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She first burst onto our screens in 1988 and now the show, which centered around a working class Illinois family, is set to make its big return – with the original
Roseanne cast!
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The eight-episode revival will appear on ABC network in 2018, eleven years after its final episode aired in 1997.
ABC Entertainment president, Channing Dungey, released a statement saying, “The Conners’ joys and struggles are as relevant and hilarious today as they were then, and there’s really no one better to comment on our modern America than Roseanne.”
Roseanne is just one of a handful of nostalgic TV reboots. Other television series revivals include
Twin Peaks,
Will & Grace,
Gilmore Girls and
The X Files.