Roseanne Barr Comes Back to Television with Controversial, Swear-Filled Show Centered on Rescuing America

Roseanne Barr has revealed plans to pitch a new, provocative comedy series, signaling a potential return to television following her dismissal from ABC’s Roseanne revival in 2018 due to controversial remarks she had made.

Speaking to Variety, the controversial comedy star described the series as “a cross between The Roseanne Show and The Sopranos.”

The upcoming series, rumored to consist of four to six episodes, will center around a farmer in Alabama who cultivates cannabis and magic mushrooms, all the while seeking to protect the United States from drug cartels and influences from China.

Barr described the series as “silly and out there.”

Barr shared that the show will feature bold and edgy content, along with liberal use of strong language. She described the inspiration for the series as drawn from her own experiences living on a farm in Hawaii, where she resides with her daughter, son-in-law, and their six children, amidst the chaos of goats freely roaming through the house. The plot will revolve around their unconventional methods of defending America, utilizing firearms, religious texts, minor criminal activities, and struggles with alcoholism, in a style reminiscent of the films by the Coen brothers.

Barr was a comedy legend who headlined her own series, Roseanne, from 1988 to 1997, before it was later renewed by ABC in 2017. The revival was successful but short-lived, however, as Barr was fired from the show for referring to then-President Barack Obama’s adviser Valerie Jarrett as the offspring of the “Muslim Brotherhood & Planet of the Apes” on Twitter. She has since become an outspoken conservative and a major supporter for President Trump.

Her character was killed off the show, after which the family’s antics continued in a follow-up series The Conners, which is still on the air.

When asked if she would work with the network again for her new show, Barr replied, “Fuck no.”

She reportedly plans to execute the show on her own if it doesn’t get picked up by a network or streamer.

“If Hollywood doesn’t buy it, then I’m just gonna make it myself,” she adds. “Does anybody in [Hollywood] like America or the people who watch TV? Because the people who watch TV would really like to see a show where working-class people win against the enemies of America.”

Barr complained that “Hollywood has made itself irrelevant to the American people.”

She later added, “I don’t give a fuck either way. I’d like to get paid handsomely to bring another shit fucking network back from doom as I’ve done twice for ABC. But I just don’t see how they would keep their nose out of my business. We’ll see. If not, I’ll just go somewhere else and put it on my own website.”