Roseanne Barr is back! The actress/comedian is launching a new show eight years after ABC dropped her over a tweet mocking key Obama lieutenant Valerie Jarrett.
Barr will star as a patriotic Texas prepper grandmother in ‘Meemaw: A Modern Day Fable,’ with legendary actor Randy Quaid playing her husband, Drea de Matteo (Sopranos) playing her daughter, and Omar Gooding (brother of Academy Award-winning actor Cuba Gooding Jr.) as the son-in-law. Actor Jon Lovitz will also have a guest role.
Shot quietly in Austin, “Meemaw” battles a criminal empire while planning a wild bat mitzvah. The semi-autobiographical show is expected to take shots at both the left and the right.
“Meemaw is coming and no one is safe,” Barr posted on X, in response to an article from the New York Post.
Meemaw is coming and no one is safe.
— Roseanne Barr (@therealroseanne) October 8, 2026
Quaid shared the following post on X:
Hi luscious @therealroseanne https://t.co/uKG6ZTlW7C
— Randy Quaid (@RandyRRQuaid) October 8, 2026
De Matteo also responded, with a bit more detail on what to expect: “Holy Shittttt—- here we GOOOOO! Thank God the cat is out of the bag— that was a hard secret to keep! Everybody join our circus!! We do not disappoint—- we ARE the new normal – wild AF! Roseanne is everyone’s spirit animal now n forever! Soooo happy I’m MeeMaws daughter!”
Holy Shittttt—- here we GOOOOO! Thank God the cat is out of the bag— that was a hard secret to keep!
Everybody join our circus!!
We do not disappoint—- we ARE the new normal – wild AF!Roseanne is everyone’s spirit animal now n forever!
Soooo happy I’m MeeMaws daughter!
— Drea de Matteo (@dreadematteo) October 8, 2026
Barr reportedly funded the 8-episode series herself, through private investors, after Hollywood turned its nose up on the project.
Roseanne Barr just wrapped an 8-episode comedy called Meemaw in Austin. She plays a Texas prepper grandma throwing her granddaughter the wildest bat mitzvah the state has ever seen.
Randy Quaid, Drea de Matteo, Jon Lovitz, and Tony Hinchcliffe are in it. She paid for it herself after Hollywood blackballed her in 2018.
Like it or not, she’s back.
— Myrna (@GigaBeers) October 8, 2026
One thing is certain: with Randy Quaid on board, the show will not be boring — here’s a quick sampling of responses to the story, as seen on X:
@therealroseanne With Quaid as your co-star, this show is going to be unstoppable! finally, something worth watching again!
— Carrie (@CarrieandJoey13) October 8, 2026
@therealroseanne Randy Quaid and Jon Lovitz…can’t wait! GO MEEMAW!!!
— Diane Moriggi (@Diane_Moriggi) October 8, 2026
@nypost The stupidest cancellation in human history. Valerie Jarrett does look like Dr. Zira from planet of the apes. She doesn’t look black and nobody even knew she was black. It was the beginning of gross liberalism in America
— Sunshine Sunnybunz (@SunshineS58469) October 8, 2026
@nypost This guy will be in it too https://t.co/jnaqm31pZm
— Pro-life means no exceptions ✝️ (@ku_stan61349) October 8, 2026
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Tom Tillison grew up in Maryland before moving to Central Florida as a young teen. It is in the Sunshine State that he honed both his passion for politics and his writing skills. Tillison also contributes to BizPac Review.
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