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Roseanne Barr challenges Hollywood to give her another shot after controversial 'Roseanne' exit
Eight years after her departure from the Roseanne reboot, 73-year-old Roseanne Barr has self-financed a new sitcom titled Meemaw: A Modern Day Fable
Key takeaways
- Roseanne Barr self-financed a new sitcom titled Meemaw: A Modern Day Fable and is shopping it to buyers.
- Barr pitched her new sitcom to Elon Musk, but he did not return her calls.
- ABC forced Barr to choose between giving up her rights to the show or having the production canceled.
- Barr was not paid for the seven seasons of The Conners.
Eight years after her departure from the Roseanne reboot, 73-year-old Roseanne Barr has self-financed a new sitcom titled Meemaw: A Modern Day Fable and is actively pitching it to potential buyers, including Elon Musk. The Texas-set show follows the matriarch of a prepper family and co-stars Drea de Matteo, Omar Gooding, and Randy Quaid. Barr also claimed ABC pressured her into giving up rights to the spinoff series The Conners following her 2018 dismissal.
Marks Roseanne Barr's self-financed bid to return to television with a new sitcom.
In their words
“Anybody who wants a number one show and is smart enough to take a number one show.”
“I don’t know why he hasn’t called me or returned my calls. I mean, of all people on earth, I’m the one he should call, but I don’t know.”
By the numbers
- 73
- Age of Roseanne Barr
- 8
- Years since firing from Roseanne reboot
- 7
- Seasons run by The Conners without Barr
How it unfolded
- Roseanne Barr fired from reboot after tweet
- Barr pitches self-financed sitcom Meemaw to buyers
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