{"id":144644,"date":"2018-06-22T02:14:54","date_gmt":"2018-06-22T02:14:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/freeonlinetranslators.net\/news\/english\/roseanne-spinoff-the-conners-ordered-without-roseanne\/"},"modified":"2018-06-22T02:14:54","modified_gmt":"2018-06-22T02:14:54","slug":"roseanne-spinoff-the-conners-ordered-without-roseanne","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/freeonlinetranslators.net\/news\/english\/roseanne-spinoff-the-conners-ordered-without-roseanne\/","title":{"rendered":"Roseanne spinoff The Conners ordered &#8212; without Roseanne"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure>                                  <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Roseanne Barr attends a Hollywood red carpet event\" src=\"https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/320\/cpsprodpb\/28F0\/production\/_101808401_afp1.jpg\"\/>Image copyright                  AFP<figcaption>Image caption                                      Roseanne Barr&#039;s tweets led to the cancellation of her hit TV sitcom                              <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"caps\">ABC has ordered a spinoff to comedy series Roseanne, without the involvement of its creator and namesake, Roseanne Barr.<\/p>\n<p>The original writers, producers and cast members will appear in the new show, given the working title The Conners.<\/p>\n<p>Ms Barr will not receive any payment for the series, ABC said.<\/p>\n<p>The network cancelled Roseanne in May, immediately after Ms Barr posted a racist tweet.<\/p>\n<p>Later blaming sedative pill Ambien for her words, the comedian likened a former aide to President Barack Obama to an ape. <\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Roseanne&#039;s five most controversial moments<\/li>\n<li>White House defiant on Roseanne race row<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>A vocal supporter of President Donald Trump, Ms Barr received support from the White House in the ensuing scandal.<\/p>\n<figure>             <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/images\/ic\/720x405\/p068l3kx.jpg\"\/>Media playback is unsupported on your device<figcaption>Media captionPresident Trump once told supporters Roseanne &quot;was about us&quot;<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The Conners will start in the autumn and is expected to have Roseanne&#039;s daughter Darlene, played by Laurie Metcalf, as the main protagonist.<\/p>\n<p>Aside from Ms Metcalf, core cast members John Goodman, Sara Gilbert, Lecy Goranson and Michael Fishman will also star in the 10-episode season. <\/p>\n<p>In a joint statement the five said their characters &quot;not only have a place in our hearts, but in the hearts and homes of our audience,<\/p>\n<p>&quot;We are so happy to have the opportunity to return with the cast and crew to continue to share those stories through love and laughter.&quot;<\/p>\n<p>For her part, Ms Barr expressed &quot;regret&quot; for her removal, saying in a statement she agreed to a settlement with ABC &quot;in order that 200 jobs of beloved cast and crew could be saved&quot; and wished the best for all involved.<\/p>\n<p>It is not yet known how the writers of The Conners will address the disappearance of the former lead character.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Image copyright AFPImage caption Roseanne Barr&#039;s tweets led to the cancellation of her hit TV sitcom ABC has ordered a spinoff to comedy series Roseanne, without the involvement of its<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":144645,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-144644","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-english"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/freeonlinetranslators.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/144644","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/freeonlinetranslators.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/freeonlinetranslators.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/freeonlinetranslators.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/freeonlinetranslators.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=144644"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/freeonlinetranslators.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/144644\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/freeonlinetranslators.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/144645"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/freeonlinetranslators.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=144644"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/freeonlinetranslators.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=144644"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/freeonlinetranslators.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=144644"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}