Posted on 05/30/2018 4:05:46 PM PDT by EdnaMode
With the shock of the swift and sudden cancellation by ABC of its highest-rated series Roseanne — after the series’ co-creator, star and executive producer Roseanne Barr’s racist tweets — finally starting to subside, a question emerges: What’s next?
I hear executive producers Tom Werner and Sara Gilbert, the main driving force behind the revival, are expected to meet with some of the series’ writers, led by executive producer/showrunner Bruce Helford, in a few days — after the raw emotions from the abrupt cancellation have cooled off — to kick around possible ideas for continuing the show without Barr.
The effort to save the show in some shape and form, led by Carsey-Werner, which owns and produces Roseanne, is understandable given the success of the revival and the money at stake. The independent production company already has all actors under contract for next season. The top-notch co-starring cast, led by John Goodman, Laurie Metcalf and Gilbert, love working together and I hear they are potentially open to returning if the right creative idea is presented to them.
Still, there are a lot of hurdles, from coming up with a concept that will live up to the high creative bar set by the original series to changing the name of the show.
An informed source close to the situation said pulling off an offshoot series with the rest of the Roseanne cast is “possible but not probable.” Another source called it “a long shot.” If it comes together, Roseanne 2.0 would likely not be ready for fall. if it doesn’t, the focus will shift to who will get paid for the aborted Season 11. I hear there have been no conversations yet with the Roseanne cast, writers or crew about compensation but such talks should be forthcoming if the Hail Mary pass to salvage the show does not work.
I hear ABC is currently not involved in any discussions about a potential Roseanne spinoff without Barr. Unlike the case of Two and a Half Men star Charlie Sheen, who was fired by series producer Warner Bros TV after his epic 2011 meltdown but the series was kept alive by CBS until a replacement was found, ABC didn’t just disassociate itself from Barr, it canceled her series. That makes for more complicated conversations should a potential offshoot overcome the first big hurdle — coming up with a concept that the producers and cast like.
And then there is Barr, whose shadow will be looming large in the background. After initially apologizing to Valerie Jarrett for the racist Planet of the Apes comparison, Barr has grown more defiant, re-tweeting up a storm of messages from supporters and indicating she may be ready a fight back.
Roseanne Barr ✔ @therealroseanne you guys make me feel like fighting back. I will examine all of my options carefully and get back to U. 2:54 PM - May 30, 2018
Barr already attacked two of her Roseanne cast members, Michael Fishman and Gilbert, who had condemned her Jarrett tweets. She will likely continue to lob Twitter grenades should the show, which she co-created and headlined for 10 seasons, go on without her.
Roseann should file a Multi Million dollar lawsuit for Discrimination
She had a Medical Condition and was Fired for it, clearly her “sickness or disease” is covered.
It might also qualify as Senior Abuse for the intentional infliction of emotional distress.
If so then they would have used this opportunity to fire Roseanne rather than cancelling the show.
People were tuning in to Roseanne to vote their approval of Donald Trump and protest the unfair anti Trump/ anti MAGA media bias they were seeing virtually every other show on every network.
Are sitcom viewers really that political?
The number who wanted a nostalgic return of an old series or who wanted to see a Middle American family again may have outweighed those who had a political motivation.
Some viewers are that political , but many are simply voting with their feet (or remote controls) to watch a show that has a positive view of America as opposed to the leftist propaganda garbage that is being forced on them by the TV content providers.
They could turn it into a “Reality Show” where the family has to rescue Rosanne from a Gulag somewhere.
You are correct. One call from the Obama-Clinton machine and it was over.
Lets see how they handle Harvey.....
Not that I watched any of the Roseanne show, I definitely would not watch the Connors.
Sudden death through an aneurysm. But how will they get the crew to even get back together after the funeral?
The city of Lanford, Illinois, mourns the death of its most beloved colorful character.
Too bad there is no real brave network or cable channel willing to take a chance. Even Hulu pulled the reruns and all the oldie channels pulled the original reruns. Money to be made but they all cower in fear if they continue.
I hope that they spend a bazillion dollars on it - and it loses 6 bazillion.
A trip to Chicago raped and gunned down by some heavily pigmented feral yout
All this fuss over Valerie f’ng Jarret. She’s not worth it.
Have the Gilbert bitch shoot Roseanne with an AR-15 and I might watch.
Who’s going to watch All in the Family without Archie???
Seriously? Have they NOT been paying attention to the NFL?
If the fans of Roseanne feel they're being played by liberal SJWs, they will walk away from any recast without Roseanne Barr. She's becoming OUR Colin Kaepernick.
There are three ways out of this:
1. Status Quo. Roseanne, as a show is over, and Barr as a comedienne can join Michael Richards in exile.
2. Barr can go on a counter-offensive and try to convince ABC that she was a victim of uncontrollable side-effects of taking Ambien. The company that makes Ambien has already weighed in, but there is a body of testimonials, including Democrat Congressman Patrick Kennedy (who got a pass), that suggests that people do behave atypically in some cases. Any compromise that restores Roseanne would have to include some type of personal monitoring of Barr, possibly including random drug tests (punitively, of course), but she might be willing to endure this to support those on the show who need the job.
3. The show tries to go on without the eponymous Barr, in which case the pro-Trump fan base will give ABC the NFL treatment.
It's in the best interests of everyone involved to try to make option #2 work.
-PJ
p.s. Does anybody remember Comedy Central's short-lived 2001 alleged sitcom That's My Bush?
-PJ
...but...but...it's not who we are!
Can anyone imagine making Blazing Saddles today?
No kidding.
She tweeted something in poor taste and apologized immediately. ABC is being very heavy-handed over this. The punishment does not fit the crime.
Meanwhile, liberals are allowed to say the most vile things and still keep their jobs.
Zackly right.
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