- 5/2/13 /
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The Great Roseanne Rush: Remembering the Great Stand-up Sitcom Boom (and Bust) of the Nineties
Tales of network executives pushing each other over to raid the comedy clubs. Is that irrational exuberance coming back?
Roseanne
- 4/10/13 /
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Watch an Exclusive First Look at Roseanne Barr’s Guest Appearance on The Office
She's just as cranky and snarky as you'd expect.
- 3/14/13 /
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The Best Sitcom of the Past 30 Years, Semifinals: Cheers vs. Roseanne
The Shield creator Shawn Ryan reaches across the comedy/drama aisle to make the hard call.
- 3/11/13 /
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Who Should Replace Joy Behar on The View? We Offer Eight Suggestions
Yeah, we could see Rosie coming back.
- 3/11/13 /
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The Best Sitcom of the Past 30 Years, Quarterfinals: Friends vs. Roseanne
Ken Tucker considers it the battle of the Unruly Masterpiece versus the Well-Wrought Masterpiece.
- 3/1/13 /
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The Best Sitcom of the Past 30 Years, Round One: Roseanne vs. Malcolm in the Middle
Don't these working-class comedies scratch the same itch? They do not, actually.
- 2/26/13 /
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What’s the Best Sitcom of the Past 30 Years?
We kick off our Sitcom Smackdown, a bracket that pits Cheers, The Simpsons, 30 Rock, Arrested Development, and twelve more comedy greats against each other to find the ultimate champion.
- 12/20/11 /
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Differentiate the Sitcom Characters Named D.J. of Your Childhood
The eternal question remains: D.J. Tanner or D.J. Conner? Surely one of them was the inspiration for the ironic moniker you adopted that one time you spun records at your cousin's house party in college.
- 10/10/11 /
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NBC Buys Roseanne Barr’s New Multi-Camera Sitcom
'Downwardly Mobile' is set in a trailer park.
- 7/14/11 /
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Ratings for Roseanne's New Reality Show Are Not That Great
Pawn Stars drew more viewers.
- 5/31/11 /
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Roseanne Barr and Ken Levine Fight About Roseanne Barr, Ken Levine
Also sexism!
- 2/24/09 /
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Will the Crappy Economy Save the Sitcom?
Well, hey, we always did love 'Roseanne.'