The comedian slams ABC for firing her in 2018 from her top-rated sitcom Roseanne (which was subsequently re-branded The Conners), and compared her treatment to that of two other popular transgressive comics, Dave Chappelle and Louis C.K. “It was a witch burning.”
Barr’s first comedy special since 2006 now has a title, Cancel This!, and a debut date, as Fox Nation launches a marketing campaign off yesterday’s NFC Championship Game.
TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Comedian and divisive former television star Roseanne Barr says her sitcom was canceled last year because of backlash against her support for Israel. Barr spoke […]
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Many TV Academy members, like the culture at large, are grappling with the show’s success and the divisive personal politics of its star.
Following Donald Trump’s election, the network realized it was leaving some viewers behind — and put into effect a plan that brought back a working-class sitcom.
Dungey: ‘Roseanne’ A Win For Broadcast TV
ABC Entertainment President Channing Dungey, who marketed the show at NASCAR events, talks about season two (which is a foregone conclusion), if the comedy could return in the fall and if the network will revive other legacy shows (or Last Man Standing).
WASHINGTON (AP) — Roseanne Barr said Thursday she’s running for the Green Party’s presidential nomination – and it’s no joke. The actress-comedian said in a statement that she’s a longtime […]
The former sitcom star-turned-best-selling author has set up a new project, Downwardly Mobile, at 20th Century Fox Television with her longtime boyfriend Johnny Argent.
