Roseanne Barr a Potential Issue in Reboot of Her Show

According to TMZ, there is a snag in rebooting Roseanne, and that is Roseanne Bar. Following the show’s cancellation after Barr’s racist twitter comments, there has been talk of rebooting the show, with the focus turning to Sara Gilbert’s character. The site notes that the issue is now that Roseanne Barr created the show with the original executive producers, she has a financial stake in it and its characters. It’s unclear which specific ones she created, but TMZ says that the network is doing its due diligence to avoid a lawsuit. Roseanne could put her foot down and say there will be no revamped reboot unless she gets a piece of the pie. But if she’s making money off the new version, ABC may feel that it defeats the purpose of canceling the show after her racist comment, and move on from it.