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Variety and Deadline.com reported that a revival with
original cast members Roseanne Barr, John Goodman and Sara
Gilbert was being shopped around broadcast networks and
streaming services.
Reuters could not independently confirm the reports.
The original "Roseanne" was broadcast from 1988-1997 and was the
most watched TV show in the United States in 1989 and 1990. It
featured a blue-collar family, with overweight parents, who were
struggling to get by in the fictional town of Lanford, Illinois.
The show was praised for being a realistic portrayal of a
working-class family.
Deadline.com said the intention was to include other principal
original actors, such as Laurie Metcalf and Johnny Galecki, in
the reboot.
In an appearance in March on daytime talk show "The Talk," which
is co-hosted by Gilbert, Goodman was enthusiastic about bringing
back the show.
"Roseanne" would be the latest hit show from the 1980s and 199Os
to get a revival. "Will & Grace," a comedy that helped bring gay
men and women into mainstream pop culture, is returning to NBC
with 12 new episodes within the next year, while supernatural
crime "Twin Peaks" is coming back in May some 27 years after it
was first shown.
There have also been revivals or sequels to popular American TV
series "Gilmore Girls" and "Full House" in the past two years.
(Reporting by Jill Serjeant; Editing by Bill Trott)
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