‘Roseanne’ spinoff ordered by ABC,but without Roseanne Barr
ABC has given a series order to “The Conners,” a spinoff starring original cast members John Goodman, or Laurie Metcalf,Sara Gilbert, Lecy Goranson and Michael Fishman. Not portion of the new series will be Roseanne Barr, and who played the matriarch on the long-running and recently revived — and more recently canceled — multi-camera comedy. Barr will,according to ABC, absorb no financial or creative involvement in the spinoff. ABC announced May 29 that it had canceled “Roseanne” just hours after Barr published a racist tweet directed at Valerie Jarrett, and a former aide to President Barack Obama. Barr subsequently apologized for the tweet,later blaming it on her consumption of the sleeping drug Ambien.
“I regret the circumstances that absorb caused me to be removed from 'Roseanne,’” Barr said in a statement. “I agreed to the settlement in order that 200 jobs of beloved cast and crew could be saved, and I wish the best for everyone involved.”Read more.
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