What would you think about a show about The Conners, that killed off Roseanne?

[pnwmom]

I think John Goodman, and the rest of the cast, could carry a show without her.

They could set the time a year after her death, so it wouldn't be all about mourning her. Maybe John could be thinking about dating again. And the cause of death could be related to her opioid addition.

[sunonmars]

1. So do I, would be karma...

[AJT]

2. Yes. The writers are great and the actors are stellar.

[lame54]

3. It would be better if the whole family threw her out...

For being a racists

A death would be too sympathetic

[HopeAgain]

4. Only if it's a painful (make believe, of course) death. nt

[GoCubsGo]

5. I think it would be a lovely idea.

The other cast members were what made the show. Let Dan write a novel about winning the lottery after having his wife permanently committed to a psychiatric hospital, or something like that.

[Runningdawg]

6. No sympathy

they knew what they were signing up for. They knew who she was. I lost all respect for them and Wanda Sykes. Wanda earned a *little* back for immediatly resigning. NO more reboots. The head has been cut off, now bury it at the crossroad and move on.

[louis-t]

34. Wanda Sykes wins big today.

Her timing was perfect.

[Freddie]

7. She probably has creative rights

Didn't she develop the original show, characters etc.? Would hate to see her making $$ anyway. But yes this is a great idea. Show Dan dating again, have him marry a liberal.

[oberliner]

15. Yes, the show is her

[Little Star]

8. They could make Dan a widower or divorced with a new girlfriend.....

We could watch how the rest of the family reacts.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

9. Dan divorces Roseanne and marries a black woman, played by

Valerie Jarrett. Roseanne is hired as WH press secretary to replace Sarah Huckabee Sanders, who has been promoted to Chief of Staff because John Kelly's lies weren't quite facile enough. However, after Trump is impeached and Pence becomes president, Roseanne is forced out of her job because Mother is afraid Pence will be too erotically tempted by her. She ends up working for Infowars.

[pnwmom]

13. Thanks for the laugh! n/t

[joshcryer]

10. I would watch "Dan."

[pnwmom]

11. Yup. Me, too. n/t

[oberliner]

12. She created those characters

They are based on her own life.

[pnwmom]

14. Then keep the actors and change the names. She doesn't own their souls. n/t

[oberliner]

17. I think she does own the rights to the characters

I am pretty sure they can't do the show without her. I also wouldn't think the actors would accede to that, given the history.

[pnwmom]

22. What is a character? They can be living in a new house and have new names,

and there can be a back story of a wife who died a terrible death.

[oberliner]

25. I predict the other actors will move on to other projects

And put this behind them.

[joshcryer]

38. More reason for her to grant the actors rights to their own characters.

Because of the stupid mistake she made.

Right?

[Bucky]

20. There are intellectual copyright laws around to keep corporations from doing exactly that

America's writers have not run out of ideas. They can do another show.

As much as I love that cast (and as much as I respected the original show's core message & themes), the soul of free enterprise is that sometimes business ventures fail. I can't think of a more deserving cause for such a failure.

[pnwmom]

23. But intellectual copyright laws apply to specific applications.

If they changed the names and the setting, I don't know how she could own that.

[Bucky]

27. Yeah, no network is going to try that

Even if the network (miraculously) won the suit, they'd be tied up for years and spend tens of millions of dollars defending a bone-headed move to hold onto a failing show (only minus their key star), and probably piss off every single writer in Hollywood.

It's not going to happen. That's just not how Hollywood works.

[pnwmom]

32. The show wasn't failing. n/t

[SoCalDem]

16. Perhaps the original Roseanne was just enough, and

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deserves its place in history as a groundbreaking show from a time long ago..just as All in the Family was...but does not deserve to be rebooted..

I never watched the new one...rarely the old one ..

[Phentex]

31. same here

I think it should just be left alone. As should many of the old shows. Sometimes you can't go home again.

[SoCalDem]

37. or when you DO "go home"

you find it small, dingy and smelly

[SWBTATTReg]

18. R. Barr always had a gutter mouth ... I don't think I could stand to watch another ...

similar family show remotely close to R.

Enough is enough. It's over with, move on, and I wish all of the other actors and those involved w/ the show best wishes in the future (except R...she had her chance and blew it, and she has only herself to blame, no one else).

If anything, all of these people probably could get onto the talk shows and wax on endlessly about the mutterings and idiotic statements of R.

[pnwmom]

24. You might not, but maybe 18 million viewers could. And freed from Roseanne's input,

the writers could come up with a better show.

[SWBTATTReg]

26. And if so (a better show), then my heartfelt wishes go out to them!! Good points. Nt

[NightWatcher]

19. It's shitty tv. Let it go

She did the arts and humanities a favor by running her mouth. Celebrate a small victory today and move on.

[Ninsianna]

21. It would be a shame for all those people on the show to lose their jobs.

Simply because of one racist being an idiot on twitter.

[oberliner]

28. Shows get cancelled all the time

No one really gives much thought to all the people who lose their jobs, generally.

I'm sure they will find other gigs.

[Ninsianna]

40. I hope so, but they had already been renewed, cancellation

doesn't usually happen in a matter e of hours.

[Nevernose]

29. Except with a different conservative

We could call it “All in the Family.”

Or we could just watch reruns of “All in the Family.” The issues and arguments haven’t changed that much, just the conservatives’ sanity, dignity, and devotion to a civil society.

[Gidney N Cloyd]

30. They did it years ago with "Valerie." Is Sandy Duncan still working?

[louis-t]

33. Hey, I might watch that.

[Sanity Claws]

35. Killed? No. How about imprisonment for a hate crime

Then Dan divorces her and marries a kind woman who is a person of color.

[Hekate]

36. I think John Goodman could carry it as a widower. Good plotlines would evolve...

Call the show "Dan." The shock at the sudden death of the all-consuming matriarch. Weeping and wisecracking over the grave. A massive wake, with all the neighbors bringing macaroni salad and jello salad and fried chicken. The new normal as the family learns to pull together again while squabbling as usual.

Hey, I'd watch a show called "Dan Connor."

[jmowreader]

39. No. Just no.

Make new art.

[Justice]

41. The Roseanne Show rights are controlled by Carsey-Werner Company and Jax Media

Roseanne executive producers Bruce Helford and Tom Werner. Helford was showrunner.

Casey-Warner Company is Marcy Carsey and Tom Werner. They produced original show. (also produced Cosby if you can believe that)

Jax Media is owned by Imagine Entertainment - principals of which Brian Grazer and Ron Howard.

If anything were to happen with "The Connors" need to get them onboard. I believe Roseanne Barr had producer or exec producer credit so she may need to approve as well.

ABC doesn't own show.