Includes a scene in which the producers discuss firing Roseanne Barr and continuing her sitcom with John Goodman and Laurie Metcalf. Decades later, this became a reality when the Roseanne series was revived in 2018. Barr posted offensive racist comments on social media and the series was immediately cancelled. ABC fired Barr and the show continued a few months later as The Conners. It was a hit even without Barr.
Patrika Darbo and Stephen Lee had each previously guest-starred on Roseanne (1988), and Darbo left the set with an autographed copy of Roseanne Barr's autobiography.
Patrika Darbo was offered the same role in Roseanne: An Unauthorized Biography (1994), but she didn't like the script.
Roseanne Barr announced that she wanted to appear during the original NBC broadcast to give a running commentary, but she ultimately backed out.
The second of two movies about Roseanne Barr that aired in October 1994, following Fox's Roseanne: An Unauthorized Biography (1994).