Season 1

This page is dedicated to the first season of ABC's Roseanne. The series was picked up by ABC on October 18, 1988.

The season consisted of a total of twenty three episodes. It premiered on October 18, 1988 with "Life and Stuff", and ended with "Let's Call It Quits" on May 2, 1989.

The DVD box set was released on August 30, 2005 and re-released on September 13, 2011.

Overview
Roseanne Conner (Roseanne Arnold) is a line worker at Wellman Plastics, along with her sister Jackie Harris (Laurie Metcalf) and friend Crystal Anderson (Natalie West). Jackie has a brief relationship with Booker (George Clooney), the foreman at Wellman. Dan Conner (John Goodman) finds sporadic work as a construction contractor and faces a strained relationship with his irresponsible and womanizing father (Ned Beatty). Roseanne's parents, Beverly (Estelle Parsons) and Al (John Randolph), consider moving to Lanford, but eventually decide against it. Tomboy Darlene (Sara Gilbert) struggles with her femininity as she enters puberty and gets her first period. Becky (Lecy Goranson) faces dating problems with her first boyfriend Chip (Jared Rushton). The Conners face surviving a tornado, a door-to-door salesman dying in the Conners' kitchen, and Roseanne stands up to a new foreman (Fred Thompson), when she leads Jackie, Crystal, and other coworkers as they quit Wellman Plastics.

Cast
For a breakdown of the characters' appearances, check here.

Starring

 * Roseanne Arnold - Roseanne Conner (23/23)
 * John Goodman - Dan Conner (23/23)
 * Laurie Metcalf - Jackie Harris (23/23)
 * Sal Barone - DJ Conner (1/23) 1
 * Michael Fishman - DJ Conner (22/23) 2
 * Sara Gilbert - Darlene Conner (23/23)
 * Lecy Goranson - Becky Conner (23/23)

1 Only appearance in 1.01.

2 Appeared from 1.02 onward.

Also Starring

 * George Clooney - Booker (10/23)
 * Natalie West - Crystal Anderson (14/23)

Recurring Cast

 * Anne Faulkner - Sylvia Foster (8/23)
 * Evelina Fernandez - Juanita Herrera (8/23)
 * Ron Perkins - Pete Wilkins (7/23)
 * Charlayne Woodard - Vonda Green (3/23)
 * Ned Beatty - Ed Conner (1/23)
 * Estelle Parsons - Beverly Harris (1/23)

Trivia

 * TBA

Videos
Gallery of videos used to promote the season.

Gallery
Gallery of photographic posters used to promote the season.