It would be hard for her to mold a new show that wasn't a replica of the old show; she would need a totally unique new show premise. I do have an idea.
What if Barr starred in a new show that was a sort of Rosie the Riveter type show? She could play a woman foreman at a recently reopened manufacturing plant in the rust belt. Instead of playing the nagging wife to a barely hirable husband and annoying kids, she could play a strong assertive team leader at a blue collar factory.
This time, she's the rally point of getting a restarted plant operational again. The cast can include both home (if they want to make her married again) and factory workers. The factory workers would all be new to the job, with perhaps a few older returnees from before it closed (that's the spot for the "and also starring..." character actor.
Home could either be aging parents to take care of, a son who works at the factory where mom is the boss, maybe she's divorced or widowed, maybe the neighbor runs a dying mom and pop store on Main Street.
They could do union stories (strikes), political stories (trade tariffs), uplifting stories (town revitalization), military stories (hiring veterans), etc.
It might last a few seasons.
-PJ
my idea for Roseanne’s next show is to keep the name of the show Rosanne but make her run a Vermont hotel …. she could then play the same character she had on the original show but have her reacting to different characters and situiations that never could of happen with the original show… then after running for 5 years you can have Rosanne waking up in bed John Goodman and say I had the strangest dream.
That really does sound like an awesome show.
Are there enough writers up to taking that challenge?