Jimmy Kimmel Has a Plan to Save 'Roseanne'
On Tuesday, ABC canceled the reboot of Roseanne after Roseanne Barr tweeted a racist message about Valerie Jarrett, a former adviser to President Obama. Later that day, ABC late-night host Jimmy Kimmel urged his own network to reconsider - sort of.
Mainly, Kimmel's issue is ratings, since Roseanne broke major records when the new reboot debuted. “We don’t have much on this network. We’re hoping the NBA Finals goes 11 games this year. We’re still airing America’s Funniest Home Videos, okay?” he joked on Jimmy Kimmel Live. “Roseanne was [a] very bigly hit for ABC, and we needed it.”
Kimmel came up with a plan to save the show, but cut out the whole Roseanne part out of Roseanne. He recut a trailer of Roseanne and instead renamed it Dan, centering it around John Goodman’s character, Dan Conner, instead. And it looks just as natural as the original show itself.
Lots of Roseanne viewers echoed the same idea after the news of the show’s cancellation. After all, why let talented actors like Goodman and Laurie Metcalf go to waste?
Some people had totally solid ideas for how to make the transition work: replace Barr with Leah Remini a la Kevin Can Wait, transition the show into a Big Lebowski series, have Roseanne Conner die in a spectacular fashion, or just have her get beamed up back to her home planet.
DAN: Wow I can't believe it's been three years since Roseanne died. Oh good morning my darling wife, the established matriarch of this family, Leah Remini
- Official Centrism (@pareene) May 29, 2018
I hate that Roseanne took the livelihoods of cast and crew she didn't speak for with her. Can we just rebrand the show "Dan" and have John Goodman hang out with Jeff Bridges, slowly transitioning the whole thing to a Big Lebowski TV run?
- Richard Jeter (@MilesToGo13) May 29, 2018
[EXCLUSIVE LEAK: “ROSEANNE” SEASON 11 PREMIERE]
INT. THE CONNERS’ KITCHEN
JACKIE: Hey Dan, how are ya
DAN: Not great. We went on a road trip and at the Grand Canyon Roseanne tripped and fell into a barrel, then the barrel rolled into the canyon- Patrick Monahan (@pattymo) May 29, 2018
Season 2 Roseanne episode summaries:
Oct. 2: Becky gets for a new job; Darlene frets about her son's new art project; Roseanne remains in a coma after knee surgery.
Oct. 9: Dan starts a side business; Jackie meets a man; Roseanne remains in a coma after knee surgery.
Oct. 16...- Mark Harris (@MarkHarrisNYC) May 29, 2018
ROSEANNE enters the kitchen.
ROSEANNE: I MUST BE GOING NOW. MY HOME PLANET NEEDS ME- Dan O'Sullivan (@Bro_Pair) May 29, 2018
ABC should write Roseanne out of Roseanne. Make a spinoff show with John Goodman as the lead and call it Dan.
In the show, Roseanne's absence is explained that she was a Russian spy all along.- James Crampton (@JimCramptonWPG) May 29, 2018
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