Roseanne is headed back home.
ABC, the landmark comedy’s original network, has beat out Netflix for rights to an eight-episode present-day revival featuring pretty much the entire original cast, including titular star Roseanne Barr, leading man John Goodman and supporting players Sara Gilbert and Laurie Metcalf.
“We’re rebooting Roseanne,” ABC president Channing Dungey confirmed Tuesday on a conference call with reporters, adding that the revival “is planned for midseason.”
More to come…
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