Overdose
03-28-2007, 07:08 PM
It really bugs me that Roseanne had a 9th season. If Roseanne had ended after 8 seasons, all the seasons would have been placed in the Top 20 most watched shows during their run.
Roseanne would also be remembered far better. Instead of people saying, "Roseanne was pretty good all the way through, except the last season, which sucked!" they would simply say, "Roseanne was pretty good all the way through, but the first 5 or 6 seasons were AMAZING." This would have allowed Roseanne to be remembered better and it would have given the show more credit as to being one of the greatest TV shows of all time.
What I don't get is that shows that were only around for 5 or so seasons total (but all of the seasons were good) are thus ranked better than Roseanne, even though Roseanne had just as many good seasons, but just happened to have a few poor seasons towards the end of its run. Which makes me sad that the last seasons, mostly the very last season, have damaged the reputation of Roseanne and how it fars in television history.
Whenever I see organizations release lists such as, “The Greatest TV Shows of All Time” it seems Roseanne does not fare well. It usually ends up behind shows like Fresh Prince, Home Improvement and Married With Children and sometimes does not even hit the Top 50 greatest shows of all time. Apparently TV critics forget that Roseanne spent its first 6 seasons in the top 5 rated shows on television. That Roseanne brought up issues no other sitcom was willing to talk about and that Roseanne paved the way for shows like Seinfeld (Roseanne made it common practice for standup comics to get their own TV shows) and Will and Grace (Roseanne made it OK to have gay characters on TV). These are just a few prime examples of how without Roseanne some of the most beloved TV shows may not have hit the airwaves.
Roseanne made it OK to talk about the darker side of the American family, bring up touchy subjects such as spouse abuse, substance abuse and money issues that everyone deals with and brought gay characters to the forefront of American television. It did all this while having one of the greatest television casts of all time. Roseanne Barr won an Emmy for her acting as Roseanne, John Goodman was nominated 6 times for best actor as Dan, Laurie Metcalf won 3 Emmys and was nominated a total of 4 times for her role as Jackie and Sara Gilbert was nominated twice for best supporting actress as Darlene.
Roseanne clearly deserves more respect. It seems as if TV critics feel it is beneath them to give this show credit. Just as the Emmys never gave Roseanne a best comedy series award, critics today refuse to look at how Roseanne changed television forever.
Roseanne would also be remembered far better. Instead of people saying, "Roseanne was pretty good all the way through, except the last season, which sucked!" they would simply say, "Roseanne was pretty good all the way through, but the first 5 or 6 seasons were AMAZING." This would have allowed Roseanne to be remembered better and it would have given the show more credit as to being one of the greatest TV shows of all time.
What I don't get is that shows that were only around for 5 or so seasons total (but all of the seasons were good) are thus ranked better than Roseanne, even though Roseanne had just as many good seasons, but just happened to have a few poor seasons towards the end of its run. Which makes me sad that the last seasons, mostly the very last season, have damaged the reputation of Roseanne and how it fars in television history.
Whenever I see organizations release lists such as, “The Greatest TV Shows of All Time” it seems Roseanne does not fare well. It usually ends up behind shows like Fresh Prince, Home Improvement and Married With Children and sometimes does not even hit the Top 50 greatest shows of all time. Apparently TV critics forget that Roseanne spent its first 6 seasons in the top 5 rated shows on television. That Roseanne brought up issues no other sitcom was willing to talk about and that Roseanne paved the way for shows like Seinfeld (Roseanne made it common practice for standup comics to get their own TV shows) and Will and Grace (Roseanne made it OK to have gay characters on TV). These are just a few prime examples of how without Roseanne some of the most beloved TV shows may not have hit the airwaves.
Roseanne made it OK to talk about the darker side of the American family, bring up touchy subjects such as spouse abuse, substance abuse and money issues that everyone deals with and brought gay characters to the forefront of American television. It did all this while having one of the greatest television casts of all time. Roseanne Barr won an Emmy for her acting as Roseanne, John Goodman was nominated 6 times for best actor as Dan, Laurie Metcalf won 3 Emmys and was nominated a total of 4 times for her role as Jackie and Sara Gilbert was nominated twice for best supporting actress as Darlene.
Roseanne clearly deserves more respect. It seems as if TV critics feel it is beneath them to give this show credit. Just as the Emmys never gave Roseanne a best comedy series award, critics today refuse to look at how Roseanne changed television forever.