Roseanne Barr's Comeback Comedy 'Downwardly Mobile' Lands at NBC

In the bid for brands and broad comedy, NBC snapped up up Roseanne Barr's comeback sitcom, Downwardly Mobile. The multi-camera ensemble, which showed up a script plus penalty commitment within the network, is occur a rv community with former Roseanne author/executive producer Eric Gilliland aboard just like a co-creator, author and executive producer. The Twentieth Century Fox TV-produced project, which includes author, executive producer and longtime boyfriend Johnny Argent and non-writing executive producerSteven Eco-friendly (Roseanne's Nuts),was waiting around the showrunner just before being looked to systems. Scoring Gilliland, who offered becoming an executive producer and author on Roseanne's extended-running ABC comedy, was broadly regarded as like a coup. STORY: Roseanne Barr Preps Comedy Sitcom 'Downwardly Mobile' for 20th Television Furthermore to have an established rapport, WME-repped Gilliland brings significant comedy experience just like a author or producer on such series since the Question Years, That 70's Show and ABC'sMr. Sunshine. Attempting to his advantage: the completely new effort will mine similar territory as Roseanne, about blue-collar family and pals dwelling in tough economic occasions. While both material (lower class living) as well as the format (multi-cam) are something from the departure for NBC, the necessity to obtain running a business with one-time TV stars can be a strategy a few of the systems are implementing.Do-it-yourself'sTim Allenwill have his large TV return Tuesday while using premiere of his ABC sitcomLast Guy Standing, because the same network may also be circling a sitcom vehicle for formerCheersstarKirstie Alley.Due to its part, NBC attempted (unsuccessfully) gain some nostalgia points getting a platform forMad About YoustarPaul Reiserlast spring. STORY: Roseanne revisit TV in New Lifetime Reality Show If ultimately acquired to series,Mobile will probably be Barr's first sitcom sinceRoseanneended after nine seasons in 1997. Right after wrapping, the Emmy-winning actress dabbled inside the talk show space withThe Roseanne Show, however ongoing to become largely in the public eye inside the years that adopted. She tip-toed in the spotlight more recently withLifetime's short-were living docu-seriesRoseanne's Nuts, which adopted the comedian as she went a 40-acre macadamia nut farm in Hawaii. Email: Lacey.Rose@THR.com Twitter: @LaceyVRose Related Subjects NBC Roseanne Barr TV Development