Roseanne Barr Preps Comeback Sitcom 'Downwardly Mobile' for 20th Television (Exclusive)

Roseanne Barr is returning to TV comedy.our editor recommendsRoseanne Barr in Talks With Chelsea Handler to look on NBC's 'Are You There, Vodka?' (Exclusive)Roseanne Barr Reality For Canada's W NetworkRoseanne's Peanut Super Bowl Commercial Was Most Widely Used Ad Among TiVo Customers Sources tell THR the former sitcom star-switched-best-selling author provides a brand new project at twentieth century Fox Television together with her longtime boyfriend Johnny Argent. The project, entitled Downwardly Mobile, will be a star vehicle for Barr. It's designed tomine similar territory to her hit the nineteen nineties sitcomRoseanne:a detailed-knit blue-collar family residing in tough economic occasions. PHOTOS: Modern Film & Television Comics Steven Eco-friendly is attached being an executive producer. When a showrunner is drawn on, the project is going to be looked to systems. It might be Barr's first sitcom since Roseanneended in 1997 after nine seasons. Soon after wrapping, the Emmy-winning actress dabbled within the talk show space using the Roseanne Show. PHOTOS: Fall TV's Leading Ladies Barr is presently dealing with Eco-friendly on herLifetime docu-seriesRoseanne's Nuts.The truth show, which opened the 2009 summer time, follows Barr as she runs a 40-acre macadamia nut farm in Hawaii. The series received significant ink when it was initially introduced because Barr had spent a lot of the final decade from the spotlight. PHOTOS: Best and Worst TV Fathers: 'Roseanne's' John Goodman and much more Off-screen, the comedian and blogger (Roseanneworld.com) hasn't lost her knack for producing head lines. Just a week ago, she declared her candidacy for leader about the Tonight Show, telling Jay Leno that they thought about being area of the debates. VIDEO: Roseanne Barr Starting on Presidential Campaign This news may come as one-time Do It Yourself star Tim Allen preps forhis TV return with Last Guy Standing around ABC, exactly the same network that's also circling a sitcom work for former Cheers star Kirstie Alley. Email: Lacey.Rose@thr.com Twitter: @LaceyVRose Related Subjects Roseanne Barr Roseanne Lifetime