The Conners executive producers Sara Gilbert and Tom Werner have teamed up to launch a production company, sara + tom. The duo has tapped Mandy Summers as Head of Production and Development.
Gilbert and Werner’s working relationship dates back over 25 years, when 13-year-old Gilbert was cast as Darlene in the original Roseanne, which Werner executive produced. Fast forward two decades, Werner and Gilbert were main driving forces behind the highly rated Roseanne reboot for ABC, which they executive produced. When the reboot was suddenly canceled over star Roseanne Barr’s racist tweet, Gilbert and Werner led the charge to keep the franchise going, which resulted in spinoff The Conners. The new series quickly established itself as ABC’s No.1 comedy series and was renewed for a second season.
Following their experience successfully mounting the the Roseanne revival and subsequent spinoff The Conners, Werner and Gilbert felt partnering up in a...
Gilbert and Werner’s working relationship dates back over 25 years, when 13-year-old Gilbert was cast as Darlene in the original Roseanne, which Werner executive produced. Fast forward two decades, Werner and Gilbert were main driving forces behind the highly rated Roseanne reboot for ABC, which they executive produced. When the reboot was suddenly canceled over star Roseanne Barr’s racist tweet, Gilbert and Werner led the charge to keep the franchise going, which resulted in spinoff The Conners. The new series quickly established itself as ABC’s No.1 comedy series and was renewed for a second season.
Following their experience successfully mounting the the Roseanne revival and subsequent spinoff The Conners, Werner and Gilbert felt partnering up in a...
- 5/21/2019
- by Nellie Andreeva
- Deadline Film + TV
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