Show star Roseanne Barr told the Hollywood Reporter in February that the working class sitcom’s fictional setting of Lanford is based on Elgin. The producers even conducted a focus group in ...

Although the fictional family lives in the made-up town of Lanford, Illinois in the long ... (The setting isn’t entirely random; “Roseanne” creator Matt Williams is an Evansville native.) “ ...

Warning: This article contains SPOILERS for The Conners season 7, episodes 5 and 6, "Exercise Bands, Money Plans, and Faraway Land" and "The Truck Stops Here." While The Conners series finale didn ...

"Lanford was a valuable place to grow up, learn and develop," Michael Fishman tells PEOPLE of his fictional hometown from Roseanne's original run up to his latest stint on The Conners Michael ...

ABC’s “Roseanne” returned to television after more than two decades on March 27. The reboot’s first episode didn’t shy away from politics. (Video: Elyse Samuels/The Washington Post ...

She wouldn't see the predominantly white, Republican city 40 miles northwest of downtown Chicago with a devastated economy that was the inspiration for Lanford, Ill., during the first "Roseanne ...

Reflecting on declining the request to feature on The Conners spinoff, Roseanne Barr disclosed she was stunned to get the ...

And her hard work paid off: She succeeded enough to go to college, to find a partner (Johnny Galecki) and to get out of Lanford. More: Roseanne Barr on career-damaging racist tweet ...

Like Vonda, Bonnie was one of Roseanne's most memorable co-workers ... Even without the late Crosby by her side, Bonnie's return to Lanford, presumably via motorcycle, could make for some great ...

has not undergone any major renovations since viewers first entered the blue-collar family’s home in the 1988 series premiere of Roseanne. Other famed properties that have gone on the market in ...