BetterForgotten

It's even more outrageous now that Andy doesn't get mentioned. Since Becky is now apparently pregnant as a result of a one night stand, you would think they would acknowledge that's how Jackie got pregnant with Andy as well - a major plotline in season 6 of Roseanne.

It's amazing to see how audience tastes fluctuated in the 80's. The primetime soaps had a high peak in the early/mid part of the 80's, but a significant fall by the end of that decade. The opposite seems to be true for sitcoms.

Murder She Wrote and 60 Minutes were really keeping CBS alive by this point...

Yes, with Cosby, Roseanne, and A Different World - I believe it was the first time one studio (Carsey-Werner) had the top 3 shows on television. Roseanne was indeed an instant hit, and was the top show the night it premiered.

Very surprised she did this.

The next season will have a direct correlation to this current season - Roseanne and Murphy Brown both premiered in the 88-89 season.

Johnny Galecki feels more alive playing David than he has for many, many years on TBBT.

13:18 in begins the segment where she touches on Ryan's Hope:

TV One aired an episode of Uncensored about Tichina Arnold tonight. She talked about how she'll always love and be grateful to Michael Levin because he really really went to bat for her to get cast on Ryan's Hope, and because that door opened for her, it led to other opportunities. It was sweet how fondly she spoke of him.

Um......?

The funny thing is that the show doesn't even pretend that Fishman is a capable actor. He had more lines per episode when he was 8 than he does now!

Leon didn't appear in season 10 and wasn't mentioned to my knowledge. Martin Mull never turns down a job, so not sure if he was asked...

I wonder if we'll ever see Nancy or Leon again - supporting characters that were almost exclusively tied to Roseanne Conner and didn't have much worth to anyone else.

You’d think they’d do their research as Andy was born in season 6 and is older than Jerry.

Oddly, Bev felt closer to her characterization in the original series than she did in a lot of season 10 to me. With Jackie, I can see why she can't bring herself to leave the Conner home. More than anyone else, she spent her entire life being protected by Roseanne and counting on Roseanne to be the only reliable person in her life (barring that political clash in the beginning of last season). It will be interesting to see where they go with her now that the prevalent sister dynamic is gone.

It was kind of an echo to the season 5 episode 'Wait Til You Father Gets Home' where Roseanne's father died, and Darlene remarks how everyone brings you food when someone dies, like it's supposed to fix everything. I still want to know what the hell happened to Jackie's son. Why is he erased from history?

The reviews are pretty strong across the board. Everyone behind the scenes seems to have worked their asses off to put on a quality show on its own merits. I hope this pays off for all involved. They deserve to not live in the shadow of Barr forever.