# 'Roseanne' returning to ABC with the full cast intact **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 16, 2017, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/roseanne-returning-to-abc-with-the-full-cast-intact/786794 "2017-05-16T22:39:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Kamino\_Neko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kamino_neko/32/34_2.png) [@Kamino\_Neko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamino_Neko)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2017, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/roseanne-returning-to-abc-with-the-full-cast-intact/786794/41 "2017-05-18T03:45:50Z")
> [@Nars\_Glinley](#): > > Was he on Roseanne? He was Rosanne’s boss in the two seasons. ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2017, 5:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/roseanne-returning-to-abc-with-the-full-cast-intact/786794/42 "2017-05-18T05:14:59Z")
I watched Roseanne regularly the first three seasons. The Halloween episodes were always very good. I lost interest and didn’t watch the regularly beyond that. I did see an episode where Jackie BF abuses her. Dan finds out and beats the crap out of the guy (yay!) and goes to jail. It seemed a bit serious for a sitcom. Dramas usually tackles domestic abuse. ---
**Author:** ![TreacherousCretin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/treacherouscretin/32/476_2.png) [@TreacherousCretin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TreacherousCretin)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2017, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/roseanne-returning-to-abc-with-the-full-cast-intact/786794/43 "2017-05-18T16:50:21Z")
> [@IvoryTowerDenizen](#): > > Since he died in the original show, I wonder if he’ll just make a few cameo appearances in flashbacks. According to the only article I’ve read about this, it will turn out that Roseanne’s “final episode complete series rewrite” was mistaken about Dan, who faked his own death. Roseanne apparently doesn’t know when to stop digging. I’m definitely not going to bother watching this, I think it’s almost certainly going to stink. ---
**Author:** ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2017, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/roseanne-returning-to-abc-with-the-full-cast-intact/786794/44 "2017-05-18T17:34:23Z")
> [@TreacherousCretin](#): > > According to the only article I’ve read about this, it will turn out that Roseanne’s “final episode complete series rewrite” was mistaken about Dan, who faked his own death. > Roseanne apparently doesn’t know when to stop digging. > > I’m definitely not going to bother watching this, I think it’s almost certainly going to stink. Oy, that’s bad. I loved Roseanne when it aired, and it does hold up in reruns, but I’m not terribly excited about this. I was so psyched for X-files and Gilmore Girls, but I’m not sure there’s much more I need to know about the Connor’s story. ---
**Author:** ![Helena330](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/helena330/32/531_2.png) [@Helena330](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Helena330)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2017, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/roseanne-returning-to-abc-with-the-full-cast-intact/786794/45 "2017-05-18T19:20:45Z")
Oh, geez. Faked his own death?? :smack: A campy riff on Dallas’s “it was all a dream” to explain it away would be better. Although I guess they already did that. What a mess. ---
**Author:** ![Amateur\_Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/59ef9b/32.png) [@Amateur\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amateur_Barbarian)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2017, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/roseanne-returning-to-abc-with-the-full-cast-intact/786794/46 "2017-05-18T20:10:26Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > Within a dream within a dream? No. “A dweam wiffin a dweam.” \*Roseanne \*is one of the many, many shows I never saw a minute of during my long hiatus from watching TV. (Never saw _Friends_, or _Seinfeld_, or any programs in that 15 or so years.) Given the massive quality improvement in most programming, I am not sure who thinks dragging a long-running (=all plots exhausted) '80s sitcom back is a good idea. See: _The Bradys_. Or even the later Lucy shows. ---
**Author:** ![Amateur\_Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/59ef9b/32.png) [@Amateur\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amateur_Barbarian)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2017, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/roseanne-returning-to-abc-with-the-full-cast-intact/786794/47 "2017-05-18T20:12:22Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > I’m surprised they were able to get Goodman to sign on. His career is doing well enough that he doesn’t need to return to a supporting role in a sitcom. He’s a bigger name now than Roseanne is. I’d bet he will be a minor character, seen only every third episode or something. Just guessing. ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2017, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/roseanne-returning-to-abc-with-the-full-cast-intact/786794/48 "2017-05-18T20:29:03Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > I’m surprised they were able to get Goodman to sign on. His career is doing well enough that he doesn’t need to return to a supporting role in a sitcom. He’s a bigger name now than Roseanne is. Loyalty? Her casting him on her show is what made him a star, and maybe it never went to his head. ---
**Author:** ![dougie\_monty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/439d5e/32.png) [@dougie\_monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dougie_monty)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2017, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/roseanne-returning-to-abc-with-the-full-cast-intact/786794/49 "2017-05-18T20:50:11Z")
> [@aceplace57](#): > > Dan is dead. I assume that will be explained somehow. They can always cop out the way \*Dallas \* did and say it was a dream. :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![F.U.Shakespeare](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/aca169/32.png) [@F.U.Shakespeare](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/F.U.Shakespeare)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2017, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/roseanne-returning-to-abc-with-the-full-cast-intact/786794/50 "2017-05-18T21:49:43Z")
> [@notfrommensa](#): > > Full Cast in tact? > > One of the actors that plays Roseanne’s son-in-law is dead and the other one is one of the lead actor in another sit-com. I didn’t know that about [Glenn Quinn, the guy who played Mark](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glenn_Quinn). And a heroin overdose. Gee, for an actor playing a working-class white guy in flyover country, isn’t that taking method acting a little too far? ---
**Author:** ![TreacherousCretin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/treacherouscretin/32/476_2.png) [@TreacherousCretin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TreacherousCretin)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2017, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/roseanne-returning-to-abc-with-the-full-cast-intact/786794/51 "2017-05-18T22:26:45Z")
nm ---
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2017, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/roseanne-returning-to-abc-with-the-full-cast-intact/786794/52 "2017-05-18T23:00:02Z")
Will Johnny Galecki participate? I’ve seen no mention of him, not in the articles nor in this thread. mmm ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2017, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/roseanne-returning-to-abc-with-the-full-cast-intact/786794/53 "2017-05-19T00:51:22Z")
> [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](#): > > Will Johnny Galecki participate? I’ve seen no mention of him, not in the articles nor in this thread. > mmm I mentioned that one of the son-in-laws was dead and the other son-in-law was a lead actor in a highly successful sit-com. ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2017, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/roseanne-returning-to-abc-with-the-full-cast-intact/786794/54 "2017-05-19T00:55:14Z")
> [@ElvisL1ves](#): > > Loyalty? Her casting him on her show is what made him a star, and maybe it never went to his head. You forgot about his unforgettable performance in **Revenge of the Nerds** ---
**Author:** ![Ranger\_Jeff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranger_jeff/32/2065_2.png) [@Ranger\_Jeff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranger_Jeff)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2017, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/roseanne-returning-to-abc-with-the-full-cast-intact/786794/55 "2017-05-19T03:57:30Z")
Dan was only dead in the last episode. They could do a “that didn’t happen”. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/roseanne-returning-to-abc-with-the-full-cast-intact/786794.md?page=2)