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Roseanne Barr To Develop & Star In New Comedy Series For NBC

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Thursday January 31, 2013 @ 10:00am PSTTags: NBC, Roseanne Barr
Nellie Andreeva

Roseanne Barr has signed a deal with NBC and Universal TV to develop a comedy series — a starring vehicle for the Roseanne alumna — which she will executive produce with Steven Greener. The two previously collaborated on Barr’s Lifetime reality series Roseanne’s Nuts. Additionally, Barr is doing a three-episode arc on the final season of the NBC/Uni TV comedy series The Office. She will play talent agent Carla Fern who agrees to help office manager Andy Bernard (Ed Helms) realize his show business dream.  Filming of her episodes is set to begin this week. Last season, Paradigm-repped Barr developed a multi-camera comedy at 20th TV, Downwardly Mobile, which landed at NBC with penalty and went to pilot.

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Jane Lynch To Emcee Roseanne Barr Roast

By THE DEADLINE TEAM | Wednesday June 27, 2012 @ 11:27am PDTTags: Comedy Central, Jane Lynch, Roseanne Barr

Comedy Central Roseanne Barr RoastComedy Central said today that Glee Emmy-winner Jane Lynch will be roast master for its Comedy Central Roast Of Roseanne, which will tape August 4 for an August 12 premiere on the network. … Read More »

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Roseanne Barr Next Up For Comedy Central Roast

By THE DEADLINE TEAM | Monday June 25, 2012 @ 10:48am PDTTags: Comedy Central, Roseanne Barr

Comedy Central Roast Roseanne Barr Comedy Central said today that The Comedy Central Roast Of Roseanne will tape August 4 in Los Angeles and premiere on the network August … Read More »

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Tricia O’Kelley Lands Co-Starring Role In Roseanne Barr’s NBC Pilot In Recasting

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Friday April 13, 2012 @ 8:31pm PDTTags: Downwardly Mobile, Roseanne Barr
Nellie Andreeva

EXCLUSIVE: The New Adventures Of Old Christine alumna Tricia O’Kelley has been cast in Roseanne Barr’s NBC comedy pilot Downwardly Mobile. She replaces Eureka star Salli Richardson who was originally cast in the role. Co-created by Barr, John Argent and … Read More »

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Salli Richardson & Greg Cromer To Co-Star In Roseanne Barr’s NBC Comedy Pilot

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Tuesday March 20, 2012 @ 3:25pm PDTTags: Downwardly Mobile, Roseanne Barr
Nellie Andreeva

EXCLUSIVE: Eureka star Salli Richardson and Greg Cromer have joined Roseanne Barr’s NBC comedy pilot Downwardly Mobile. Co-created by Barr, John Argent and showrunner Eric Gilliland, the multicamera Downwardly Mobile stars … Read More »

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‘Roseanne’ Reunion: John Goodman To Co-Star In Roseanne Barr’s NBC Pilot

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Friday February 10, 2012 @ 1:50pm PSTTags: Downwardly Mobile, John Goodman, Roseanne Barr
Nellie Andreeva

Roseanne co-stars Roseanne Barr and John Goodman together again. I’ve learned that, after lengthy negations, Goodman is in final negotiations to join Barr’s new sitcom, the NBC pilot Downwardly Mobile. Co-created by Barr, her boyfriend John Argent and Eric Gilliland, who … Read More »

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How Would Roseanne Barr’s Presidential Run Affect Her NBC Sitcom?

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Thursday February 2, 2012 @ 9:36pm PSTTags: NBC, Roseanne Barr
Nellie Andreeva

Having just gone through the possibility of one of its stars, The Apprentice‘s Donald Trump, running for president, NBC is running into the same problem with a potential new star, Roseanne Barr. The Roseanne alumna this evening announced that she’s … Read More »

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2nd UPDATE: NBC Picks Up 8 Comedies Including Greg Daniels’ ‘Friday Night Dinner’

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Monday January 23, 2012 @ 4:42pm PSTTags: Jimmy Fallon, NBC, Roseanne Barr, TV Pilots
Nellie Andreeva

NBC Picks Up Dick Wolf-Produced Drama, Jason Katims/Jason Ritter Project

2nd UPDATE: NBC brought the total number of pilots picked up today to 10 with two more comedy orders: to Greg Daniels’ adaptation of the British comedy Friday Night Dinner and an untitled half-hour produced by Jimmy Fallon. Both are from Universal TV.

Friday Night Dinner is a single-camera about a quirky family that has dinner together every Friday night. Daniels is executive producing with Howard Klein and the original series’ producer Big Talk TV. The project has already been doing preliminary casting, with David Koechner eyed for a role.

The Jimmy Fallon multi-camera project, written by Charlie Grandy, revolves around three thirtysomething guys who enjoy the adventures of parenting despite the fact they haven’t grown up themselves. Fallon, Grandy and Amy Ozols are executive producing. This marks the first pilot for Fallon’s company Holiday Road. Read More »

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New Roseanne Barr Family Sitcom Lands At NBC With Penalty

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Sunday October 9, 2011 @ 7:00pm PDTTags: Downwardly Mobile, NBC, Roseanne Barr
Nellie Andreeva

In 1987, NBC had first crack at a working class family sitcom starring then-up-and-coming standup comedian Roseanne Barr. Legendary NBC programmer Brandon Tartikoff famously passed, and the project landed at ABC where it went to series, Roseanne, which ran for … Read More »

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Lifetime Cancels ‘Roseanne’s Nuts’

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Wednesday September 21, 2011 @ 10:08pm PDTTags: Lifetime, Roseanne Barr
Nellie Andreeva

Lifetime has pulled the plug on Roseanne Barr’s reality series Roseanne’s Nuts after one season. The comedian broke the news on her Twitter feed. “Roseanne’s Nuts has been cancelled,” she said. “thanks everyone for watching!” The writing had been … Read More »

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20th TV Developing Roseanne Barr Sitcom

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Wednesday August 10, 2011 @ 7:31pm PDTTags: 20th Century Fox TV, Downwardly Mobile, Roseanne Barr
Nellie Andreeva

After bringing one 1990s ABC sitcom star, Home Improvement‘s Tim Allen, back to primetime with a new comedy series, 20th Century Fox TV is looking to do the same for another, Roseanne Barr. The studio has signed a script deal … Read More »

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TCA: Roseanne Crashes Lifetime Session

By THE DEADLINE TEAM | Wednesday July 27, 2011 @ 4:53pm PDTTags: Lifetime, Roseanne Barr, TCA Summer Press Tour, Television Critics Association

Ray Richmond is contributing to Deadline’s TCA coverage.

Never one to miss an opportunity to make a dramatic entrance, Roseanne Barr made a surprise (and extraordinarily brief) appearance during the afternoon Lifetime session at the Television Critics Association’s summer press tour … Read More »

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Roseanne Barr Sounds Off On Sheen, Lorre

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Tuesday March 8, 2011 @ 8:10am PSTTags: Charlie Sheen Fired, Les Moonves, Roseanne Barr, Two and a Half Men
Nellie Andreeva

Roseanne Barr, who famously clashed with Two and a Half Men co-creator/showrunner Chuck Lorre on her ABC sitcom Roseanne, chimed in on the turmoil surrounding Men star Charlie Sheen with 2 semi-coherent posts on her blog today, one titled Chuck Lorre’s Hit List and one Charlie Sheen makes Me … Read More »

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