Joel McHale
When it comes to comedy, the networks have some tough decisions to make in the next few months. Do they stick with low-rated but critically adored shows with rabid fan bases, like NBC's Community? Or do they attempt to emulate the success of sitcoms with broad appeal but little acclaim, like the CBS hit 2 Broke Girls?
A handful of shows — including Modern Family and The Big Bang Theory — manage to pull off the rare feat of landing big accolades and big ...
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John Goodman and Roseanne Barr
This fall, the networks want to party like it's 1992. It was 20 years ago that stars like Roseanne Barr, John Goodman, Kirstie Alley and John Stamos ruled the sitcom world. Now they're all back, and signed on to star in new comedy pilots this spring.
The trend started this season with Tim Allen's successful return to TV as the...
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Roseanne Barr, John Goodman
Roseanne and Dan John Goodman are finally reuniting!
Goodman has joined the cast of Barr's new NBC pilot Downwardly Mobile, TVGuide.com has learned.
Pilot Season: NBC picks up eight comedies, including ones from Roseanne Barr, Jimmy Fallon
Written and executive-produced by Barr, the pilot will...
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Roseanne Barr
No joke: Roseanne Barr says she is gunning for the Green Party's presidential nomination, The Associated Press reports.
"The Democrats and Republicans have proven that they are servants — bought and paid for by the 1 percent — who are not doing what's in the best interest of the American people," Barr said.
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The Munsters
Remember last fall's The Playboy Club and Charlie's Angels? Both shows quickly fizzled — but their failure didn't sour the networks on period dramas or remakes. Both trends are hot again as pilot season gets underway this winter.
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Roseanne Barr, Scott Silveri
Hot on the heels of picking up drama projects from Jason Katims and Dick Wolf, NBC has green-lit three new comedy pilots.
Downwardly Mobile, written and executive-produced by Roseanne Barr, will bring the Roseanne star back to series television as...
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Roseanne Barr
Many women dread menopause. Roseanne Barr is not one of those women.
"Menopause had indeed made me into a nicer person," the 59-year-old former sitcom star writes in a column for Newsweek. "After menopause, I discovered the joy of drinking wine, and of sinking deeply into writing and time alone. These things replaced the sex drive I had thoroughly cruised down as a youth, exploring one dead end, detour, and unpaved dirty road after...
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Roseanne Barr
NBC has snagged Roseanne Barr's comeback sitcom Downwardly Mobile, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
Check out all the familiar faces returning to TV this year
Like Roseanne, the comedy is about a blue-collar family — this time living in a mobile home community. Barr co-created the project with longtime boyfriend Johnny Argent and former ...
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Rosie O'Donnell
Last Friday, Rosie O'Donnell composed some poetry about her return to television. Included are lines about how she had blown the deadline for publishing the poem online, as well as observations about the people she met that same night while eating dinner at Gibsons Steak House in Chicago.
As for what's to come on her new talk show, she wrote only this: "as I prepare to return / 2 something much bigger than a show / I am reminded how lucky I am / have always been / thank u oprah / here we go." O'Donnell says, so far, she feels no pressure. "I feel nothing but privilege, truthfully," she told reporters during a conference call Wednesday. ""For Oprah to not only ask me to be on ...
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Roseanne's Nuts, Roseanne Barr
It looks like Lifetime no longer wants to be in bed with Roseanne Barr and her nuts.
The cable network has opted not to pick up a second season of her reality show, Roseanne's Nuts, according to Barr herself. "Roseanne's Nuts has been canceled...
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