Roseanne (1988–1997)

The story of a working class family struggling with life's essential problems: Marriage, Children, Money and Parents in Law.

Creator:

Matt Williams

Stars:

Roseanne Barr, John Goodman, Laurie Metcalf

Won 3 Golden Globes. Another 41 wins & 83 nominations.

Cast

Complete series cast summary:
Roseanne Barr	...	Roseanne Conner (221 episodes, 1988-1997)
John Goodman	...	Dan Conner (221 episodes, 1988-1997)
Laurie Metcalf	...	Jackie Harris (221 episodes, 1988-1997)
Michael Fishman	...	D.J. Conner (220 episodes, 1988-1997)
Sara Gilbert	...	Darlene Conner (219 episodes, 1988-1997)
Alicia Goranson	...	Becky Conner (146 episodes, 1988-1996)
Johnny Galecki	...	David Healy (92 episodes, 1992-1997)

Storyline

'Roseanne' is the story of a working class family struggling with life's essential problems: Marriage, Children, Money and Parents in Law. A classic sitcom, the story circles around the Connor family - a family of five (DJ, Darlene, Becky, Roseanne and Dan). The household's mother, Roseanne, is being accompanied in her quest to keep the family together by her sister Jackie and various friends over the years.

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Plot Keywords:

children | working class | marriage | sitcom | midwest | 

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Genres:

Comedy | Drama

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Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

18 October 1988 (USA)

Also Known As:

Life and Stuff

Filming Locations:

619 South Runnymeade Avenue, Evansville, Indiana, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Wind Dancer Productions, Carsey-Werner Company, Paramount Television

Technical Specs

Runtime:

22 min 22 min (222 episodes)

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Trivia

Becky's pets are called Pebbles and Bam-Bam. This is prescient since John Goodman later played Fred Flintstone in The Flintstones.

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Goofs

In the first season, the front door doesn't have a dead bolt on it. Then in a few episodes in the middle of the first season, the front door has a dead bolt. Then later on, the dead bolt is gone and then reappears officially in season 2.

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Crazy Credits

During the course of the series, Roseanne Arnold divorced Tom Arnold and changed her name to simply Roseanne. In the season-opener after the divorce, every cast and crew member in the opening and closing credits was listed onscreen by first name only.

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Connections

Referenced in Strongbad_email.exe: Disc Four (2005)

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Soundtracks

"Theme"
by Dan Foliart & Howard Pearl
Arranged and Performed by Blues Traveler
Lyrics by John Popper
Music by W.G. Snuffy Walden

User Reviews

One of the best tv sitcoms ever.

Roseanne is the most dramatic comedy, without the bugging educating stuff. All the actors are great. Dialogues are real. Sure, the first seasons are better than the newer ones, but you still should see every episode with this fab family who likes to win first prize as "white trash". One of the only shows with the woman-wife at the center, Roseanne portrays one of the best and true mothers in tv- ever. Ever-changing, always in control Roseanne the woman has a great deal to be proud of this 9 seasons running wonderful tv sitcom.