When Roseanne premiered on ABC in October of 1988, there really wasn’t another show on TV quite like it.
Sure enough, earlier today, ABC announced that they had officially picked up Roseanne’s 8-episode limited revival series, with plans to air it in midseason 2018.
News of a limited Roseanne revival series being in the works was first floated late last month, and from the outset, it seemed to be not a question of would anyone pick it up but who.
After all, reviving old shows is a trendy thing in Hollywood at the moment, and as far as sitcoms go, Roseanne is pretty legendary.