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See, this is the kind of thing Roseanne's Nuts was made for. What a waste that it happened now. “I’m never going to work in television again. I’m never going to even attempt it,” Roseanne Barr declared on Twitter this weekend, describing a host of problems that have allegedly cropped up while developing her NBC pilot with Nurse Jackie showrunner Linda Wallem. Revealed Barr,“They had less than no interest in including me in the development of a show that was built on 'my brand'. It was horrible, but I kept on." Roseanne later hyped her upcoming web series, which will apparently "feature nudity, obscene language, violence politically incorrect analysis & channelling The Immutable Goddess." Roseanne has since deleted some of her tweets, but suffice it to say you missed out on some piping hot grade-a Twitter beef.

Roseanne Barr is a soundbite machine -- and during a very candid interview at Comic-Con on Thursday, she didn't hold back, dissing her former reality show and one-time "Roseanne" writer Chuck Lorre.She also thinks John Goodman would make an amazing zombie.The 60-year-old comedian was one of the special guests for TV Land's Comic-Con panel, where toofab's Brian Particelli and a small group of journalists got to ask her about anything their little hearts desired.Check out the best bites from the incredibly candid conversation below:Would you ever appear on "The Big Bang Theory" to reunite with her former costar Johnny Galecki?"I probably wouldn't go on "The Big Bang" because me and Chuck Lorre, we're not friends. He should get over it. He's in AA and when people are in AA they're not very forgiving. They need to start drinking and loosen up, I think!"A little back...

NBC is set to develop a new Roseanne Barr comedy according to THR, Deadline and Variety. Universal Television has signed Barr on to develop a comedy for Barr to star in and produce. Her partners include Steven Greener, who worked with Barr on the Lifetime reality series "Roseanne's Nuts" in 2011. Barr is currently a guest star on IFC's clever comedy "Portlandia" playing an interim mayor while Portland's mayor (played by Kyle MacLachlan) is "off the grid" over guilt induced by the outing of his incessant printing with his "pet" Prints, a closeted copy machine.

Having strained the very bounds of satire and plucked fanciful japes about the likes of Charlie Sheen and Donald Trump seemingly from thin air, the Comedy Central Roast has given itself the relatively simpler task of insulting Roseanne Barr for an August 4 broadcast, utilizing many of her well-known foibles and flaws for the making of lighthearted merriment. For instance, there is Barr's famous predilection for macadamia nuts: "Your reality show was called Roseanne's Nuts. That was true, because you are nuts!" one comedian, perhaps Jeffrey Ross might say—maybe even adding, "It also sounds like you've ...

Los Angeles, California (X17online) - Her reality show Roseanne's Nuts was cancelled by Lifetime after one season, but Roseanne Barr is bouncing back with a new scripted production deal. NBC picked up Downwardly Mobile for a pilot deal, according to Deadline. The multi-camera sitcom focuses on a working class family living in a mobile home community with their friends, all of whom are struggling in today's economy. Barr co-created the show with boyfriend John Argent and former Roseanne executive producer Eric Gilliland. This comes fourteen years after NBC passed on Roseanne, the working class sitcom that later made a successful nine year run on ABC. Downwardly Mobile is in the same familiar territory as Barr's last scripted run, as the actress feels society is in as similar a place as it was twenty years ago.

Actress Roseanne Barr has been given a big boost in her bid to make a TV sitcom comeback - network executives at NBC have picked her new show up for broadcast.

The star's reality show Roseanne's Nuts was axed last month due to low ratings but she now has a reason to celebrate after her latest project, Downwardly Mobile, has found a home on air, according to The Hollywood Reporter.

The multi-camera sitcom, which is set in a mobile home community, will be written by Barr's longtime boyfriend Johnny Argent and former Roseanne executive producer Eric Gilliland.

Comedienne Barr won numerous awards for her role on the long-running show Roseanne, which was recently declared one of the 50 Greatest TV Shows of All Time by TV Guide.

Roseanne Barr is getting back to her blue-collar roots. After exploring the entrepreneurial life on her short-lived Lifetime reality show "Roseanne's Nuts" -- which featured the comedienne running a macadamia-nut farm in Hawaii with her son and boyfriend -- Barr has landed a new sitcom, "Downwardly Mobile," at NBC, an individual with knowledge of the project confirmed to TheWrap. NBC has purchased the project with a script plus penalty commitment. The series reaches back to Barr's hit sitcom "Roseanne" in more ways than one. Like the...

Roseanne Barr's first try at sitcom stardom since "Roseanne" left the air at 1997 will be with NBC.

The network has given a script commitment, with a penalty attached if a pilot isn't made, to "Downwardly Mobile," which Barr co-created with boyfriend Johnny Argent, the showbiz trade papers report. The comedy revolves around Barr's character, her family and the fellow residents of the mobile home park where they live.

Barr, Argent and fellow executive producer Steven Greener ("Roseanne's Nuts") set up "Downwardly Mobile" at 20th Century Fox TV in August. The studio then set out to hire a showrunner and found one in Eric Gilliland, a writer and producer on "Roseanne" for several seasons. His credits also include "My Boys," "Mr. Sunshine" and "The Wonder Years."

Comedies featuring stars of past hits seem to be in vogue this year. Tim Allen's new series "Last Man Standing" premieres Tuesday (Oct.

Television's leading blue collar lady is back. And now, it has nothing to do with nuts.

Fourteen years after her all-time successful sitcom "Roseanne" wrapped its final season, Roseanne Barr has just sold a new scripted comedy to NBC. Called "Downwardly Mobile," it will feature Barr as a member of a mobile home community, emphasizing once again her working class roots in what the network hopes is as successful a formula as it was the last time. Her first show unseated "The Cosby Show" from the top spot in the Nielsen ratings in March, 1989, and went on to years of ratings dominance.

The new show, which was first announced to be in development in August, presented a working class ethic could resonate with viewers in difficult economic times. Representing the true core of America's struggling citizenry has long been Barr's creative goal.

"I wanted to do a realistic show about...

NBC has picked up a script commitment for Roseanne's multi-camera comedy comeback, Downwardly Mobile, which she is co-creating the series with former Roseanne writer/producer, Eric Gilliland. The comedy follows a working class family and friends living in a mobile home community.

The project by Twentieth Century Fox TV will also include writer John Argent and producer Steve Greener, who worked with the comedian on her previous project Roseanne's Nuts.

No details on production date or casting has been released.

The reality show that followed Roseanne's life on her Hawaiian Macadamia nut farm, Roseanne's Nuts, has already been canceled on Lifetime after just one season.

“Roseanne’s Nuts has been canceled. Thanks everyone for watching!" Roseanne announced on her Twitter page. Days later, the former actress wrote the following message to her followers: “I made a mistake – my show is not canceled at all! It’s just not renewed by Lifetime! Thanks Lifetime for not renewing my show! You suck!"...

Perhaps Roseanne's Nuts just made for a shell of a series. Lifetime canceled the reality show after one season after a strong premiere (1.63 million viewers) gave way to a mass exodus of eyeballs. The show followed Roseanne Barr's oddest foray into domesticity yet—her recently adopted existence as a macadamia nut farmer in Hawaii, along with boyfriend John Argent and her son Jake. The series' last episode was Sept. 16, but, reading that synopsis over again...aren't you kind of sorry you didn't watch?...

Would you say that you found "Roseanne's Nuts" unappetizing?

Pardon, we jest, but the triple entendre title of Roseanne Barr's reality series is hard to write about seriously -- make that was.

Lifetime has canceled the series after just one season, according to the star, who posted the news on Twitter on Sept. 21.

"Roseanne's Nuts has been canceled," she writes. "Thanks everyone for watching!"

The unscripted series followed Barr and longtime boyfriend Johnny Argent on their Hawaiian farm, where they manage 40 acres of macadamia nut and livestock.

Barr shouldn't be too shaken up by the decision, though. The 58-year-old comedian, who may or may not be running for president, has new series in the works at 20th Century Fox TV.

Los Angeles, California (X17online) - Roseanne Barr's reality show, Roseanne's Nuts, has been dropped by Lifetime after just one season. "Roseanne’s Nuts has been canceled. Thanks everyone for watching!" the actress, 58, Tweeted Wednesday. The show, following the lives of Barr, her son Jake Pentland and partner Johnny Argent, around their macadamia nut and farm in Hawaii. The premiere drew in 1.3 million viewers in July, but it had just half those numbers when the 16-episode run ended. Barr is currently working on a scripted comedy called Downwardly Mobile with Argent.

It appears reality TV was a tough nut for Roseanne Barr to crack!

Lifetime confirmed to Access Hollywood that "Roseanne's Nuts" has been cancelled.

Roseanne first announced the news on Twitter on Wednesday.

"Roseanne's Nuts has been cancelled," she wrote. "thanks everyone for watching!"

Adding in another Tweet, "glad you guys loved #roseannesnuts-@Lifetimetv decided not to renew it."

Despite her reality series getting axed, Roseanne is set to return to the world of primetime sitcoms in "Downwardly Mobile," a project she's slated to write and star in.

Her new sitcom will reportedly center around ...

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Roseanne Barr's reality TV show about her Hawaii farm has been axed after just one season on air.

The actress invited a camera crew to capture her life on a macadamia nut farm, where she raises goats and sheep with her partner Johnny Argent.

But bosses at U.S. TV network Lifetime have decided not to continue with a second series of the programme due to disappointing viewing figures.

Roseanne took to her Twitter.com page on Wednesday to announce the news, writing, "Roseanne's Nuts has been cancelled. Thanks everyone for watching!"

The comedienne still has another small screen project on the go - she is working on new sitcom Downwardly Mobile, about a dysfunctional working class family.

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Bad news for Presidential wannabe Roseanne Barr and the macadamia nut industry: Lifetime has apparently cancelled 'Roseanne's Nuts' after one season.

Barr took to Twitter to announce the news and thank fans: "Roseanne's Nuts has been cancelled. thanks everyone for watching!" ... "glad you guys loved #roseannesnuts-@Lifetimetv decided not to renew it."

The reality show followed Barr as she tended her 40-acre macadamia nut farm in Hawaii. It launched in July, initially airing Wednesdays nights, but never caught fire in the ratings and was moved to the Death Slot Friday nights. The final episode aired last week.

 

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Roseanne Barr's reality series Roseanne's Nuts gets the shaft from Lifetime after just one season. Lifetime has killed off the Roseanne Barr reality series, as stated by Barr on her @TheRealRoseanne Twitter feed, reports Deadline. She said that “Roseanne’s Nuts has been cancelled, thanks everyone for watching!” The show started with a 0.7 rating among 18-49 year-olds but went down to 0.3 and was sent to the Friday at 10:00 p.m. low-traffic spot. The last season of the show wrapped last Friday. Quite funnily enough, on the official site under "About Roseanne's Nuts" we can find this: “Where in the world is Roseanne Barr?” Well...not on Lifetime anymore, clearly. This is what the series was about (Courtesy Lifetime's Official Roseanne's Nuts Site): Viewers of “Roseanne’s Nuts” will see Barr, who, after tiring of living in frenzied Los Angeles and everything associated with the city, abandons Southern...

Roseanne Barr's reality series Roseanne's Nuts gets the shaft from Lifetime after just one season. Lifetime has killed off the Roseanne Barr reality series, as stated by Barr on her @TheRealRoseanne Twitter feed, reports Deadline. She said that “Roseanne’s Nuts has been cancelled, thanks everyone for watching!” The show started with a 0.7 rating among 18-49 year-olds but went down to 0.3 and was sent to the Friday at 10:00 p.m. low-traffic spot. The last season of the show wrapped last Friday. Quite funnily enough, on the official site under "About Roseanne's Nuts" we can find this: “Where in the world is Roseanne Barr?” Well...not on Lifetime anymore, clearly. This is what the series was about (Courtesy Lifetime's Official Roseanne's Nuts Site): Viewers of “Roseanne’s Nuts” will see Barr, who, after tiring of living in frenzied Los Angeles and everything associated with the city, abandons Southern...

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Roseanne Barr's story is one that might inspire young girls like the ones she was charged with speaking to on Wednesday's episode of 'Roseanne's Nuts' (Wednesdays, 9Pm on Lifetime). But according to her boyfriend Johnny Argent, the first draft of that story probably looks pretty ugly.

Argent tried to help Roseanne with the speech, but she resisted him much of the way. "I'm giving a speech tonight to girls, and who better to help me write that speech than a 62-year-old cranky curmudgeon such as John Argent," she said.

Argent wondered how Roseanne fought her way to the top in show business with such poor writing skills. "Sometimes when I look over Roseanne's early drafts of her writing I think, how could somebody that smart come up with this?" he said. "I'm learning disabled, for sure, replied Roseanne. "But you know, that's why I'm smart.

This summer saw the debut of two new celebreality series featuring well-known female stars: Oxygen's The World According to Paris and Lifetime's Roseanne's Nuts. Paris Hilton and Roseanne Barr are very different personalities, but their shows both struck out with viewers. Hilton's series was pretty much dead on arrival, earning barely 400,000 viewers for its June debut and sinking even lower in subsequent airings.

Since Roseanne Barr as been out of the spotlight, the actress has become an organic farmer. Who knew!?

Well, it also turns out that Roseanne wants to capitalize on her new hobby by releasing a series a DVDs for kids, teaching them about yoga and how to cook with organic food. Each DVD is said to be 15 minutes long. 5 minutes will be dedicated to teaching Kundalini yoga, another 5 minutes will be to teach one organic raw food recipe, and the last five minutes will be left over for a fun song.

You can watch Roseanne navigate around her new organic lifestyle in her reality show, Roseanne's Nuts on Lifetime.

[1] The steady stream of television news continues today with a couple of interesting announcements. After the jump, read about the "near miss" of a television adaptation of Vertigo comic book series Dmz, Rosanne Barr's return to sitcom television, and a fifth-season renewal for True Blood. Earlier this week, comic book writer Brian Wood wrote on his blog [2] about the scrapping of a television adaptation of his Vertigo comic series Dmz. We also had a near miss with setting Dmz up as a television show, at a verrrry respectable network, and its a bit crushing. I had hoped the whole new “DC Entertainment” meant they’d be better about this sort of thing… and this deal seemed like a gift from heaven… but apparently not. While it's possible that Wood will be able to put together another deal for a live-action adaptation at some point in the future, it seems...

Roseanne Barr is set to return to the world of primetime sitcoms.

The self-proclaimed original domestic goddess has nabbed a deal with 20th Century Fox Television to write and star in "Downwardly Mobile" - a new sitcom, according to Entertainment Weekly.

Steven Greener, executive producer of the star's Lifetime reality show, "Roseanne's Nuts" (which debuted earlier this summer), will also serve as Ep for the sitcom, the website reported.

"Downwardly Mobile" will reportedly center around a "blue-collar family living through hard times," according to EW, much like the Connor family of Roseanne's former self-titled sitcom, which enjoyed ...

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While her official TV series comeback has been a little nuts -- macadamia, to be exact -- Roseanne Barr is now in the process of returning to her true wheelhouse.

According to The Hollywood Reporter, the Emmy-winning actress, whose sitcom "Roseanne" spent much of the 1990s as the number one show in the ratings, is plotting a comeback to the scripted comedy series. Barr and 20th Century Fox are developing, "Downwardly Mobile," which is described as "a close-knit blue-collar family living in tough economic times."

If that sounds familiar, it's no accident; Barr has dedicated much of her life to bringing a portrait of real working class Americans to a normally glamorous Hollywood.

"Call me immodest--moi?--but I honestly think 'Roseanne' is even more ahead of its time today, when Americans are, to use a technical term from classical economics, screwed," Barr recently wrote for NY Magazine in...

Roseanne Barr has more than once bemoaned the state of comedy on television recently, and specifically noted the fact that sitcoms about working-class people have all but disappeared from the broadcast networks.

She's out to change that. The former star of and creative force behind "Roseanne" has a comedy project in the works at 20th Century Fox TV, according to The Hollywood Reporter.

It's called "Downwardly Mobile," and while details are few at the moment, the Hr says it will be in a similar vein to "Roseanne" as it follows a family that struggles to make ends meet. Barr and her boyfriend, Johnny Argent, will executive produce with Steven Greener, an exec producer of her current Lifetime unscripted series "Roseanne's Nuts."

The project doesn't have a writer/showrunner attached yet; once that happens it will go out to bid at networks, the Hr says. In the meantime, Barr has been...

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Roseanne Barr is heading back to scripted TV. The comedian and current star of reality show 'Roseanne's Nuts' is working on a new blue-collar sitcom.

According to the Hollywood Reporter, Barr and her boyfriend/reality TV co-star Johnny Argent are working on the project, currently titled 'Downwardly Mobile,' about a family living in tough economic hardship. The project's home is 20th Century Fox.

'Downwardly Mobile' would be Barr's first sitcom since 'Roseanne' ended in 1997. Since then, Barr has had a talk show, a best-selling book and now a reality series on Lifetime.

 

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Queen of nineties TV comedy Roseanne Barr is staging a comeback (her current reality show Roseanne's Nuts doesn't count, in my book), and is currently developing a new sitcom with 20th Century Fox. The series, Downwardly Mobile, would primarily be a star vehicle for Barr, and will center around a blue-collar family trying to get by in a bad economy. In other words, the exact same plot as Roseanne, with maybe a few tweaks here and there. It may not be a huge artistic departure for Barr, but as far as I'm concerned, this is the best TV-related news since Mad Men came to Netflix streaming. Welcome back, [...]...

Roseanne Barr is returning to comedy TV, having set up a new project at 20th Century Fox Television with her longtime boyfriend Johnny Argent, titled Downwardly Mobile, about a close-knit blue-collar family living in tough economic times, harkening back to her days on Roseanne.

Roseanne Barr has already launched a reality series on Lifetime, titled Roseanne's Nuts, which premiered earlier this summer, and follows Barr as she runs a 40-acre macadamia nut farm in Hawaii.

No word on when the new show will premiere.

After bringing one 1990s ABC sitcom star, Home Improvement's Tim Allen, back to primetime with a new comedy series, 20th Century Fox TV is looking to do the same for another, Roseanne Barr. The studio has signed a script deal with the former Roseanne star for a half-hour comedy she will co-write with her boyfriend Johnny Argent. The project, titled Downwardly Mobile, will explore the same territory as Roseanne, revolving around an optimistic blue-collar family living in hard times. Search is underway for a showrunner to board the project before it's taken out to the networks. Barr and Argent are executive producing with Steven Greener who also executive produces Barr's Lifetime reality series Roseanne's Nuts.

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This week on 'Roseanne's Nuts' (Wed., 9Pm Et on Lifetime), star Roseanne Barr went out of her way to live up to the title of her show, impulsively buying a truck in order to distribute vegetables to the homeless, much to her family's disapproval.

The idea was nice, in theory, but Barr's daughter, Jenny, was there to be the voice of reason for her headstrong mom.

"I'm just gonna drive it around and give people food," Barr explained, to which her daughter reasonably pointed out, "I think that's illegal."

 

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Quick suggestion: "Roseanne's Nuts" may not be the best campaign slogan.

Appearing Thursday on "The Tonight Show," Roseanne Barr made a big announcement: she's seeking the Presidency of the United States. The former sitcom star, who now has a reality show focusing on her macadamia farm in Hawaii, told Leno that she wanted to move into the Oval Office.

After shouting out medicinal marijuana, she pitched nuts' nutritional value, which she said was the cure to global warming and world hunger, and then revealed that she grows all her own food, stores water and uses solar power in her home. She then circled back to legalizing marijuana, and ending drug wars as a result, before making the big announcement.

Having publicly supported then-candidate Obama in 2008, it's quite the defection.

Will she appeal to environmentalists? TV nostalgics? With the election just over a year away, the sky's the limit for the...

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Greg Cipes is an actor, voice actor, and musician, but right now he's living in a tent in Roseanne Barr's yard on 'Roseanne's Nuts' (Wed., 9Pm Et on Lifetime). While Barr seems to be mostly amused by his antics and out-there personality, the same can't be said for her son, Jake, and domestic partner, Johnny.

"Greg represents everything I hate about people," Jake said.

The two couldn't even describe him properly, instead stating that you have to see him for yourselves to understand him.

 

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Roseanne Barr has revealed that she would love to compete on Dancing with the Stars. The Roseanne's Nuts star told xojane.com that she would be open to joining the ABC competition but feels that a chronic hip injury would keep her from being able to perform. "I really wanna do that show," Barr said. "My hips are bad. I think I need a hip replacement. That's (more)...

Will Roseanne Barr be the next celebrity to step into the ballroom on Dancing with the Stars? "I really wanna do that show," Barr, 58, tells xojane.com. "My hips are bad. I think I need a hip replacement. That's why I can't do that Dancing with the Stars s---." Although you won't catch Barr on DWTS anytime soon, you can watch her Lifetime reality show, Roseanne's Nuts, about her life on a macadamia nut and livestock farm in Hawaii. The show's title begs the question: What nutty stuff has the sitcom sensation-turned author done? "I have been arrested. For hitchhiking in Denver,...

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Roseanne Barr decided to embrace a bit more of the lifestyle of Hawaii on 'Roseanne's Nuts' (Wed., 9Pm Et on Lifetime). So she embarked on a new adventure, learning how to surf.

"What do you think of that, being old and surfing?" the 58-year old asked some of the guys who were there to help. When they told her "old" was all in her head, she retorted, "No, it's in my body, too. Trust me."

She learned a few basic moves and then she was ready to get into the water, but not before taking delight at her friend Greg's swim attire. "Look at your underwear," she laughed.

 

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The Television Critics Association summer press tour began in earnest Wednesday (July 27), and Lifetime had several bits of news -- and an unexpected guest appearance. The rundown:

- The cable channel has set a premiere date for its movie "Five," a series of linked short films about people dealing with breast cancer. The anthology, with segments directed by Patty Jenkins ("Monster"), Jennifer Aniston, Penelope Spheeris ("Wayne's World"), Demi Moore and Alicia Keys, will debut Monday, Oct. 10, in the middle of Breast Cancer Awareness Month.

"Five" stars Jeanne Tripplehorn ("Big Love"), Ginnifer Goodwin ("Once Upon a Time"), Patricia Clarkson ("Friends With Benefits"), Rosario Dawson ("Zookeeper") and Lyndsy Fonseca ("Nikita"), each of whom plays a woman dealing with breast cancer. The cast also includes Josh Holloway, Jennifer Morrison, Taylor Kinney, Bob Newhart, Annie Potts, Tony Shalhoub, Jeffrey Tambor and Tracee Ellis Ross. "Friends" co-creator Marta Kauffman developed the project and is among its executive producers.

New Clips from Roseanne's Nuts and Dance Moms on Lifetime are here! This Wednesday July 27 on Lifetime, tune in for Roseanne.s Nuts - Season 1: Episode 3 (Star Spangled Banner) Almost 20 years after her infamous rendition of the national anthem landed her in hot water, Roseanne gets a shot at redemption when she is invited to sing the song at a local girls softball game. As she debates whether or not to accept the invitation, Roseanne enlists the aid of her friend, singer Bonnie Bramlett, to help rehearse for the big day. Dance Moms . Season 1: Episode 2 (Wildly Innapropriate) The Dance Moms allow their daughters to wear outfits in a competition that...

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Anyone who was alive in 1990 remembers when Roseanne Barr sang 'The Star-Spangled Banner' at a Major League Baseball game. The rendition was horrible, she was out of tune, and then she wrapped by spitting and grabbing her crotch.

So it was with some nervousness that we watched her agree to tackle it again on 'Roseanne's Nuts' (Wed., 9Pm Et on Lifetime).

What happened, though, turned out to be a genuine suprise. Granted, this was for a Little League softball game, so we knew she would be on her best behavior, but we didn't expect her to be on-key.

 

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For the first time in a while, Roseanne Barr has found herself on the tip of every smart so-and-so's tongue. She's blunt, surprisingly wise, hysterical and she's showing up in more and more places.

It was her essay in New York Magazine that seemed to put her back on the map. A chronicle of struggle, success, insanity and feminism, it re-focused eyes back on a talented woman with wise cracking mouth and a complete intolerance for subordination.

Now it seems she can do no wrong. Barr's new series, 'Roseanne's Nuts,' which debuted on 'Lifetime' last week, is raking in ratings and praise. The setting is different than we're used to, the Hawaii-based show has Barr managing 40 acres of macadamia nuts and a livestock farm, but her delightfully acrid personality remains.

Last night she appeared on 'Chelsea Lately' to talk about her new book, 'Roseannarchy'--and smoking weed,...

Roseanne Barr returned to television on Wednesday, July 13 with the premiere of her new Lifetime series, Roseanne's Nuts. In the episode airing on Wednesday, July 20, at 9:00 Pm Et/Pt, almost 20 years after her infamous rendition of the national anthem landed her in hot water, Roseanne Barr gets a shot at redemption when she is invited to sing the song at a local girl's softball game. As she debates whether or not to accept the invitation, Roseanne enlists her friend, singer Bonnie Bramlett, to help rehearse for the big day. From Lifetime Viewers of Roseanne.s Nuts see Barr, who, after tiring of living in frenzied Los Angeles and everything associated with the city, abandons Southern California...

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part II is expected to break the box-office records this weekend. All of them. (Deadline)

Lea Michelle, Chris Colfer, and Cory Montieth won't be returning to "Glee" after next season. Their characters will graduate. (THR)

Speaking of Colfer, he wrote an indie comedy,Struck by Lightning, and somehow convinced Christina Hendricks to be in it, along with Dermot Mulroney and Allison Janney. (Deadline)

Speaking of Hendricks, here's a picture of her that will keep you up nights, compliments of superasente.

"Roseanne's Nuts," the new Roseanne Barr reality series on "Lifetime," is not putting up particularly good ratings so far. (NYMag)

Here's your first look at Colin Farrell in the Total Recall remake.

(EW via The FilmStage)

I still haven't watched NBC's "Sing-off," despite my love for Ben Folds. It looks like he'll be joined by another artist I really like, Sara Bareilles, who will...

Actress Roseanne, who is starring in her own Lifetime reality show, "Roseanne's Nuts," sat down with "Extra's" Aj Calloway after her appearance on "The View" to give us her view on some hot-button topics.

On the 2012 presidential race: "So is it Palin or Trump for 2012? I'm either running for president or prime minister of the entire world!"

On Anthony Weiner: "Representative -- the name Weiner, hilarious -- as soon as you're tweeting business, you got to go.

Roseanne Barr purchased a large macadamia nut farm on the big island of Hawaii to try her hand at nut farming in 2007 (a move which will be chronicled on her new Lifetime reality show, "Roseanne's Nuts"), but the former TV superstar says she has an ulterior motive when it comes to harvesting the tasty island treats: securing her spot in the great beyond.

"I'm trying to get a nut business together because I want to do a Paul Newman kind of thing where you create jobs and give all of the money to a good ...

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Roseanne Barr returns to television tonight, giving Lifetime viewer's a special reality TV look into her life and her nut farm.

"Roseanne's Nuts" premiers tonight at 9 p.m. Edt, and is sure to be a little off the wall. After abandoning Los Angeles, the Emmy award-winning actress has left the mainland for Hawaii, where she's managing a 40-acre macadamia and livestock farm.

Barr returns to television after a long-time self-imposed hiatus from the small screen, with boyfriend Johnny and son Jake, for the show, which will consist of 16 half-hour episodes.

We think the show's title is going to be more than appropriate.

You can check out the preview of tonight's premier, here.

You can catch two sneak peeks, courtesy of Lifetime, below:...

Comedian Roseanne Barr, best known for her 1990s eponymous sitcom, is back on the small screen for Lifetime's new original docu-series called "Roseanne's Nuts," which will follow Roseanne and her longtime boyfriend Johnny Argent in Hawaii, where they manage a 40-acre macadamia nut and livestock farm.

Barr and Argent bought the farm in 2007 and from the looks of these sneak peek clips, they've got their farm running fairly smoothly. It might actually be an interesting show to watch and Roseanne is always good for brash, no-nonsense, sarcastic behavior.

"Roseanne's Nuts" premieres Wednesday, July 13 at 9 p.m. Et on Lifetime. Will you be tuning in?...

Where are we, as a general culture, when it comes to Roseanne? I can never quite figure that question out — obviously, creating and starring in Roseanne gets you a lot of credit. But then she did that Hitler photo shoot, which many people did not like. But then she wrote that really great piece in New York Magazine about her experiences with TV. For some none of this matters, because to them she is just too much. But I love people who are "too much," as long as I can keep a safe distance. So I'm excited for her foray into reality TV, Roseanne's Nuts, about her life on a macadamia farm in Hawaii. (Seriously.) Now Lifetime has released the first clips from the show, and it looks... it looks like Roseanne on a farm. Just picture that, whether you're a fan of the [...]...