No, the Roseanne Reboot Wasn’t Roseanne Barr’s Idea
8 years ago Lily Garner
With her name right in the title, you might think Roseanne Barr was behind the idea for the Roseanne reboot that premieres March 27 on ABC. But actually, it was one of her onscreen daughters' idea.
"Sara Gilbert, she's on fire," Barr told ABC News.
The cast says they had all thought about getting together for some kind of reunion special, but they really hadn't thought that an actual revival of the series could happen.
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"Twenty years had passed and I'd given up hope on that," said Laurie Metcalf.
But a year ago, in March 2017, Gilbert and John Goodman were doing a sketch homage to the show on Gilbert's daytime series The Talk and the idea of bringing the show back was born.
During the interview after the show, Goodman said he'd be up for doing the show again and Gilbert told ABC News that it was then that she really "felt like having a working-class family on TV, talking about current issues, is something we need more of right now."
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