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The Conners should seriously consider hiring Katey Sagal full-time


https://decider.com/2018/12/12/katey-sagal-the-conners

"If you were coming up with an actor to step in and play opposite John Goodman, I can’t think of anyone better than Katey Sagal," says Brett White. "First off, let’s just talk about how she–like John Goodman and Roseanne Barr–is sitcom royalty. She was Peg Bundy in the Married… with Children cast, for crying out loud! Her guest-starring on The Conners is a big deal, even removing the potential romance between Louise and Dan. This represents a meeting of the matriarch and the patriarch of the two most controversial family sitcoms of the ’80s, Married… with Children and Roseanne, a pairing that sitcom fans like myself never knew we always wanted. She played Peg for 11 seasons, which spanned the entirety of Roseanne’s run (Married… with Children debuted a year before Roseanne and wrapped a month after Roseanne)."

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It would be nice to see her as a regular on a show not involving her husband....

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I agree, she's always good.

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I wish they could get her and Ed Oneil to reprise their roles on that show for an episode or so. Probably not possible though.

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I think this episode showed that the show has some potential to grow and become good and would love to see Katey Sagal become a regular and maybe have it grow into something with Dan.

I really feel sorry for Laurie Metcalf though because they turned Jackie into a raving lunatic and she has become a total cartoon and not funny at all. They are wasting Laurie's talent.

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well, the fact that neither actress has any similarity is a good reason.

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Katey Sagal is a perfect match for the show. I can see her character being the stabilizing influence/voice of reason.

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She is great as Louise ... I'd like to see her and Dan get together.

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I don't really like her character. She seems too judgmental. But her singing on last nights episode was awesome. I had no idea she was so good. Her and Dan should get together and do a musical number. Her character just needs to loosen up some.

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