--- title: Jimmy Kimmel Has an Idea for New Roseanne Spinoff description: Jimmy Kimmel has a recommendation for how ABC could take a different route with Roseanne following the popular sitcom reboot's cancellation. canonical: https://time.com/5295239/jimmy-kimmel-roseanne-cancelled/ author: Megan McCluskey article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2018-05-30T14:51:42.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:53:09.888Z og:title: Jimmy Kimmel Thinks This Roseanne Spinoff Works for Everyone og:description: The sitcom reboot was cancelled over a racist tweet from star Roseanne Barr og:url: https://time.com/5295239/jimmy-kimmel-roseanne-cancelled/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt84c5676c3f4a001c/698931cc8fd2ee84b135bc57/screen-shot-2018-05-30-at-10-18-29-am.png?branch=production&width=2400&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Screen Shot 2018-05-30 at 10.18.29 AM og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Jimmy Kimmel Thinks This Roseanne Spinoff Works for Everyone twitter:description: The sitcom reboot was cancelled over a racist tweet from star Roseanne Barr twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt84c5676c3f4a001c/698931cc8fd2ee84b135bc57/screen-shot-2018-05-30-at-10-18-29-am.png?branch=production&width=2400&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Jimmy Kimmel Thinks This Is the _Roseanne_ Spinoff That Works for Everyone  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer May 30, 2018 2:51 PM UTC  ABC  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer May 30, 2018 2:51 PM UTC [Jimmy Kimmel](http://time.com/5290097/jimmy-kimmel-man-on-the-street-live-home/) has a recommendation for how ABC could take a different route with [_Roseanne_](http://time.com/5294568/roseanne-cancellation-abc-racism/) following the popular sitcom reboot’s [cancellation](http://time.com/5294313/roseanne-cancelled-abc/). After the network cancelled the show on Tuesday over a racist tweet from star Roseanne Barr that compared former White House adviser Valerie Jarrett, who is black, to _Planet of the Apes_, Kimmel took to the _Live!_ stage to suggest a new angle for the spinoff that he thinks would work for everyone. “We don’t have much on this network. We’re hoping the NBA Finals goes 11 games this year,” the late-night host quipped of ABC. “We’re still airing _America’s Funniest Home Videos_, OK? Roseanne was a very bigly hit for ABC and we needed it. But…hear me out. Just because Roseanne is gone, doesn’t mean the whole show has to go. The show must go on, that’s what we say in show business.” Kimmel then aired a fake promo for _Dan_, a new spinoff centered on John Goodman’s character Dan Conner rather than his on-screen wife. 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