Whitney Cummings departs as Roseanne's co-showrunner for Season 2

The Hollywood Reporter

The comedian, who said she "became the PC police" on Roseanne while helping shepherd the revival, "is going to be too busy" for next season, according to her fellow co-showrunner Bruce Helford. He adds that "Whitney is always a member of the family of the show but she's got so much going on. I don't know how she had time to work on the show in the first place. I don't think she'll be able to join us in the capacity she was joining us in this first season." Cummings, who co-created 2 Broke Girls, was working with Roseanne executive producer Tom Werner of Carsey-Werner when he proposed that she help lead the revival. Cummings said when Werner “called me and he said, ‘We’re doing this. Do you want to be a part of it?’ … I canceled everything I had going on and made myself available, if anything just to go in and learn from these writers.” Helford also said Roseanne will bring in a group of new writers for Season 2: "We have a lot of new voices, younger voices, which I think is important on the show. I'll be showrunning next season. We run a democratic room, almost nobody has a stronger voice than anybody else; everybody's input is there. I'm excited because there are a lot of new voices and because I believe we've got the best of the voices who have been part of it continuing." UPDATE: Cummings confirms her exit on Twitter: "Due to work commitments and my tour schedule, I'm gonna have to watch the Conner's from the sidelines next season."

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