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. The show stars Barr as Roseanne Conner and revolves around her family in the fictional town of Lanford, Illinois. 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. During the initial run, the series remained in the top four for six of the nine seasons, and in the top 20 for eight. During the short-lived revival, the series reached No. 3, with an average of 18 million viewers per episode within the span of its nine episodes. In 1993, the episode "A Stash from the Past" was ranked No. 21 on TV Guide's 100 Greatest Episodes of All-Time. In 2002, Roseanne was ranked No. 35 on TV Guide's 50 Greatest TV Shows of All Time.
| Genre | Sitcom |
| Created by | Matt Williams (credited), Roseanne Barr (uncredited), Marcy Carsey, Tom Werner |
| Starring | Roseanne Barr, John Goodman, Laurie Metcalf, Sara Gilbert, Michael Fishman, Lecy Goranson, Natalie West, Sarah Chalke, Emma Kenney, Ames McNamara, Jayden Rey |
| Theme music composer | Dan Foliart & Howard Pearl, W. G. Snuffy Walden |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of seasons | 10 |
| No. of episodes | 231 |
| Executive producer(s) | Roseanne Barr, Marcy Carsey, Tom Werner, Bruce Helford, Whitney Cummings, Sara Gilbert, Tony Hernandez |
| Producer(s) | Matt Williams (season 1), Al Lowenstein (seasons 2–9), Sid Youngers (season 10) |
| Running time | 21–22 minutes |
| Production company(s) | The Carsey-Werner Company, Wind Dancer Productions (season 1), Full Moon and High Tide Productions (seasons 7–9), Mohawk Productions (season 10), Jax Media (season 10) |
| Distributor | Carsey-Werner Distribution |
| Original network | ABC |
| Picture format | NTSC 480i (1988–97), HDTV 1080i (2018) |
| Audio format | Stereo |
| Followed by | The Conners |
About Roseanne
Sitcom centering on the working class family, The Conners. The show was the most watched TV series in the US from 1989 to 1990. It won 3 Golden Globes, 5 People's Choice Awards and 4 Primetime Emmy Awards.
Achievement of Roseanne
In 1992, it received the Peabody Award for Excellence in Television Broadcasting. The show was revived in March of 2017, and in 2018, star Roseanne Barr was fired and the show was re-tooled as The Conners.
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