Roseanne

I win!

good news i think everyone will agree

https://people.com/tv/roseanne-barr-walks-away-spinoff/

So who'll be the smartass on that show now?

i would guess darlene in her usual way?

just updating. looks like the Conners returns in October.

https://variety.com/2018/tv/news/roseanne-the-connors-1202882075/

Juliette Lewis joining the Connors show

https://www.facebook.com/TheConnersABC/posts/1564797846999536?__xts__[0]=68.ARC5CEIq3QB05yx0Q-7nUFEFGKFQg56_pDRvK1Gkkm-UD58sjOWr6fwcbg7f6b2odedo-keoy4CmXMUOetvPu0NYqyMEsnmPvy3ujntEv7p3SteHK941QKUrrSaEtXDeD605sGyfeeYar6P1OJuERvynFbA5cpj_Q5NxKCBOzcDhFQyVHoLPmOgd_myWyrtUX13nRBGrlfAJUxU6tAOk-PBduushnb5U0r3T_hoB9A&__tn__=K-R

hmmm Roseanne did great, MB bombs. i guess bashing doesn't equate to good

https://ew.com/tv/2018/09/28/murphy-brown-ratings/

I think we're seeing the death of network TV. I'm cutting my cable tomorrow and it looks like the future is here. The network rating system is antiquated and only counts live viewership and no show will survive that.

i'm honestly surprised network tv has lasted this long, with all the competition. they need another 'Lost' to bring back viewers

I agree. Network tv is in its declining years. I mean there will still be networks and tvs receiving them but momentum will continue to go to non-cable streaming. Subscription viewing. As for MB, I don't care what its ratings are. Will I like the show? If I decide to watch it that is. I haven't even watched the Will and Grace reboot and I enjoyed its earlier incarnation more than that of Murphy Brown. But Roseanne early on spoke to me in some way. I think it was the family members yelling at one another and everyone being right some of the time and wrong some of the time. It just had more depth. I watched the Roseanne reboot and liked a lot of it. Roseanne the person can get stuffed, but the show was fine.

Zaphod wrote:

rumors:

The answerable part first: I'll give the Connors a chance.


The unanswerable part second: I heard that too.

I'm not sure the show would be watchable without that character.

I'd be willing to give it a shot, but i gotta be honest: i wouldn't go far out of my way to do so. Make a note to watch a particular channel that i already have access to, at a time that i would normally watch tv: sure, i'd even set an alarm on my phone for it; anything more than that: probably not, at least not right away.

Exact same conditions if the show resumes and that harsher rumor is untrue.

lol i can't remember the last time i actually watched a show when it was broadcasting live - i'm always behind

No I wouldn't go out of my way to watch it live. I seldom watch anything live either.

i wonder what % of the population actually does watch live, i'd say under 30%. it's too easy to watch at your own convenience now.

more Connors news

https://people.com/tv/sara-gilbert-john-goodman-laurie-metcalf-speak-out-together-first-time-roseanne-barr/

eta: i love John Goodman, but it's unsettling seeing him aft the weight loss. being a larger (read big ass) guy myself, I guess I related to the bigger guy

It's like "Archie Bunker's Place" without Archie and of course Edith had died. It would be a funeral.

Frazier did fine, the Connors will do fine.

More tidbits re plot coming out. So we've got Juliette Lewis and Mary Steenburgen guesting on the show. I don't recall MS being on the prior version of the show, so I'm thinking she's a new character.

https://www.inquisitr.com/5114416/mary-steenburgen-guest-star-the-conners-premiere-episode/

wow, ok, let down city. 2/10, pretty g d dismal. i will give a 2nd epi a watch, but way doubtful lenses on already.

i may be in the minority, it had 10 million viewers (not as good as the initial season 10 premiere, but a respectable number.) I'm hoping they will move on from Roseanne's demise and get into some good stories about the rest of the group. That first episode did little for me at all, so yep disappointed.

Anybody else bother to watch, have an opinion?

Zaphod wrote:

Well Roseanne has said her character dies of an opioid overdose.

Prediciton: Life will imitate art.

lol nah John. she's like many people...the irritating ones (cough congress, senate) last forever and never go away. good ones kick off early, i think they just get fed up.

Did anyone watch or listen to the Rosanne podcast when she was on Rogan ??

I did not know about the whole brain damage thing, put things into perspective for alot of things, and the people around her should have been way more forgiving.

They really fucked her over for no reason, I am very disappointing with how they chose to kill her off.

I really think this was a wake up call for Rosanne tho, and I hope she does say focused on her new projects and staying healthy.