Roseanne
Roseanne is an American sitcom television series created by Matt Williams and Roseanne Barr, which aired on ABC from October 18, 1988 to May 20, 1997, and briefly revived from March 27 to May 22, 2018. It stars Barr as Roseanne Conner and revolves around her fictional family. Lauded for its realistic portrayal of a working-class American family, the series reached No. 1 in the Nielsen ratings from 1989 to 1990 in its second season.
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| Country of origin | United States
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| Original language | English
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| No. of seasons | 10
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| No. of episodes | 231 (list of episodes)
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| Running time | 21–22 minutes
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| Original release | October 18, 1988 –
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- Jim Varney's character's full name was Prince Carlos Phillip Jonathan Kent Arthur William Hobson Peppy Charmaine.
- All three of Roseanne's husbands (Bill Pentland, Tom Arnold, and Ben Thomas) made at least one guest appearance on the show.
- Early during the first season, Roseanne frequently butted heads with the show's creator Matt Williams. Williams worked as the executive producer for the show's first thirteen episodes, but quit when Roseanne vehemently refused to say to her on-screen husband, "Well, you're my equal in bed, but that's it." Roseanne felt it was a line her character would never say.
- The opening credits throughout the series are as follows:Seasons 1&2:Eating dessert,Seasons 3&4:Playing cards,Season 5:Eating Pizza,Season 6&7:Eating Chinese Food,Seasons 8&9:Morphing.
- Matt Roth and Brian Kerwin would both star as Jackie/Laurie Metcalf's boyfriend's on Roseanne. Later, Matt Roth, Brian Kerwin and Laurie Metcalf would all star on a Desperate Housewives episode together entitled "Bang".
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