Michael Fishman (D.J.) and Lecy Goranson (original
Becky).
Sarah Chalke, who shared the role of Becky with Goranson, will appear in “another role,” per ABC.
“We’re rebooting Roseanne,”
ABC president Channing Dungey confirmed Tuesday on a conference call
with reporters, adding that the continuation “is planned for midseason.”
The
series’ original producing team of Barr, Tom Werner and Bruce Helford
are all on board, with Gilbert also taking an EP credit.
Last month, Gilbert staged a mini Roseanne revival with TV dad Goodman on the set of her CBS gabfest The Talk.
At the time, Goodman expressed enthusiasm for an official revival. “Oh,
hell yes… if we could get everyone together,” he said. “[Roseanne] and I
did a pilot about five years ago that didn’t go anywhere…but we were
very happy to work together.”
Per the official press release, the revived Roseanne will find the Conner family dealing “with the economic challenges of living pay check to pay check in 2018.”
TVLine
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