Roseanne cast gets reprieve with ABC spinoff, minus Barr
After Roseanne Barr's racist tweet, the new ABC show The Conners will feature the cast without Barr's involvement.
The Conners will feature the Roseanne cast, without Roseanne Barr.
When ABC cancelled the Roseanne reboot after Roseanne Barr's racist tweet about a former Obama aide in May, it looked like the show's cast wouldn't get another opportunity to make fans laugh.
Now the Conners will get a second chance.
ABC has given a series order to The Conners, a spin-off TV show about a working-class family starring original cast members John Goodman, Laurie Metcalf, Sara Gilbert, Lecy Goranson and Michael Fishman. But Barr won't be a part of the show.
Barr will have no financial or creative involvement in the spinoff, according to a report from Variety on Thursday.
"We have received a tremendous amount of support from fans of our show, and it's clear that these characters not only have a place in our hearts, but in the hearts and homes of our audience," ABC cast members Goodman, Metcalf, Gilbert, Goranson, and Fishman said in a joint statement.
"We all came back last season because we wanted to tell stories about the challenges facing a working-class family today."
The Conners is slated to debut this fall with a 10-episode season, and will take over the 8 p.m. Tuesday time slot on ABC that was previously reserved for Roseanne.