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‘The Conners’: John Goodman Says Roseanne Barr Character Will Be Killed Off
Deadline ^ | August 27, 2018 | Denise Petski

Posted on 08/27/2018 3:48:06 PM PDT by EdnaMode

John Goodman did not go into detail but confirmed to The Sunday Times Roseanne Barr’s character will be killed off in the upcoming The Conners spinoff.

When talking about the new iteration of the series and his character Dan, the drywall contractor who played Roseanne’s husband in the original series and revival, told the publication ““It’s an unknown. I guess he’ll be mopey and sad because his wife’s dead.”

ABC has not confirmed how Barr would be written off the show, which the network abruptly canceled after Barr’s racist tweet about Valerie Jarrett, a former senior adviser to Barack Obama. ABC described Barr’s comment as “abhorrent, repugnant and inconsistent with our values” and axed the series as it was going into production on its second season.

Barr has no financial or creative involvement in the new series after reaching a settlement with series producer Tom Werner. ABC has described Barr’s exit only as “a sudden turn of events.” On the new show, after a sudden turn of events, the Conners are forced to face the daily struggles of life in Lanford in a way they never have before. This iconic family – Dan, Jackie, Darlene, Becky and D.J. – grapple with parenthood, dating, an unexpected pregnancy, financial pressures, aging and in-laws in working-class America. Through it all, the fights, the coupon cutting, the hand-me-downs, the breakdowns – with love, humor and perseverance, the family prevails.

The Conners will feature the rest of the Roseanne revival cast. Along with Goodman as Dan, Laurie Metcalf (“Jackie”), Sara Gilbert (“Darlene”), Lecy Goranson (“Becky”) and Michael Fishman (“D.J.”) will reprise their Conner characters.


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#BoycottTheConners
1 posted on 08/27/2018 3:48:06 PM PDT by EdnaMode
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To: EdnaMode

They can do what they want. Nobody is going to watch the show.


2 posted on 08/27/2018 3:49:54 PM PDT by bk1000 (I stand with Trump)
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To: EdnaMode

Shot to death by a crazed LIBERAL DEMOCRAT at a softball practice?


3 posted on 08/27/2018 3:51:17 PM PDT by LeonardFMason (426)
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To: EdnaMode

By a muzzie attack or they go to Chicago on a trip and .....


4 posted on 08/27/2018 3:52:21 PM PDT by SkyDancer ( ~ Just Consider Me A Random Fact Generator ~ Eat Sleep Fly Repeat ~)
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To: EdnaMode

The neighbors across the street?


5 posted on 08/27/2018 3:52:32 PM PDT by riri
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To: EdnaMode

Never watched the original one, didn’t watch the revival, won’t watch the re-boot.

I hope the whole thing flops.


6 posted on 08/27/2018 3:53:08 PM PDT by clintonh8r (Truth is hate speech to those who hate the truth.)
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#BoycottTheConners

The Conners will be DOA. Roseanne was the show.

7 posted on 08/27/2018 3:53:16 PM PDT by Drew68
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To: LeonardFMason

It’s going to be an overdose on opioids. It will get a powerful signal out there about the opioid epidemic and kill off the Trump supporter.

They cannot write it any more beautifully.


8 posted on 08/27/2018 3:54:36 PM PDT by EQAndyBuzz (Proud member of the DWN party. (Deplorable Wing Nut))
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To: EdnaMode

They just killed off the show and it deserves to die without Roseanne.


9 posted on 08/27/2018 3:55:42 PM PDT by Anti-Bubba182
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To: EdnaMode

Roseanne Barr’s tweet about Jarrett was not racist.


10 posted on 08/27/2018 3:55:50 PM PDT by freedom1st
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To: EdnaMode

The Conners will feature the rest of the Roseanne revival cast. Along with Goodman as Dan, Laurie Metcalf (“Jackie”), Sara Gilbert (“Darlene”), Lecy Goranson (“Becky”) and Michael Fishman (“D.J.”) will reprise their Conner characters.

If it wasn’t for Roseanne Barr in the first place, the reboot would have never happened.
Now they’re going to make gobs of money (for a short while)
riding solely on Roseannes coat tails.
While she gets kicked to the curb.


12 posted on 08/27/2018 3:57:40 PM PDT by mountn man (The Pleasure You Get From Life, Is Equal To The Attitude You Put Into It)
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To: bk1000

I can hardly wait to not watch it.


13 posted on 08/27/2018 3:58:05 PM PDT by kempster
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To: EdnaMode

Shot by a Bernie Bro socialist justice war-rior no doubt.


14 posted on 08/27/2018 3:58:37 PM PDT by a fool in paradise
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To: EQAndyBuzz

Killed by Cousin Oliver of the Brady Bunch.


15 posted on 08/27/2018 3:59:54 PM PDT by a fool in paradise
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To: EQAndyBuzz

Shark jump that went wrong


16 posted on 08/27/2018 4:00:21 PM PDT by a fool in paradise
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To: EQAndyBuzz

it was all a dream and John Goodman wakes up in the shower with his gay husband


17 posted on 08/27/2018 4:01:01 PM PDT by a fool in paradise
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To: EdnaMode
...Barr’s character will be killed off in the upcoming The Conners spinoff.

Along with the franchise.

18 posted on 08/27/2018 4:01:02 PM PDT by MileHi (Liberalism is an ideology of parasites, hypocrites, grievance mongers, victims, and control freaks.)
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To: Anti-Bubba182

ABCDisney deserves to fail. Walt wouldn’t recognize the place.

Only a decade or so before China buys it all anyway.


19 posted on 08/27/2018 4:02:43 PM PDT by a fool in paradise
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To: EdnaMode
I have no intention of watching the show anyway, but it seems kind of hacky to do the old “killed of” routine. What I would love to see in one of these shows where the main character leaves, is all the other characters go on like that character is still there. That is to say every character still yells “hello” to mom who is supposedly in the next room and mumbles something unintelligible back and the only thing you ever see onscreen is a brief flash of their back as they walk by. When anybody asks where they are, it's always something like “on the phone” “in the bathroom” “out shopping” etc. It would be funny and not as overused as the “dead” or “moved” clichés.
20 posted on 08/27/2018 4:04:35 PM PDT by apillar
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