American series by Roseanne Barr
Roseanne's Nuts
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Genre
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Starring
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Country of origin
| United States
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Original language
| English
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No.
of seasons
| 1
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No.
of episodes
| 16
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Executive producers
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Producers
| - Jake Pentland
- Tricia Horn
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Production locations
| Big Island
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Hawaii
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Running time
| 20?22 minutes
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Production companies
| - 3 Ball Productions/Eyeworks USA
- Full Moon & High Tide Productions
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Network
| Lifetime
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Release
| July 13
(
2011-07-13
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September 16, 2011
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2011-09-16
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The Real Roseanne Show
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Roseanne's Nuts
is a
reality
docudrama
television series that features
Roseanne Barr
, her partner Johnny Argent and son Jake Pentland as they live on their macadamia nut and livestock farm in
Hawaii
. It features celebrity guests like,
Bonnie Bramlett
,
Michael Fishman
,
Phyllis Diller
, and
Sandra Bernhard
. The series originally aired on
Lifetime
.
The series premiered on July 13, 2011, with two half-hour episodes and received mixed reviews based on its first episode. Its premiere was watched by 1.6 million viewers becoming Lifetime's fourth most-watched unscripted series launch in total viewers, adults 18?49 and adults 25?54. By its sixth week it was down to 711,000 viewers and was moved from Wednesdays to Friday nights for its final three weeks. On September 21, 2011, Lifetime canceled the series.
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Cast
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Main
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- Roseanne Barr
- Johnny Argent, Barr's partner
- Jake Pentland, Barr's son
- Becky Pentland, Jake's stepmother
- Greg Cipes
, a friend of the family
Guest
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Episodes
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Production
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In 2007, Barr purchased the 2,212-square-foot ranch-style house and 46-acre property sight unseen known as Hidden Hamakua Farm in
Honokaa
/
Hamakua
on the
Big Island
,
Hawaii
for $1.78 million.
[13]
She moved there from
Los Angeles
full-time in 2010.
[14]
Crew from
The Oprah Winfrey Show
visited Barr's house and farm as part of the February 14, 2011 episode featuring Barr. She toured the cameras around while she picked
macadamia nuts
from her 2,000 trees, vegetables in her
organic garden
and gathered honey from a beehive. During the show she told Oprah that she was working on a reality show based on her new life as a farmer.
[15]
The same day the episode aired,
The Hollywood Reporter
announced that
Lifetime Television
ordered 16 half-hour episodes produced by
3 Ball Productions/Eyeworks USA
and Jake Pentland's Full Moon & High Tide Productions.
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Release
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Ratings
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Roseanne's Nuts
premiered on
Lifetime Television
on July 13, 2011, with two half-hour episodes.
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The show became Lifetime's fourth most-watched unscripted series launch in total viewers, adults 18?49 and adults 25?54.
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The first episode drew 1,638,000 viewers with an 18?49
Rating/Share
of 0.7.
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The second episode retained 90% of the first episode lead-in for the key demos and was watched by 1,488,000 viewers with a Rating/Share of 0.6.
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During its second week the first episode brought in 1,037,000 viewers with a Rating/Share of 0.4, a three-point decrease from the premiere. The second episode remained at a 0.4 Rating/Share with 977,000 viewers. It did the same as repeats of
Pawn Stars
that aired before
Rosanne's Nuts
, but
Pawn Stars
had more total viewers.
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During its sixth week it dropped to 711,000 viewers, losing more than half its premiere audience and scoring a 0.3 Rating/Share.
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The season finale brought in 629,000 viewers with a 0.2 Rating/Share.
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Critical reviews
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Lifetime sent only the first episode to critics in advance.
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Mary McNamara of the
Los Angeles Times
wrote a positive review. She said, "There are no overproduced glamorous outings, no sound-track manipulated showdowns, no manufactured feuds ? everyone in the pilot has the easy genial mien of friends helping out an odd but beloved neighbor. There's even a trio of local musicians providing a transitional tune", calling the result, "occasionally weird, occasionally hilarious show that is simultaneously a window into the life of an eccentric performer and a wickedly fun send-up of the genre, dating all the way to
Paris Hilton
and
The Simple Life
. She also compared a scene in the first episode where Barr hunts wild pigs to
Sarah Palin's Alaska
as a spoof.
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David Wiegand
of the
San Francisco Chronicle
gave a positive review and welcomed Barr back to television. He wrote: "She's foulmouthed, abrasive and suffers absolutely nothing gladly. Yet, as always, her own foibles crack her up as much as they do her boyfriend or visiting eldest son. The fact that she's completely unafraid to hold herself up to ridicule endears her to her audience". He also noted that a reality show format "probably fits Barr better than, say, another sitcom [...]". He ended his review: "The wild pigs might not want to stick around, but the rest of us should be willing to give
Roseanne's Nuts
a shot for a few episodes, at least.
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Scott D. Pierce of
The Salt Lake Tribune
wrote in his review, "As reality shows go,
Roseanne's Nuts
is pretty mild. Oh, she's bleeped a lot. And there's some blurring of nudity. (Ick.) But mostly it's just Roseanne being Roseanne on a macadamia nut farm".
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Brian Lowry of
Variety
gave the show a negative review saying, "Like so many former primetime titans, it's perplexing to see Barr reduced to this [...]" and "Why Barr wanted to participate in this sort of "celebreality" unscripted sitcom?especially if she hates Hollywood as much as she says?is a little less obvious, especially since she professes not to need the money and, given her syndication bounty, shouldn't".
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David Hinckley of the
Daily News
gave it two out of five stars. He said, "Roseanne fans will be reassured, though not surprised, to hear that she sounds and acts exactly the same on the plantation as she did on her
sitcom
set".
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References
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2011
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MSN.com
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2011
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2011
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2011
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2011
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2011
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'Roseanne's Nuts' review: Comic's new reality"
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2011
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McNamara, Mary (July 12, 2011).
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D. Pierce, Scott (July 12, 2011).
"
"Roseanne's Nuts" -- or is she?"
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The Salt Lake Tribune
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2011
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Lowry, Brian (July 12, 2011).
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July 13,
2011
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Hinckley, David (July 13, 2011).
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'Roseanne's Nuts' review: Former TV sitcom actress downshifts life to Hawaii, but it's got no punch"
.
Daily News
. Archived from
the original
on July 16, 2011
. Retrieved
July 13,
2011
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