Roseanne sitcom to be revived in 2018 on ABC

[EC]

Since there's not enough suffering in the world.

The US sitcom Roseanne is set for a revival, ABC network bosses have confirmed after competing with Netflix to restart the show two decades after it ended.

Most of its original cast will return for next year's eight-episode revival.

It becomes one of a slate of TV series being revived, including Will & Grace, Twin Peaks, The X Files, 24, Prison Break and The Gilmore Girls.

Roseanne aired for nine seasons in the late 1980s and through the 1990s.

Original cast members Roseanne Barr (Roseanne), John Goodman (Dan), Sara Gilbert (Darlene), Laurie Metcalf (Jackie), Michael Fishman (D.J.) and Lecy Goranson (Becky) have all been confirmed.

But Johnny Galecki, who played David, is busy with his role as Dr Leonard Hofstadter in the CBS sitcom The Big Bang Theory.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-39944321

[jmyrlefuller]

First off, they killed Dan off at the end of the series. Second, John Goodman has a pretty robust movie career right now; I'm surprised they were able to afford him.

Third, revisiting an old sitcom 20 years later, AGAIN—isn't that basically admitting that television is running out of good ideas?

[Idiot]

Since there's not enough suffering in the world.

The US sitcom Roseanne is set for a revival, ABC network bosses have confirmed after competing with Netflix to restart the show two decades after it ended.

Most of its original cast will return for next year's eight-episode revival.

It becomes one of a slate of TV series being revived, including Will & Grace, Twin Peaks, The X Files, 24, Prison Break and The Gilmore Girls.

Roseanne aired for nine seasons in the late 1980s and through the 1990s.

Original cast members Roseanne Barr (Roseanne), John Goodman (Dan), Sara Gilbert (Darlene), Laurie Metcalf (Jackie), Michael Fishman (D.J.) and Lecy Goranson (Becky) have all been confirmed.

But Johnny Galecki, who played David, is busy with his role as Dr Leonard Hofstadter in the CBS sitcom The Big Bang Theory.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-39944321

Of course all of the original actors are coming back.  They haven't worked since the  series....except for Galecki.

[Frank Cannon]

Another sign that Hollywood is circling the drain. They ran out of ideas. Read this was coming back as well.

[thackney]

Of course all of the original actors are coming back.  They haven't worked since the  series....except for Galecki.

John Goodman?  I'm not sure he has had a day out of work since the series.

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000422/

[EC]

He's an actor I enjoy - got a great range.

[LetsTalk]

I've binge watched Roseanne over the past couple of months. I remember the earlier seasons from when I was a young kid (6 or 7ish), but my family stopped watching it around season 3. Pretty good show. John Goodman and the sister are both very likeable characters. The rest, not so much.

[Idiot]

I've binge watched Roseanne over the past couple of months. I remember the earlier seasons from when I was a young kid (6 or 7ish), but my family stopped watching it around season 3. Pretty good show. John Goodman and the sister are both very likeable characters. The rest, not so much.

Yeah...I enjoyed John Goodman as well.  The rest...not so much.  And it is true that Goodman has been busy, where most of the others haven't.  Not a snowball's chance in h&ll that I'll watch the new Roseanne.