Roseanne Barr is looking to return to primetime.
The star of ABC's long-running sitcom has teamed with one of the "Roseanne" producers, Caryn Mandabach, for a family comedy in which she would play the matriarch.
Jim Vallely ("Arrested Development") is attached to pen the script for the project, which has been pitched to Fox. He would executive produce with Mandabach, Maggie Rowe and Barr.
After her eponymous sitcom ended its nine-year run in 1997, Barr fronted a syndicated talk show and a reality series for ABC. Now she's returning to her scripted comedy roots.
Mandabach, who rose to partner at Carsey-Werner, the company behind "Roseanne," has focused for the past couple of years on producing for the BBC. In the U.S., she executive produces Showtime's upcoming series "Nurse Jackie," starring Edie Falco.
Source: THR.com
Seems like a good idea on paper, but that show was and still is one of a kind. I find it hard to believe she could capture lightning in a bottle twice.
Even if this new show works out to me nothing is as good as the brilliance of the original. But I've been wrong about such things before, so you never know.
We certainly could use more smart family oriented sit-coms on t.v. again.
Especially since they seem to be in such short supply these days.
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