Editing Roseanne (section)

==Production history==
In coming up with ideas for new shows, [[Marcy Carsey]] and [[Tom Werner]] of [[Carsey-Werner Productions]] decided to look into the concept of the working mother as a central voice.<ref>{{cite web  |last1=Pierce |first1=Scott D. |url = <!-- https://www.deseretnews.com/article/346353/AT-IT-TURNS-OUT-ROSEANNE-JUST-MAY-HAVE-BEEN-RIGHT.html -->https://www.deseret.com/1994/4/8/19101723/at-it-turns-out-roseanne-just-may-have-been-right |title = At It Turns Out, Roseanne Just May Have Been Right |date = April 8, 1994 |website = [[Deseret News]] |access-date =September 4, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220904080602/https://www.deseret.com/1994/4/8/19101723/at-it-turns-out-roseanne-just-may-have-been-right |archive-date=September 4, 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url = https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1989-01-26-ca-1949-story.html |title = One Big Happy Family? : Why 'Roseanne's' Creator Left Hit Show After Dispute With Its Star |first = NIKKI |last = FINKE |date = January 26, 1989 |access-date = May 10, 2018 |via = Los Angeles Times }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Barr |first1=Roseanne |title=And I Should Know : on the Lack of Change in the TV Industry |url=http://nymag.com/arts/tv/upfronts/2011/roseanne-barr-2011-5/ |access-date=September 4, 2022 |work=[[New York Magazine]] |date=May 13, 2011 |language=en-us}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url = https://www.vox.com/culture/2018/3/30/17174720/roseanne-2018-reboot-controversy-trump-explained-review |title = The Roseanne revival, and the argument over how TV depicts Trump supporters, explained |website = vox.com |date = March 30, 2018 |access-date = May 10, 2018 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url = http://mentalfloss.com/article/19154/6-bizarre-explanations-set-roseanne |title = 6 Bizarre Explanations From the Set of ''Roseanne'' |date = July 24, 2008 |website = mentalfloss.com |access-date = May 10, 2018 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url = https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/features/roseanne-returns-is-tv-ready-a-trump-loving-comic-nothing-left-prove-1086651 |title = Roseanne Returns: Is TV Ready for a Trump-Loving Comic With "Nothing Left to Prove"? |website = hollywoodreporter.com |date = February 21, 2018 |access-date = May 10, 2018 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url = https://www.goodhousekeeping.com/life/entertainment/news/g5141/roseanne-behind-the-scenes-stories/ |title = 37 Details About "Roseanne" That Will Change the Way You See the Show |date = March 5, 2018 |website = goodhousekeeping.com |access-date = May 10, 2018 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url = https://www.vulture.com/2018/03/from-the-archives-roseanne-on-her-life-in-television.html |title = From the Archives: Roseanne on Her Life in Television |first = Roseanne |last = Barr |website = vulture.com |date = March 27, 2018 |access-date = May 10, 2018 }}</ref> Up until that point, there had been countless shows with working mothers, but few treated them as anything other than an adjunct to the father in the family. Werner had suggested that they take a chance on Barr whom they had seen on ''[[The Tonight Show]]''. This was because he saw the unique "in your face" voice that they were looking for and he contacted her agent and offered her the role. Barr's act at the time was the persona of the "domestic goddess", but as Carsey and Werner explains, she had the distinctive voice and attitude for the character and she was able to transform herself into the working-class heroine they envisioned.<ref>{{cite web |url = http://www.emmytvlegends.org/interviews/people/marcy-carsey# |title = Marcy Carsey |work = [[Archive of American Television]] |access-date = April 20, 2015 }}</ref> Many early scripts were written by women: [[Grace McKeaney]], Lauren Eve Anderson,<ref name="paleycenter-T:16900">{{cite web |title=ROSEANNE: DARLENE'S APPENDIX (TV) |url=https://www.paleycenter.org/collection/item/?item=T:16900 |website=paleycenter.org |access-date=September 4, 2022}}</ref> and Laurie Gelman (the first female writer-producer to work on Roseanne),<ref name="Levine-Gelman-Roseanne">
*{{cite news |last1=Lyons |first1=Margaret |title=Roseanne Barr and Ken Levine Fight About Roseanne Barr, Ken Levine |url=https://www.vulture.com/2011/05/roseanne_and_ken_levine_fight.html |access-date=September 4, 2022 |date=May 31, 2011 |work=Vulture - [[New York Magazine]] |language=en-us}}
*{{cite book |last1=Gelman |first1=Laurie |title=Roseanne: Becky's Choice |date=1989 |publisher=Carsey-Werner Company |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1vMFPwAACAAJ |access-date=September 4, 2022 |language=en}}
*{{cite news |last1=Barr |first1=Roseanne |title=And I Should Know : on the Lack of Change in the TV Industry |url=http://nymag.com/arts/tv/upfronts/2011/roseanne-barr-2011-5/ |access-date=September 4, 2022 |work=[[New York Magazine]] |date=May 13, 2011 |language=en-us}}
*{{cite web |last1=Levine |first1=Ken |title=Roseanne's latest insane rant |url=http://kenlevine.blogspot.com/2011/05/roseannes-latest-insane-rant.html |website=By Ken Levine |access-date=September 4, 2022 |date=May 23, 2011}}
*{{cite web |author1=Roseanne |title=the grotesque sexism that I wrote about in ny mag |url=http://www.roseanneworld.com/blog/2011/05/the-grotesque-sexism-that-i-wr.php |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110603015710/http://www.roseanneworld.com/blog/2011/05/the-grotesque-sexism-that-i-wr.php |website=RoseanneWorld |access-date=September 4, 2022 |date=May 29, 2011 |archive-date=June 3, 2011}}
*{{cite web |last1=Levine |first1=Ken |title=My response to Roseanne |url=http://kenlevine.blogspot.com/2011/05/my-response-to-roseanne.html |website=By Ken Levine |access-date=September 4, 2022 |date=May 31, 2011}}
*{{cite web |author1=Roseanne |title=my final comment on Ken Levine |url=http://www.roseanneworld.com/blog/2011/06/my-final-comment-on-ken-levine.php |website=RoseanneWorld |access-date=September 4, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110605032840/http://www.roseanneworld.com/blog/2011/06/my-final-comment-on-ken-levine.php |archive-date=June 5, 2011 |date=June 1, 2011}}
</ref> and directed by [[Ellen Gittelsohn]].<!-- {{cite web |url = https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0094540/fullcredits/ |title = Roseanne (TV Series 1988–2018) |access-date = May 31, 2018 |via = www.imdb.com }} --><ref>{{cite web |title=ROSEANNE: LET'S CALL IT QUITS {FIRST SEASON FINALE} (TV) |url=https://www.paleycenter.org/collection/item/?item=T:20317 |website=The [[Paley Center]] in New York |access-date=September 4, 2022}}</ref><ref name="wga.org/101-written-series/roseanne">{{cite web |title=ROSEANNE - 101 Best Written TV Series |url=https://www.wga.org/writers-room/101-best-lists/101-best-written-tv-series/roseanne |website=[[Writers Guild of America West]] |access-date=September 4, 2022 |language=en |date=June 2, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Roseanne - Saison 1 - DVD |url=https://www.dvdfr.com/dvd/f32525-roseanne-saison-1.html |website=DVDFr |publisher=Aventures Intérieures |access-date=September 4, 2022 |language=fr-FR}}</ref>

Barr maintained that the characters of "Roseanne" and her family were based heavily on Roseanne herself and her own children and lived experience. Matt Williams, the original showrunner hired by Carsey and Werner, maintained that the show had been created before Barr's involvement, based on his own family experiences. Under [[Writers Guild of America]] regulations, only someone who wrote a series' pilot episode can receive creator credit on that series; consequently, Williams (who was the sole writer of the pilot) received on-screen credit as the show's sole creator. A subsidiary credit noted that the work was based on Barr's stand-up comedy.

In 1993, it was made public that Barr would refer to each of her 19 writers by a number rather than their name. The writers would wear shirts with their assigned number.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Lowry |first=Brian |date=August 24, 1993 |title=Roseanne to writers: take a number |url=https://variety.com/1993/tv/news/roseanne-to-writers-take-a-number-109869/ |access-date=January 26, 2023 |website=Variety |language=en-US}}</ref>