Roseanne: Season 1

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Roseanne

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ABC | Season Premiere Date: October 18, 1988

Starring: John Goodman, Laurie Metcalf, Sara Gilbert

Summary: Roseanne was one of the most successful series of the late '80s and early '90s. It always received great ratings and was awarded with 4 Emmys, 3 Golden Globes and 4 American Comedy Awards. The show ran from 1988 to 1997 and ended with one of the most original (and confusing for some) endings in TV history.Set in small town Lanford Illinois,Roseanne was one of the most successful series of the late '80s and early '90s. It always received great ratings and was awarded with 4 Emmys, 3 Golden Globes and 4 American Comedy Awards. The show ran from 1988 to 1997 and ended with one of the most original (and confusing for some) endings in TV history.Set in small town Lanford Illinois, the show followed The Conners, a blue collar family with a humerous backbone, through the trials of: life, marriage, raising a family, and making ends meet. ABC Broadcasting Schedule
October 1988-February 1989.....Tuesday 8:30-9:00
February 1989-September 1994......Tuesday 9:00-9:30
September 1994-March 1995......Wednesday 9:00-9:30 March 1995-May 1995......Wednesday 8:00-8:30
May 1995-September 1995......Wednesday 9:30-10:00
September 1995-May 1997......Wednesday 8:00-8:30… Expand

Genre(s): Comedy

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Season 1 Episodes

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S1:E23. Let's Call It Quits
Air Date: May 2, 1989
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S1:E22. Dear Mom and Dad
Air Date: April 18, 1989
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S1:E21. Death and Stuff
Air Date: April 11, 1989

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Steve Sonsky

Jul 11, 2013

This is the likely big hit of the '88-'89 strike-delayed season, the show everyone will copy next year. [17 Oct 1988]

Robert P. Laurence

Jul 11, 2013

"Roseanne" is without a doubt one of the brightest new entries of the season, one of the most unusual of any season, and one of the most welcome. [18 Oct 1988]

Tom Shales

Jul 11, 2013

The fact that Barr's show seems cut so authentically out of middle-class experience gives it a solid familiarity from first encounter. ... "Roseanne" is really different and really funny. [18 Oct 1988]

David Friedman

Jul 11, 2013

No doubt ABC has a hit here. The show's funny, and this is something you rarely get to say about a sitcom. [16 Oct 1988]

Richard Zoglin

Jul 2, 2013

The show's grungy ambience and gleeful puncturing of TV ideals of happy domesticity have made it the most daring new sitcom of the fall. Read full review

Howard Rosenberg

Jul 11, 2013

An endearingly weird and bent new ABC comedy. Read full review

Clifford Terry

Jul 11, 2013

Despite its aim of tweaking television's usual saccharine family vehicles--replacing, in effect, the smarmy with the snippy--it really is just another standard sitcom itself, wrapped in fitfully amusing abrasiveness. [18 Oct 1988]

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JPK

Jun 20, 2019

A Classic Sitcom
Roseanne is funny, clever, and has very likable characters.

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Seasons & Episodes

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Series Overview
Season 10

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- Season 10 Overview
  Air Date: March 27, 2018
Season 9

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- Season 9 Overview
  Air Date: September 17, 1996
Season 8

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- Season 8 Overview
  Air Date: September 19, 1995
Season 7

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- Season 7 Overview
  Air Date: September 21, 1994
Season 6

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- Season 6 Overview
  Air Date: September 14, 1993
Season 5

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- Season 5 Overview
  Air Date: September 15, 1992
Season 4

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- Season 4 Overview
  Air Date: September 17, 1991
Season 3

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- Season 3 Overview
  Air Date: September 18, 1990
Season 2

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- Season 2 Overview
  Air Date: September 12, 1989
Season 1

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- Season 1 Overview
  Air Date: October 18, 1988
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  S1:E23. Let's Call It Quits
  Air Date: May 2, 1989
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  S1:E22. Dear Mom and Dad
  Air Date: April 18, 1989
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  S1:E21. Death and Stuff
  Air Date: April 11, 1989
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  S1:E20. Toto, We're Not in Kansas Anymore
  Air Date: March 28, 1989
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  S1:E19. Workin' Overtime
  Air Date: March 14, 1989
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  S1:E18. The Slice of Life
  Air Date: March 7, 1989
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  S1:E17. Becky's Choice
  Air Date: February 28, 1989
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  S1:E16. Mall Story
  Air Date: February 21, 1989
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  S1:E15. Nightmare on Oak Street
  Air Date: February 14, 1989
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  S1:E14. Father's Day
  Air Date: February 7, 1989
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  S1:E13. Bridge Over Troubled Sonny
  Air Date: January 31, 1989
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  S1:E12. The Monday Thru Friday Show
  Air Date: January 24, 1989
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  S1:E11. Canoga Time
  Air Date: January 17, 1989
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  S1:E11. Conga Time
  Air Date: unknown
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  S1:E10. Saturday
  Air Date: January 10, 1989
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  S1:E9. Dan's Birthday Bash
  Air Date: January 3, 1989
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  S1:E8. Here's to Good Friends
  Air Date: December 20, 1988
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  S1:E7. The Memory Game
  Air Date: December 13, 1988
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  S1:E6. Lovers' Lane
  Air Date: December 6, 1988
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  S1:E5. Radio Days
  Air Date: November 29, 1988
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  S1:E4. Language Lessons
  Air Date: November 22, 1988
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  S1:E3. D-I-V-O-R-C-E
  Air Date: November 1, 1988
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  S1:E2. We're in the Money
  Air Date: October 25, 1988
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  S1:E1. Life and Stuff
  Air Date: October 18, 1988