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hlthe2b

(102,343 posts) Mon Aug 27, 2018, 11:54 PM Aug 2018

John Goodman Says Roseanne Barr Will Be Killed Off In 'The Conners' Spin-Off

This is politics' cross-over into entertainment--the aftermath of Roseanne's racist tweets-- so I think it belongs in GD

John Goodman Says Roseanne Barr Will Be Killed Off In ‘The Conners’ Spin-Off
ABC picked up a spin-off of the revival weeks after the comedian’s racist tweet.

https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/john-goodman-hints-roseanne-will-be-killed-off-in-the-conners-spin-off_us_5b844559e4b034858602b69b

How do you solve a problem like Roseanne Barr? If you’re ABC, giving her eponymous show the axe might just not cut it.

In one fell swoop in May, the comedian got herself fired and her hit ABC show canceled for a racist tweet about former Barack Obama aide Valerie Jarrett.

Weeks after the scandal, however, a spin-off titled “The Conners” was picked up by the network, which will reunite the revival’s cast sans the titular star. But exactly how the new series will proceed in Barr’s absence hasn’t been revealed until now.

In a Times of London profile published Sunday, actor John Goodman, who reprised his role as Barr’s husband Dan in the revival, said her character will be six feet under by the time “The Conners” premieres in October.

more at the link...

No going back after that...~!

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John Goodman Says Roseanne Barr Will Be Killed Off In 'The Conners' Spin-Off (Original Post) hlthe2b Aug 2018 OP

That's fucking great! Glamrock Aug 2018 #1

Lol. Hassin Bin Sober Aug 2018 #7

Yeah, that would be Cha Aug 2018 #14

That show might as well be six feet under also as the concept of it is DOA before even airing. brush Aug 2018 #2

I really like John Goodman and Lauri Metcalf, but yeah, this sounds grim. hlthe2b Aug 2018 #4

Valerie Harper's character was killed off on Valerie RhodeIslandOne Aug 2018 #5

Different situation - that was a moderately rated show that fired its star after the first season. Midwestern Democrat Aug 2018 #16

The Andy Griffith Show did quite well without Andy Kaleva Aug 2018 #8

John Amos wanted off of the comedy Good Times Raine Aug 2018 #13

I'd say this could be an exception because of Cha Aug 2018 #15

but her ghost will be back for sweeps after the ratings tank. TeamPooka Aug 2018 #3

Maybe the character will have died from choking... Behind the Aegis Aug 2018 #6

I still agree with the suggestion that FoxNewsSucks Aug 2018 #9

The show will do fine, the cast is so good that they can carry it donkeypoofed Aug 2018 #10

RE: No going back after that.. Algernon Moncrieff Aug 2018 #11

Exactly as I predicted. Many good plot lines available for the widower's plucky, combative family. Hekate Aug 2018 #12

Is she going to die in an apartment fire at the Trump Tower, as the result bullwinkle428 Aug 2018 #17

well on the original show his character was killed off, too book_worm Aug 2018 #18

Many here will enjoy this response to the news.... hlthe2b Aug 2018 #19

Glamrock

(11,802 posts)

1. That's fucking great!

Reply to hlthe2b (Original post)

Tue Aug 28, 2018, 12:04 AM

Aug 2018

Hopefully she's crushed by a pallet of MAGA hats.

Hassin Bin Sober

(26,335 posts)

7. Lol.

Reply to Glamrock (Reply #1)

Tue Aug 28, 2018, 12:20 AM

Aug 2018

Cha

(297,532 posts)

14. Yeah, that would be

Reply to Glamrock (Reply #1)

Tue Aug 28, 2018, 02:56 AM

Aug 2018

some Just Desserts.. Ouch!

brush

(53,837 posts)

2. That show might as well be six feet under also as the concept of it is DOA before even airing.

Reply to hlthe2b (Original post)

Tue Aug 28, 2018, 12:05 AM

Aug 2018

hlthe2b

(102,343 posts)

4. I really like John Goodman and Lauri Metcalf, but yeah, this sounds grim.

Reply to brush (Reply #2)

Tue Aug 28, 2018, 12:09 AM

Aug 2018

I don't recall a sitcom doing well after killing off a main character. Dramas, yeah, but comedies?

I know they are just trying to save jobs for the crew, but, yikes.

RhodeIslandOne

(5,042 posts)

5. Valerie Harper's character was killed off on Valerie

Reply to hlthe2b (Reply #4)

Tue Aug 28, 2018, 12:14 AM

Aug 2018

They replaced her with Sandy Duncan and the show ran a few more seasons.

Midwestern Democrat

(806 posts)

16. Different situation - that was a moderately rated show that fired its star after the first season.

Reply to RhodeIslandOne (Reply #5)

Tue Aug 28, 2018, 08:52 AM

Aug 2018

This is a revival of a huge hit - this would be more like trying to do one of Lucille Ball's shows without Lucille Ball.

Kaleva

(36,328 posts)

8. The Andy Griffith Show did quite well without Andy

Reply to hlthe2b (Reply #4)

Tue Aug 28, 2018, 12:27 AM

Aug 2018

It was renamed Mayberry R.F.D. . Although Andy's character wasn't killed off, the show had good ratings without the main star or Don Knotts.

Raine

(30,540 posts)

13. John Amos wanted off of the comedy Good Times

Reply to hlthe2b (Reply #4)

Tue Aug 28, 2018, 02:46 AM

Aug 2018

they killed the character off in a car accident and the show went on for several seasons.

Cha

(297,532 posts)

15. I'd say this could be an exception because of

Reply to hlthe2b (Reply #4)

Tue Aug 28, 2018, 03:05 AM

Aug 2018

what led her to be Fired and then Killed off.

Not the norm.

TeamPooka

(24,248 posts)

3. but her ghost will be back for sweeps after the ratings tank.

Reply to hlthe2b (Original post)

Tue Aug 28, 2018, 12:08 AM

Aug 2018

Behind the Aegis

(53,976 posts)

6. Maybe the character will have died from choking...

Reply to hlthe2b (Original post)

Tue Aug 28, 2018, 12:20 AM

Aug 2018

...on her own bile.

FoxNewsSucks

(10,434 posts)

9. I still agree with the suggestion that

Reply to hlthe2b (Original post)

Tue Aug 28, 2018, 12:31 AM

Aug 2018

the role be re-cast by Rosie O'Donnell

donkeypoofed

(2,187 posts)

10. The show will do fine, the cast is so good that they can carry it

Reply to hlthe2b (Original post)

Tue Aug 28, 2018, 01:25 AM

Aug 2018

I will be tuning in; I can't wait !

Algernon Moncrieff

(5,790 posts)

11. RE: No going back after that..

Reply to hlthe2b (Original post)

Tue Aug 28, 2018, 02:25 AM

Aug 2018

Dan Conner (John Goodman) was killed off in the final original episode theoretically. So there is going back - whether they wanted to use the dream sequence plot device or some other trick.