Friday, May 22, 2026

EXCLUSIVE ABC Will Yank Tonight’s “Roseanne” Rerun, Replace it with Episode of “The Middle”

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There will no more reruns of the “Roseanne” reboot.

I’m told that tonight’s rerun, with Johnny Galecki, has been yanked. It will be replaced by an episode of  “The Middle.” It will just happen without explanation.

The rest of the “Roseanne” rebooted episodes will be relegated to history. They’re not coming back to ABC.

See my syndication story. If you don’t have them on tape, “Roseanne” may vanish like the lost city of Atlantis.

What a stunning turn of events, all in less than a day. How sad for the kids in the cast of “Roseanne,” all of whom deserved better than this.

Otherwise all mention of “Roseanne” has been scrubbed from the ABC website.

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Roger Friedman is the founder and editor-in-chief of Showbiz411. He wrote the FOX411 column on FoxNews.com from 1999 to 2009 and previously edited Fame magazine and wrote the "Intelligencer" column at New York magazine. His bylines have appeared in The New York Times, The Washington Post, the New York Daily News, the New York Post, Vogue, Details, and the Miami Herald. He is a voting member of the Critics Choice Awards (Film and Television branches), and his movie reviews are tracked by Rotten Tomatoes. is articles have appeared in dozens of publications over the years including New York Magazine, where he wrote the Intelligencer column in the mid 90s and covered the OJ Simpson trial, and Fox News (when it wasn't so crazy) where he covered Michael Jackson. With D.A. Pennebaker and Chris Hegedus, he co-produced the 2002 documentary "Only the Strong Survive," which screened at Directors' Fortnight at the Cannes Film Festival.

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