John Goodman: The Show Has A "Hollow Center" Without Roseanne

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In an interview with USA Today this week, John Goodman said he misses
his friend "Rosie real bad" despite being happy to return in "The
Conners."

"It felt great to be back, but there’s a hollow center. I miss Rosie
real bad," said Goodman.

Roseanne Barr was ousted from her own sitcom earlier this year due to a
racially charged tweet targeting former Obama aide Valerie Jarrett,
whom she described as a cross between the Muslim Brotherhood and
"Planet of the Apes." Roseanne initially claimed she didn't realize
that Jarrett, who was born to parents of African-American and European
descent, was black. While the tweet was racially charged, Goodman
recently said he knows that Roseanne is not a racist person.

"I know for a fact that she’s not a racist," he said, going on to imply
that ABC should not have canceled her show so suddenly. "I’ll put it
this way, I was surprised at the response. And that’s probably all I
should say about it."

ABC decided to kill off Roseanne's character on the show via an opioid
overdose, a decision that the actress expressed much dissatisfaction
about in a statement on Twitter Tuesday night.

"That it was done through an opioid overdose lent an unnecessary grim
and morbid dimension to an otherwise happy family show," she wrote.

Keeping it cheeky, Roseanne emphatically announced, "I ain't dead,
bitches!!!"

As noted by the MRC, "The Conners" premiered to "lackluster ratings"
when compared to the blowout the "Roseanne" premiere received, which
drew "18.44 million viewers and had a 5.1 rating among adults 18-49."

"The Conners" drew just 10.5 million viewers and had a 2.3 rating,
managing about 55% of its precursor's premiere.

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