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Roseanne
Sign in to saveRoseanne is an American television sitcom created by Matt Williams that originally aired on ABC from October 18, 1988, to May 20, 1997, and was briefly revived from March 27 to May 22, 2018. Starring Roseanne Barr as Roseanne Conner, the series revolves around her family in the fictional town of Lanford, Illinois. Receiving generally positive reviews for its realistic portrayal of a working-class American family, the series reached No. 1 in the Nielsen ratings from 1989 to 1990 in its second season.
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Roseanne is an English-language comedy series created by Matt Williams. The show follows a working-class family as it struggles to get by on a limited income in the fictional town of Lanford, Illinois. It aired on the ABC network and is categorized as a family comedy.
The series premiered on October 18, 1988, and concluded its original run on May 20, 1997. It later ended its final broadcast on May 22, 2018. The program consists of 10 seasons. While one source lists 222 episodes, another records 231 episodes. Individual episodes have a runtime of 30 minutes, with a duration of 22 minutes noted in other data. The series has been canceled and is considered ended.
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TV series · TMDB
★ 6.8A working-class family struggles to get by on a limited income in the fictional town of Lanford, Illinois.
- Aired
- 1988–2018
- Seasons
- 10 · 231 episodes
- Status
- Canceled
- Created by
- Matt Williams
- Network
- ABC
- Genres
- Comedy
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TV series
- Status
- Ended
- Network
- ABC
- Genres
- Comedy, Family
- Runtime
- 30 min
- TVMaze rating
- 6/10
Key facts
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- 21–22 minutes
- Television.list_episodes
- List of Roseanne episodes
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- Television.num_episodes
- 231
- Television.num_seasons
- 10
- Television.language
- English
- Television.country
- United States
- Television.composer
- Dan Foliart Howard Pearl
- Television.creator
- Matt Williams
- Television.network
- ABC
- Television.genre
- Sitcom
- Television.related
- The Conners
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- television series
- Award
- Genesis Award
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- English language
- Main subject
- dysfunctional family
- Creator
- Matt Williams
- Duration
- 22
- Official website
- abc.go.com/shows/roseanne
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- end time
- 1997-05-20
- start time
- 1988-10-18
- original broadcaster
- American Broadcasting Company
- number of seasons
- 10
- number of episodes
- 222
- list of episodes
- list of Roseanne episodes
- topic's main category
- Category:Roseanne
- social media followers
- 44921
- distributed by
- Viacom
- title
- Roseanne
- audio system
- stereo sound
- Commons category
- Roseanne (TV series)
- has spin-off
- The Conners
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Encyclopedic overview
25 sectionsContents
- Production history
- Premise
- Cast and characters
- Episodes
- Original series
- Season 1
- Season 2
- Season 3
- Season 4
- Season 5
- Season 6
- Season 7
- Season 8
- Season 9
- Revival
- Season 10
- Critical response
- Renewal, cancellation and firing of Barr
- ''The Conners''
- Ratings
- Syndication
- Awards and nominations
- Home media
- Notes and references
- External links
Roseanne is an American television sitcom created by Matt Williams that originally aired on ABC from October 18, 1988, to May 20, 1997, and was briefly revived from March 27 to May 22, 2018. Starring Roseanne Barr as Roseanne Conner, the series revolves around her family in the fictional town of Lanford, Illinois. Receiving generally positive reviews for its realistic portrayal of a working-class American family, the series reached No. 1 in the Nielsen ratings from 1989 to 1990 in its second season.
During the initial run, the series remained in the top four for six of the nine seasons, and in the top 20 for eight. During the short-lived revival, the series reached No. 3, with an average of 18 million viewers per episode within the span of its nine episodes. In 1993, the episode "A Stash from the Past" was ranked No. 21 on TV Guides 100 Greatest Episodes of All-Time. In 2002, Roseanne was ranked No. 35 on TV Guides 50 Greatest TV Shows of All Time. In 2013, it was ranked No. 32 on TV Guides 60 Best Series of All Time.
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