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Roseanne

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Roseanne is an American sitcom broadcast on ABC from 1988 to 1997 starring Roseanne Barr. The series reached #1 in the Nielsen Ratings becoming the most watched television show in the United States from 1989 to 1990, and remained in the top four for six of its nine seasons, and in the top twenty for eight.

In 1993, Roseanne Barr and Laurie Metcalf both won Emmy Awards for their performances in the series, Barr for Outstanding Lead Actress and Metcalf for Outstanding Supporting Actress. Metcalf also won in 1992 and 1994. In 1992, Roseanne Barr and John Goodman both won Golden Globe Awards, Barr for Best Actress and Goodman for Best Actor. The series won the Golden Globe Award for Best Television Series – Musical or Comedy.

The series won a rare Peabody Award in 1992 and a People's Choice Award for Favorite New Television Comedy Program in 1989. Barr won five additional People's Choice Awards for Favorite Female Performer in a New TV Program (1989), Favorite Female All Around Entertainer (1990), and Favorite Female TV Performer (1990, 1994, and 1995).

Created by

Roseanne Barr

Matt Williams

Starring

Roseanne Barr

John Goodman

Laurie Metcalf

Sara Gilbert

Michael Fishman

Lecy Goranson

Sarah Chalke

Natalie West

Estelle Parsons

Glenn Quinn

Johnny Galecki

Martin Mull

Theme music composer

W. G. Snuffy Walden

No. of seasons 9

No. of episodes 222

People Who Talked About This Show

  • Barbara Billingsley
  • Dawn Wells
  • Estelle Parsons
  • Garvin Eddy
  • Genie Francis
  • Hector Ramirez
  • Marcy Carsey and Tom Werner

Featured Content

Pilot presentation opening of Roseanne

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People Talking About This Show

  • Barbara Billingsley
    • Barbara Billingsley on guesting on the Roseanne episode "All About Rose" (01m 29s)
  • Garvin Eddy
    • Garvin Eddy on the challenges with Roseanne and depicting the family's economic condition in the production design
    • Garvin Eddy on receiving an Emmy nomination for his Production Design on Roseanne
  • Genie Francis
    • Genie Francis briefly on her and Anthony Geary's guest appearance on Roseanne (01m 14s)
  • Marcy Carsey and Tom Werner
    • Marcy Carsey on Roseanneand how the show came about
  • Estelle Parsons
    • Estelle Parsons on her role as Beverly on Roseanne (16m 54s)
  • Hector Ramirez
    • Hector Ramirez on how sitcoms in the '80s and '90s differed from those in the '70s (01m 42s)
  • Dawn Wells
    • Dawn Wells on working on Roseanne (00m 32s)
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