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[JoshuaFH]

This is because of what they put in the tap water.

Damn you, fluoride!

[hector13]

*something about pretending to kill children for gun control laws*

meh.

[misko27]

I just had a mental image of spittle flying from Alex Jones's mouth and my interest in this mental exercise took a sudden nosedive.

[Pancakes]

You know, I'm pretty sure Alex Jones has a supplement to combat those LIBERAL GLOBALIST thoughts...

[Folly]

I do feel bad for the rest of the cast who had a chance to get back into acting, though. The show was doing well. Thanks Roseanne.

I have to wonder if the cast of the show are all pissed at Roseanne for screwing it up...or if they always knew that it would end this way.
I do feel bad for the kids though. They didn't quite have time to develop much of an identity, and will now forever be known simply as that trans kid and the black girl who ended up living with a bunch of white rednecks for some reason.

[Max™]

The missus was baffled by my hatred of all sitcoms, particularly the "kooky dysfunctional family" ones.

'Well, I keep expecting the dad to flip out and start choking someone, kinda ruins any possible humor before the laugh track even has a chance to stomp on it.'

Not sure why people are surprised at Roseanne being a moron though, it's been a known thing for years and years.

twitter was a mistake

*read "hitler was a mistake" and agreed completely before noticing you wrote twitter but I still agree*

[JoshuaFH]

twitter was a mistake

*read "hitler was a mistake" and agreed completely before noticing you wrote twitter but I still agree*

Time to hop in the time machine, and go back and compliment Twitter's paintings.

[Max™]

Hah, did I just Godwin twitter?

I did didn't I?

Take THAT you buncha twits!

[Lord Shonus]

I do feel bad for the rest of the cast who had a chance to get back into acting, though. The show was doing well. Thanks Roseanne.

I have to wonder if the cast of the show are all pissed at Roseanne for screwing it up...or if they always knew that it would end this way.
I do feel bad for the kids though. They didn't quite have time to develop much of an identity, and will now forever be known simply as that trans kid and the black girl who ended up living with a bunch of white rednecks for some reason.

I don't know if it was deliberate or just proves your point, but the boy explicitly wasn't trans (it was brought up in the second episode - he immediately identified as a boy when asked), the black girl was the daughter of the youngest child from the original series, and there's a third kid you left out completely.

In the case of the oldest kid, she found out the show was cancelled when she called in to resign over Barr's comments. Everyone seems pretty clear where the blame lies.


It is a shame, because the show was just starting to feel like the older seasons - most of the first season amounted to little more than character (re)introduction, and hadn't focused on the plot structure that made the show good in the first place. Still, cancellation was the only plausible action ABC could take here - with half the cast and staff in open revolt, there was no chance of keeping it going short of firing Barr, and she probably holds too much of the rights to make that possible.

[nenjin]

With her name being the show title, yeah, there weren't any real options to pursue.

[Starver]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blake's_7

[Reelya]

Arguably however, the title includes the name of the group not just the man, so the concept could survive the MC's disappearance. e.g. if the show was "Roseanne's Family" then they could more plausibly kill off Roseanne and carry on.

[nenjin]

And I think mainstream American sitcoms of today and of the last decade are less ensemble driven affairs, and are more celebrity icon driven. For every Grey's Anatomy or Always Sunny there's a Roseanne, Home Improvement, Mr. Belvedere, Bill Cosby Show, Martin Lawrence Show, Fresh Prince of Bel-air and so on. None of those shows could withstand canning the lead because they're the bed rock it's built on.

[Culise]

And I think mainstream American sitcoms of today and of the last decade are less ensemble driven affairs, and are more celebrity icon driven. For every Grey's Anatomy or Always Sunny there's a Roseanne, Home Improvement, Mr. Belvedere, Bill Cosby Show, Martin Lawrence Show, Fresh Prince of Bel-air and so on. None of those shows could withstand canning the lead because they're the bed rock it's built on.

Aye, but it's not a new thing: imagine The Dick Van Dyke Show without Dick Van Dyke, The Andy Griffith Show without Andy Griffith, I Love Lucy without Lucille Ball, or Hancock's Half Hour without Tony Hancock. 

[nenjin]

Someone is either way older than me, or watched wwaaaayyyy more Nick At Nite. I shoulda remembered Andy Griffith though, my family only owned the entire boxed set on VHS when I was growing up.