It didn’t take long for Roseanne Barr to decide what to do with her show. Soon after a Los Angeles jury handed her control of “The Conners” and $208 million in punitive damages from ABC for stealing it, Barr announced that she would run the show herself again.
The next step was deciding the direction of the 5-year show, since her character was killed off. “It’s time for a new story,” she said, “Cosby pulled it off with his sitcom wife; so can we.”
Roseanne’s publicist, Joe Barron, announced this morning that she fired the entire cast and most of the crew, with the exception of John Goodman. “Roseanne and Dan can reunite in a new life together. I’m thinking somewhere down south. We can be true patriots and go to NASCAR with confederate flags. Stuff like that.”
“Rosie wants to own the libs more than anything,” said Goodman, “I’m okay with it. I think bringing politics in was a bad idea but I’m getting $700K per episode.”
The show’s new format means it will take some time to get off the ground. The production team says the first episode should air sometime in early 2025. “I’m rich again,” said Roseanne, “I don’t really care.
