Roseanne Barr wraps independent sitcom ‘Meemaw’ after 2018 ABC cancellation
by The Washington Times AI News Desk · The Washington TimesComedian Roseanne Barr has finished filming “Meemaw,” an eight-episode comedy series, more than eight years after ABC cancelled her revived sitcom “Roseanne,” according to Page Six, in a report TMZ also relayed Thursday.
The series, whose full title is “Meemaw: A Modern Day Fable,” follows a “mixed-race family of preppers in Texas,” with Ms. Barr playing the matriarch, who is determined to throw her granddaughter an elaborate bat mitzvah.
Randy Quaid, Drea de Matteo, Omar Gooding and Doug Jones are also in the cast, with Jon Lovitz, Tony Hinchcliffe and Kim Congdon in supporting roles, Consequence reported. Instagram personality Indy Bugg plays Ms. Barr’s granddaughter, TMZ reported, and Mr. Hinchcliffe’s part is a guest appearance.
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Ms. Barr told Page Six the show is “every bit as revolutionary as The Roseanne Show,” according to Consequence. She said she hopes the series gets relatives who disagree to laugh together, TMZ reported. The show was shot independently with money from private investors, and no distributor or release date has been announced, Consequence said. Ms. Barr also told Page Six she asked X owner Elon Musk for help after her firing, and he did not call back.
Mr. Hinchcliffe drew criticism in May from a spokesman for the Gianna and George Floyd Foundation over a joke about Mr. Floyd during Netflix’s roast of comedian Kevin Hart.
The “Roseanne” revival premiered in March 2018 to about 18 million viewers and was renewed for a second season. In May of that year, Ms. Barr posted a tweet about Valerie Jarrett, a former adviser to President Barack Obama. ABC called the statement “abhorrent, repugnant and inconsistent with our values” and canceled the show. Ms. Barr deleted the tweet and apologized. The network later retooled the series as “The Conners” without her.
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