In a conference call with reporters regarding the new 2017-18 Fall ABC schedule, ABC president Channing Dungey confirmed that they are bringing back Roseanne for mid-season.
Original cast members Roseanne Barr, John Goodman, Sara Gilbert, Laurie Metcalf, Michael Fishman and Lecy Goranson will return. Sarah Chalke, who played the role of Becky after Goranson departed the series, will return in a different role.
“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,” Dungey said in a statement.