Lecy Goranson fired from Roseanne reboot, character to be recast, premiere pushed back for reshoots

Link?

Is this true? I don't see anything about it anywhere else.

Christopher Plummer as Becky.

Never hire a druggy.

Why did they need two Beckys?

Why not?

Hey OP did you know that Justice Ruth Ginsberg died?

this op needs to be shown the door. i think he started the bitch who killed herself thread too- the large gal on that hit shitshow

Here's How the New Roseanne Will Deal With the Two Becky Actresses

In Season 6 of the show, Sarah Chalke replaced Lecy Goranson as Becky after Goranson decided to leave to attend college. Goranson came back from time to time, and the two Beckys became a running joke. The producers of the new reboot wanted Goranson to play Becky, but didn't want to forget about Chalke's contributions to the show, so they're casting her as a new character with a connection to the Conner family.

Don't matter to me. I'm not watching that Republican piece of shit.

Anyone watch the ABC 20/20 special about the Roseanne reboot last night? It was hosted by Joy Behar. Interestingly, Variety and other publications have focused a lot on Sara Gilbert’s role as the re-creator and exec producer of Roseanne (and The View ripoff The Talk)...interestingly, ABC and Behar didn’t give her a ton of credit. 🤔

If you watch this show you’re part of the problem, not the solution.

This Trump-loving show will cost Laurie Metcalf an Oscar.

I seriously doubt that lesbian Darlene would produce a Trump propaganda show. All the press and last night’s 20/20 special make it sound like she took the reins from Roseanne. Why don’t we save our vitriol until the show actually airs? It might not be a Trump celebration just because the real Roseanne is.

Karen Cellini for replacement!

If we're lucky, Rosie will drop dead at the end of the reboot. Real life shortly thereafter.

I love you, R16💓

OP, that was a good fake story.

I bought it.

Don't you think that the first season arc will be all about Roseanne's disillusionment with Trump?

Lecy is a dumb name

[quote]I seriously doubt that lesbian Darlene would produce a Trump propaganda show. All the press and last night’s 20/20 special make it sound like she took the reins from Roseanne. Why don’t we save our vitriol until the show actually airs? It might not be a Trump celebration just because the real Roseanne is.

Honey, screeners went out. We did a thread and reviewed the episodes already. It IS a pro-Trump show. Roseanne says in the show that she is pro-Trump because they were gonna lose their house. Jackie is a looney-tune wearing a pink pussy hat calling Roseanne a deplorable. It makes liberals look ridiculous and they're pushing the gender fluid crap on the little boy - something Dan can't accept. It's horrendous. Roseanne did a press tour, in front of Sara, pushing alt-Right crap. She said that Hillary stole from Haitians and a ton of other debunked bullshit. Sara should be horsewhipped. Roseanne wrote the show, she said she believes that half the country voted for Trump and ABC believes that they need to show this side of America now -- you know, the Deplorables.

Uh, why the fuck would highly esteemed outspokenly progressive actors like Laurie Metcalfe and John Goodman participate in that nonsense youve described r22? Bullshit

Why would Laurie Metcalfe and John Goodman participate at all?

$$$$$ R24

I know we're all curious, but seriously, unless you are a Deplorable shame on anyone who watches. We can hear about it from others or at worst check out scenes on YT. Don't let ABC get away with this. It's only the beginning if this show and Roseanne succeed.

Should be fun to see them poking fun at each other.

Hey,here's a thought. Many people have different views and should be respected.

Lecy Goranson didn't leave the show to go to college. She was having an affair with a married producer and it got ugly.

R25, OK so if it's money, that's also the answer to R23's question.

R28

If the show is done well it should show opposing viewpoints. I would expect Rosanne - as a character- to be one of those people who believe the Trump BS and turn.

Who wants to watch a network sitcom (a dying TV form in 2018, anyway) for political commentary? Even the average GOP voter will find that preaching to the choir tedious after a few weeks and the ratings will plummet.

Question: Are the same people who are freaking out about pro-Trump Roseanne returning with a fictional character the same people who are gleefully enjoying watching Omarosa on Big Brother? The BB thread is a-buzzing and everyone there seems to hold no ill will against Omarosa, who served Trump for a year and who said “all critics will have to bow down to Donald Trump.”

R33 Are you serious?

Roseanne is a big star and will pull ratings in on her name alone. There's A LOT of love for the original show which is still a hit in reruns. NBC didn't even do an hour long Dateline on Will and Grace.

The show is also planning on getting back to its original roots and be more of a dramatic comedy. No more alternating Becky's, no overdoing the quirkiness. For that alone, it's worth checking out.

Wait... the old Becky came back? How did I miss that?

Did she play Becky or another character?

R36 Old Becky plays Becky. New Becky plays a woman who hires Old Becky to be her surrogate.

Wow I remember the show being very gimicky by the end, but that takes the cake.

I’ll watch. I’m sick of all the political Bullshit

So, Roseanne is the female Archie Bunker now?

R38 I saw the last few episodes of the last season of Roseanne a few months ago. I hated the ending when it aired. But rewatching it made me cry. I was young when the show went off the air. Now 25 or so years have passed and I went to school for writing and became a writer, and the last episode of the show made absolute sense to me as a writer. My mother just died and I would love to write an alternate version of the past year to cope with it as the Roseanne character did.

I am sad the show reboot may be all about politics because the original series was mostly about believably “real” people and their day to day lives, and while it addressed social issues, it mostly avoided commentary about politics and politicians.

I'm wondering if Roseanne's support of Trump was just to get attention because on that special she said there is almost just too much to joke about with what's going on today. I assume plenty of it will be in the show.

I know it's a sitcom so you suspend belief but why would anyone use a surrogate in her mid 40s? Becky would be too old for that unless they're readjusting ages.

Will and Graces return “pilot episode” was 100 percent political. Then it just went back to the show’s regular old groove. I hope Roseanne does the same. I can’t imagine anyone, right or left, tuning into a weekly sitcom that is relentlessly about politics.

OK, aside from Veep

I noticed recently when Roseanne laughed during an interview that she is at least $50k of fake teeth in her mouth. That is really going to ruin the illusion of her being a poor Illinois working grandmother for me.

R45, have you watched the original at all?

R46 Yes?

R14, the Oscars will be long over by the time the reboot airs.

R21, it's short for Alecia. She used that name for the credits of "Boys Don't Cry."

An average person, even if they are a deplorable, won't be there to watch the filmed version of Roseanne's deranged twitter feed. They want laughs. Sure, she can hire a decent team of writers but her ego will try to shoehorn HER point of view and her crazy ramblings into everything and what writer will want to work in those conditions? You realize you're talking about a show that'll be run by someone who's not playing with a full deck?? It'll be interesting revisiting this thread around the airing of, say, the sixth or the seventh episode.

[quote]Roseanne is a big star

WHAT?!??!! No she ain't!!!!

Roseanne is not a good comedy writer on her own. The episodes she wrote on her own are blatantly not funny! Also the HBO special where she dressed in the gold lame outfit was not funny in the least, I think she wrote that as well.

The show was at its best from Season 2-5. Sarah Chalke proved she was a good actor on other things but she was pretty much brought on for the purpose of being a stand-in so the whole family could be there and the marriage with Mark could cause tension. I don't know why thye thought getting rid of all the friends was a good idea.

Next door neighbor storylines were the worst.

The hysterics of people here about the reboot of a 90s sitcom are really out of proportion. Do you guys think Roseanne is going to subliminally convert progressive people into Trump supporters? What exactly is the threat you perceive? It’s a sitcom. It’ll be OK. The original Roseanne series clearly did not influence politics or society to demand changes that will support the working class, and neither will this one.

She is a vile human being. Of course, she supports Trump. She’s an ignorant, abusive bully just like he is.

[quote]Lecy Goranson didn't leave the show to go to college.

No one does that

R53, I loved Kathy Bowman. She was a good foil for Roseanne. I wish she was on longer.

[quote]This Trump-loving show will cost Laurie Metcalf an Oscar.

I think Allison Janney is already taking care of that.

Well r45 and r47, she had the fake teeth in the original as well (maybe three seasons in), and then went on to have a nose job, full facelift, eye lifts, cheek implants and every other cosmetic procedure known to man a couple seasons later. It didn't change the show.

They should just cast that creepy bodybuilder as Becky.

R59 I guess it stands out more to me now because her bleach-white chompers are such a contrast to her face now that she is older and more weathered looking. She definitely looks more obviously modified to me now, more like a Real Housewife of Lanford than someone who works in a diner.