TMC
05-18-2018, 03:18 PM
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/roseanne-showrunner-whitney-cummings-exits-1113055
The comedian, who said she "became the PC police" (https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/features/roseanne-returns-is-tv-ready-a-trump-loving-comic-nothing-left-prove-1086651) on Roseanne while helping shepherd the revival, "is going to be too busy" for next season, according to her fellow co-showrunner Bruce Helford. He adds that "Whitney is always a member of the family of the show but she's got so much going on. I don't know how she had time to work on the show in the first place. I don't think she'll be able to join us in the capacity she was joining us in this first season." Cummings, who co-created 2 Broke Girls, was working with Roseanne executive producer Tom Werner of Carsey-Werner when he proposed that she help lead the revival. Cummings said when Werner “called me and he said, ‘We’re doing this. Do you want to be a part of it?’ … I canceled everything I had going on and made myself available (http://www.philly.com/philly/entertainment/television/roseanne-whitney-cummings-abc-penn-20180326.html), if anything just to go in and learn from these writers.” Helford also said Roseanne will bring in a group of new writers for Season 2: "We have a lot of new voices, younger voices, which I think is important on the show. I'll be showrunning next season. We run a democratic room, almost nobody has a stronger voice than anybody else; everybody's input is there. I'm excited because there are a lot of new voices and because I believe we've got the best of the voices who have been part of it continuing." UPDATE: Cummings confirms her exit on Twitter (https://twitter.com/WhitneyCummings/status/997538572768108545): "Due to work commitments and my tour schedule, I'm gonna have to watch the Conner's from the sidelines next season."
ALSO:
Executive producer Bruce Helford says Roseanne will bring back Muslim neighbors and add more Latino characters in Season 2 (http://www.indiewire.com/2018/05/roseanne-neighbors-writers-diversity-season-2-1201965047/)
Late Night's Amber Ruffin calls out Roseanne for its "tired a**" Muslim episode: “Roseanne is back and better than ever… at being racist" (https://www.thewrap.com/late-night-writer-calls-out-roseannes-tired-ass-episode-about-muslims/)
The comedian, who said she "became the PC police" (https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/features/roseanne-returns-is-tv-ready-a-trump-loving-comic-nothing-left-prove-1086651) on Roseanne while helping shepherd the revival, "is going to be too busy" for next season, according to her fellow co-showrunner Bruce Helford. He adds that "Whitney is always a member of the family of the show but she's got so much going on. I don't know how she had time to work on the show in the first place. I don't think she'll be able to join us in the capacity she was joining us in this first season." Cummings, who co-created 2 Broke Girls, was working with Roseanne executive producer Tom Werner of Carsey-Werner when he proposed that she help lead the revival. Cummings said when Werner “called me and he said, ‘We’re doing this. Do you want to be a part of it?’ … I canceled everything I had going on and made myself available (http://www.philly.com/philly/entertainment/television/roseanne-whitney-cummings-abc-penn-20180326.html), if anything just to go in and learn from these writers.” Helford also said Roseanne will bring in a group of new writers for Season 2: "We have a lot of new voices, younger voices, which I think is important on the show. I'll be showrunning next season. We run a democratic room, almost nobody has a stronger voice than anybody else; everybody's input is there. I'm excited because there are a lot of new voices and because I believe we've got the best of the voices who have been part of it continuing." UPDATE: Cummings confirms her exit on Twitter (https://twitter.com/WhitneyCummings/status/997538572768108545): "Due to work commitments and my tour schedule, I'm gonna have to watch the Conner's from the sidelines next season."
ALSO:
Executive producer Bruce Helford says Roseanne will bring back Muslim neighbors and add more Latino characters in Season 2 (http://www.indiewire.com/2018/05/roseanne-neighbors-writers-diversity-season-2-1201965047/)
Late Night's Amber Ruffin calls out Roseanne for its "tired a**" Muslim episode: “Roseanne is back and better than ever… at being racist" (https://www.thewrap.com/late-night-writer-calls-out-roseannes-tired-ass-episode-about-muslims/)