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March 26 - April 1, 2018 Page 3 ACROSS 1. Series for Sullivan Sta- pleton 8. Donal Logue's role on "Grounded for Life" 9. Opera solo 10. Role on "Hawaii Five-0" (3) 14. Quarter, for example 15. "__ Life to Live" 16. Wide shoe width 17. Heche of "The Brave" 18. File drawer, perhaps 19. Kennedy and Knight 20. __ Cotler; Elizabeth's portrayer on "The Wal- tons" 24. Record speed letters 27. Privy to (2) 28. Jim Nabors' state of birth: abbr. 29. Abigail F. Cowen's role on "Wisdom of the Crowd" 32. Senses of self-esteem 33. Actor on "MacGyver" (2) 36. Work hard 37. Actor Robertson 38. "__ __ __ Time" DOWN 1. "Left __"; 2014 Nicolas Cage movie 2. Singer Frankie and oth- ers 3. Hostel 4. "For Pete's __"; 1974 Barbra Streisand film 5. Prefix for occupied or destined 6. Edmonton hockey play- er 7. "__ from the Crypt" (1989-96) 8. Blueberry __; bite to eat from Starbucks 11. __-hum; boring 12. "Homicide: Life __ the Street" 13. "Are We There __?"; film for Nia Long 14. "The __ in the Hat"; 2003 Mike Myers movie 20. Actor __ Culkin 21. Judith Light's role on "Who's the Boss?" 22. Bullwinkle, for one 23. Walk-__; folks with no appointments 24. Role on "The Big Bang Theory" 25. Disney dog 26. "Perry __" (1957-66) 29. "The Green __"; 1999 Tom Hanks film 30. "Ten Days __ the Val- ley" 31. "__ Wilderness!"; Lionel Barrymore movie 34. "__ Tac Dough" 35. "What'll __ __"; Irving Berlin song Solution on page 2 CoverStory By Jay Bobbin © Zap2it New era, very familiar "Roseanne." Among current series re- vivals, Emmy winner Rose- anne Barr's sitcom about the earthy, colorful Conner family returns 21 years lat- er with new ABC episodes starting Tuesday, March 27. Most of the original cast is back, also including John Goodman, recent "Lady Bird" Oscar nominee Laurie Metcalf (who won three "Roseanne" Emmys), Sara Gilbert, Michael Fish- man and both "Beckys": Lecy Goranson and Sarah Chalke, the latter in a dif- ferent role now. "I always wanted to have a 10th year," Barr says, "so that I could do exactly what I did in these nine (episodes), which was to finish and complete the story of this family. I always had that in my head, that that was how it would go. And so, I'm very happy that we got a 10th season (the new round of stories) and we got to do that." One big question of the new "Roseanne" — an- swered very early in the first episode — is how hus- band Dan can return, since he supposedly died in the original version. "I didn't really care" how the char- acter was brought back, Goodman maintains. "I thought it was a clever way to do it, to handle it and get it out of the way." Also back are executive producers Tom Werner and Bruce Helford, with comedian Whitney Cum- mings now sharing that job. Helford explains that "Roseanne" still aims "to get honest feelings out there, within a family that's relatable. There is really no show that we could think of that's dealing with it in the same way, with these kinds of issues, ...or they can't, honestly. "We have, I think, a be- loved place in the hearts of the American viewers," adds Helford, "and we wanted to get out there and do something that we felt would be valuable to maybe healing things and putting everybody's cards on the table." Additionally, Werner notes, "This was a show about female empower- ment, about people speak- ing their minds, so it was very important for us to come back and honor that. We felt the bar was high, but we're extremely proud of the fact that we're deal- ing with relevant issues now, just like the issues that we dealt with before opioids and an aging par- ent and healthcare." New episodes of "Roseanne" start Tuesday on ABC. Hello again, 'Roseanne': ABC revives classic sitcom

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