This is how I would fix it.
It’s early morning. Dan is tossing and turning in bed and let’s out a scream. The figure next to him wakes up and jokingly says, “Did you have that dream again that I was dead and you are being slowly tortured by our kids?” The figure turns over and it is Roseanne.
New season, no transgender kids. The kid is normal but does have his quirks. Leave the rest of the cast the same. Roseanne can carry them.
“Did you have that dream again that I was dead and you are being slowly tortured by our kids?” The figure turns over and it is Roseanne.
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OR
They will bring ‘Arnie’ back.
He has a tape he is trying to peddle, ABC can kill two birds with one stone...
AND get another bona fide ‘Trump hater’ in the fold.
Remember when Bob Newhart ended up in bed with the tv wife of his former show. It was so great. The new show was all a dream