Would an original show featuring the rest of the cast work?

I would watch it, for the very reason that I watch this show. I was just curious about what a show about a Trump supporter would be like and how that would be depicted. I only saw anything to do with Trump on the first episode. Most of the other stuff about Muslims and stuff were politely handled, even politically correct. I kept watching because I wanted to see what the big controversy was, not because I thought it was that great or funny.

The show was a kind of forum. Watch it and see what others might say. It was kind of an interesting idea, except they did not really make us of it or try it. It was not that good, funny, and deliberately skirted the issues with political correctness, and I think that is the only reason people watched it ... to see what the controversy was. I am not saying that was wrong, just that it did not really expand to fill its supposed niche.

They could still do a good show. For example, a new season could start with Roseanne being in a coma or dead from a botched knee surgery. They would not need to show her. The family would be on the hook for medical costs, and have to decide to let her go, and be upset about it. Dan would be a widower. How do they get by? It would be a challenge, but it could also be a real ground breaker.

Maybe they try to sue the doctor for malpractice and find out that they are limited to sue for less than Roseanne's treatment cost thanks for Republican's weakening of tort law that protects people from corporate malfeasance, so they are still in the hole, also thanks for Trump's destruction of ObamaCare.

Dan could do his taxes and finds that all the tax money he got back and more has gone to health care, and higher gas prices because Trump has been shooting his big mouth off about Iran and tensions are higher in the Middle East and oil prices are rising. But since he is doing a job for a very rich guy with a huge corporation he finds that that guy saves several million on his taxes, and his tax cuts are permanent while the family's tax cuts will sunset in a few years.

It could work ... I'd for sure watch it! ;-)

I think that would be hard. It is difficult enough for an actor that has been in a sitcom for a while to not be associated with that role. To do this for an entire ensemble without thinking of their old characters imo would be hard. Not sure how old you are, however, I remember when they took out the lead in Valerie (Valerie Harper) and went on without her as the Hogan Family.

It's a good idea. I would watch just to see what they would do. If it is the same writers, I think we have a winner.