Roseanne Barr to headline new sitcom "Meemaw" with Randy Quaid and Drea de Matteo

Mixed · 2Roseanne Barr, 73, headlines a new comedy series called "Meemaw", according to a Page Six Hollywood report relayed by the Daily Mail and Raw Story on 8 October 2026. 1 2 Mixed · 2Randy Quaid plays Barr's on-screen husband and Sopranos actress Drea de Matteo plays her daughter; Jon Lovitz and comedian Tony Hinchcliffe are also in the cast. 1 2 Left · 1Raw Story, citing Page Six, adds that Omar Gooding plays the son-in-law, Doug Jones also stars, and Hinchcliffe plays Satan. 2

Mixed · 2Barr plays a patriotic prepper grandmother in a mixed-race family in Texas who sets out to save America, take down a criminal empire and throw her granddaughter a bat mitzvah. 1 2 Left · 1Raw Story, citing Page Six, says filming began quietly in Austin, Texas, in November 2025, that Barr sought money from private investors for a fully union production, and that the report names no network or streamer. 2 Mixed · 2Barr said the show will "make fun of everybody" and includes "great jokes about Republicans that the lefties are gonna love"; she also called it as revolutionary as her earlier show and said her work has improved with time. 1 2

Mixed · 2ABC fired Barr in May 2018 after she tweeted that Valerie Jarrett, a Black former adviser to Barack Obama, looked like the product of the 'Muslim brotherhood & planet of the apes'; ABC cancelled the Roseanne revival and Barr apologised. 1 2 Left · 1Barr later said the tweet "cost me everything" and told Page Six she was fired over a post that was up for two hours; Elon Musk did not respond to Page Six when asked whether he invested. 2 Right · 1The Daily Mail said it had contacted representatives for Barr and de Matteo for comment. 1