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Roseanne and The Conners

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I do tend to agree, but...

The Hogan Family...

While I have no expertise in this regard and am nothing but one dumbass with an opinion I think that may have been an easier situation. "Valerie" had only been on for a single season when they killed her off, there was no real history with the character and I think it can be argued that they hadn't established what the show even was yet so it was easier to pivot.

Edit: I would also add that I don't remember what Valerie Harper's specific issues were so I may be overlooking something there too.
 

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While I have no expertise in this regard and am nothing but one dumbass with an opinion I think that may have been an easier situation. "Valerie" had only been on for a single season when they killed her off, there was no real history with the character and I think it can be argued that they hadn't established what the show even was yet so it was easier to pivot.

Edit: I would also add that I don't remember what Valerie Harper's specific issues were so I may be overlooking something there too.
To assist in your argument...

The Hogan Family also had a talent like Jason Bateman to carry the show. While The Connors will have John Goodman, I get the sense it will be centered on Darlene’s character. And Sarah Gilbert is not as charismatic as Jason Bateman.

Also, this is likely the one exception that proves the rule (though even at its height, THF was never as big as Rosanne and as you mentioned, only had a 1-year history as Valerie vs the 7 seasons plus a generation of syndication for Rosanne)
 

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To assist in your argument...

The Hogan Family also had a talent like Jason Bateman to carry the show. While The Connors will have John Goodman, I get the sense it will be centered on Darlene’s character. And Sarah Gilbert is not as charismatic as Jason Bateman.

Also, this is likely the one exception that proves the rule (though even at its height, THF was never as big as Rosanne and as you mentioned, only had a 1-year history as Valerie vs the 7 seasons plus a generation of syndication for Rosanne)

I was incorrect actually, it was apparently two seasons with Valerie. But still not the same long history as Roseanne, as we have both said.
 

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Here's how they should continue the story for The Conners spinoff:

Rosanne undergoes gender reassignment surgery and......






Voila!



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Jim Carrey's been washed-up for a couple years.... he would probably do the gig.



:D
 
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Here's how they should continue the story for The Conners spinoff:

Rosanne undergoes gender reassignment surgery and......






Voila!



1511432588_626389_1511432745_noticia_normal.jpg



Jim Carrey's been washed-up for a couple years.... he would probably do the gig.



:D

IDK, Carrey has been having psychological issues for awhile now.
 

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If you can have two Dicks you can have two Roseanne's
Problem solved

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Is there really any serious question as to how they will handle it in-story?

She will go in for the surgery and die on the table. Let the hilarity commence.
 

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Without Roseanne, I don't think the spinoff will go beyond the first season. I just don't see it happen unless the cast members can put on a show. I maybe wrong, because The Hogan Family lasted three more seasons without Valerie Harper.
 

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No way this works unless they replace Roseanne with someone with some comic chemistry with the rest of the cast, especially Goodman who's great but has always been sort of a 2nd banana on that show playing off of Roseanne.
 

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Without Roseanne, I don't think the spinoff will go beyond the first season. I just don't see it happen unless the cast members can put on a show. I maybe wrong, because The Hogan Family lasted three more seasons without Valerie Harper.
It will be an epic fail, much like Lethal Weapon will be without Crawford.
 

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John Goodman was awful in the small amount of the show I saw.


Like he'd suffered a stroke or something.


I just hope they do a lot to mock Roseanne's fat, old, scummy, racist ass before it gets cancelled, again. Like let Tim Arnold come on a few times.
 

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This was a crappy idea from the git go.
And ABC chopped the head off of any chance it would have made it at all.
 

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They should make it interesting by intimating that the transgender kid killed Roseanne and abused her corpse.
 

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Oh, and have Dan start getting it on with the strident sister....I think she was Roseanne's sister, I have always hated this show with a passion because Barr is obnoxious and not funny. Watched the first show last season when the wife put it on, chuckled maybe twice.
 

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I think President Trump should make a guest appearance on the show, just to piss everyone off
 
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