America's Favorite Domestic Goddess 'Roseanne' Joins TV Land's Line-Up on June 5th

America's Favorite Domestic Goddess 'Roseanne' Joins TV Land's Line-Up on June
5th

TV Land PRIME to Showcase Roseanne's Hilarious Perspective on the Economy With
a Marathon of Recession-Themed Episodes

LOS ANGELES, May 27 /PRNewswire/ -- The Emmy(R) award-winning series,
"Roseanne," comes to TV Land with a week-long marathon of raucous
recession-themed episodes starting Friday, June 5th through Friday, June 12th
from 8 p.m. - 6 a.m. ET/PT. The series will air regularly on TV Land Monday
through Friday from 12 a.m. - 1 a.m. ET/PT and from 9 p.m. - 10 p.m. ET/PT in
TV Land PRIME, the network's primetime programming block designed to appeal to
the attitudes, life stage and interests of people in their 40s. Extended
viewing blocks will also air weekly on Saturday and Sunday evenings.

"Roseanne's take on life is timeless and hilarious. The show remains so
relevant and relatable to us some 20 years after its premiere," stated Larry
W. Jones, president of TV Land. "'Roseanne' is a quintessential American
television treasure that serves up more reality than some reality shows on TV
today."

Loosely based on the real life stories of comedienne Roseanne Barr, the
award-winning sitcom focuses on the life of Roseanne Conner, a blue-collar
working mother with a big mouth, big sense of humor and an even bigger
personality. Roseanne not only tends to her home and takes care of her three
kids -- Becky, Darlene and D.J. -- (Alicia Goranson and later Sarah Chalke;
Sarah Gilbert and Michael Fishman), she also takes care of husband Dan (John
Goodman) who was her high school sweetheart all while holding down a full-time
job and trying to keep her family afloat.

Other regulars on the hit show throughout its run were: Jackie Harris (Laurie
Metcalf), Roseanne's younger sister who eventually became a cop; Crystal
Anderson (Natalie West), Roseanne's best friend who later married Dan's father
Ed (Ned Beatty) and became her mother-in-law; Becky's husband, Mark (Glen
Quinn), and David (Johnny Galecki) who the Conner family allowed to move into
their home after he and daughter Darlene dated. Darlene and David were later
married. Over the nine year run, the show had many guest appearances
including: George Clooney as Booker, the foreman at the factory Jackie and
Roseanne worked at and Jackie's love interest for the first season; Martin
Mull as Leon Carp, Roseanne's boss at the diner she later worked at and
finally the late Estelle Parsons as Bev, Roseanne and Jackie's meddling
mother.

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SOURCE TV Land

Vanessa Reyes-Smith, +1-310-407-4727, vanessa.reyes@tvland.com; or Jennifer
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