<P> The series remained in the top four for six of its nine seasons, and in the top 20 for eight seasons . In 1993, the episode "A Stash from the Past" was ranked No. 21 on TV Guide's 100 Greatest Episodes of All - Time . In 2002, Roseanne was ranked No. 35 on TV Guide's 50 Greatest TV Shows of All Time . In 2013, it was ranked No. 32 on TV Guide's 60 Best Series of All Time . </P> <P> On May 16, 2017, ABC announced it had greenlit a revived, 10th season of Roseanne as a mid-season replacement in 2018, with the original cast returning . In November 2017, ABC requested an additional episode, bringing the total to nine . It premiered on March 27, 2018, to an initial audience of 18.44 million, which grew to 27.26 million total viewers following 7 days of delayed viewing . On March 30, 2018, following the success of its premiere, Roseanne was renewed for an eleventh season of thirteen episodes . </P> <P> ABC reversed its renewal decision and canceled Roseanne on May 29, 2018 after Barr made racist comments on Twitter in which she likened former Obama administration official Valerie Jarrett to an ape, described by the network's president as being "abhorrent, repugnant, and inconsistent with our values". As of June 15, 2018, ABC is in talks to re-tool the show as a Darlene - centered spin - off . </P> <P> In coming up with ideas for new shows, Marcy Carsey and Tom Werner of Carsey - Werner Productions decided to look into the concept of the working mother as a central voice . Up until that point, there had been countless shows with working mothers, but few treated them as anything other than an adjunct to the father in the family . Werner had suggested that they take a chance on Barr whom they had seen on The Tonight Show . This was because he saw the unique "in your face" voice that they were looking for and he contacted her agent and offered her the role . Barr's act at the time was the persona of the "domestic goddess", but as Carsey and Werner explains, she had the distinctive voice and attitude for the character and she was able to transform herself into the working class heroine they envisioned . Many early scripts were written by women: Grace McKeaney, Lauren Eve Anderson, and Laurie Gelman, and directed by Ellen Gittelsohn . </P>

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