Roseanne Barr shops new sitcom as TV son Michael Fishman speaks on rift
The gist
Comedian Roseanne Barr, 73, is shopping a self-financed sitcom called Meemaw, playing a mixed-race family's matriarch.
Her former TV son says he still loves her, eight years after her firing.
How it unfolded
- Oct 5, 2026Michael Fishman posted on social media after making headlines for feuding with former co-star Roseanne Barr.
- Oct 20, 2026Barr, 73, was reported to be shopping a self-financed single-camera sitcom, Meemaw: A Modern Day Fable, playing the matriarch of a mixed-race family, with Drea de Matteo as her daughter, Omar Gooding as her son-in-law and Randy Quaid as a local sheriff.
- Oct 21, 2026Eight years after being fired from her hit reboot, Barr was reported to be looking for a second chance in Hollywood.