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.
They can do what they want. Nobody is going to watch the show.
Shot to death by a crazed LIBERAL DEMOCRAT at a softball practice?
By a muzzie attack or they go to Chicago on a trip and .....
The neighbors across the street?
Never watched the original one, didn’t watch the revival, won’t watch the re-boot.
I hope the whole thing flops.
The Conners will be DOA. Roseanne was the show.
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.
They just killed off the show and it deserves to die without Roseanne.
Roseanne Barr’s tweet about Jarrett was not racist.
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.
I can hardly wait to not watch it.
Shot by a Bernie Bro socialist justice war-rior no doubt.
Killed by Cousin Oliver of the Brady Bunch.
Shark jump that went wrong
it was all a dream and John Goodman wakes up in the shower with his gay husband
Along with the franchise.
ABCDisney deserves to fail. Walt wouldn’t recognize the place.
Only a decade or so before China buys it all anyway.
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