Former Trump Aide Michael Caputo Wants to Give Roseanne Reboot a New Home

[DonViejo]

Can a conservative-minded online streaming service lure a just-fired, racist-tweeting, TV mega-star? We may soon find out.

LACHLAN MARKAY
05.30.18 10:46 AM ET

Less than 24 hours after the Roseanne reboot was canceled, former Trump campaign aide Michael Caputo began plotting ways to get her back on air.

Caputo is the chief marketing officer of an online streaming TV startup called Bond, which aims to fund film and television programming through “crowd-investing.” He told The Daily Beast that he and his colleagues plan “to reach out to Roseanne [Barr] immediately” in the wake of the cancellation of her ABC show on Tuesday over a series of racist and anti-Semitic tweets.

Despite the controversy surrounding Barr, the rebooted Roseanne earned huge ratings and plenty of headlines for its star’s support for President Donald Trump. Caputo, who helped run Trump’s New York campaign, hopes to capitalize on that popularity. If he were to do so, it would be a coup for Bond, which was founded last year but has yet to begin airing content on its streaming service.

“We always planned on reaching out to Roseanne eventually,” Caputo told The Daily Beast. “Now it’s sooner rather than later.”

A show on Caputo’s streaming service would be a major step down in terms of audience size for Barr, whose show set viewership records in its short-lived tenure. Caputo says Bond is aiming for 150 original content creators to draw 75,000 paying subscribers in its first year. By contrast, the first episode of ABC’s Roseanne reboot drew more than 27 million viewers.

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[hlthe2b]

1. No way her costars would go along with this or any other plan now... IMO

[global1]

5. The Name Of The Show Would Be Appropriate - Roseanne - Because....

It would only have one cast member - her. I'm not sure if they'd even be able to put a crew together to film it.

[haele]

10. Oh, they'll find a crew. There's enough RW A/V club members to put together InfoWars, so...

There should also be enough that would jump at the chance to monetize the "craft" they developed with their conspiracy theory vlogs and scam infomercials that would be willing to work for something promoted as more legitimate.
And along with Orchestra, I used to be in A/V club in High School making 8mm stop motion titles and cartoons for "school productions" back in the day, so I'm familiar with the stereotype.

Haele

[EffieBlack]

6. This

They’d have to find ringers for everyone.

Good luck with that.

[hlthe2b]

9. I think the look on Goodman's face at home in NOLA says it all...

[kacekwl]

13. Fake offer by Caputo. He knows none of

the cast would go along with it.

[ehrnst]

2. Is that what "Trump TV" was going to be before election day? (nt)

[lapfog_1]

3. won't get the rest of the cast to go along with this...

and probably none of the writers and other creative people who want a career in Hollywood.

So... you have Roseanne... and nothing else.

[Ferrets are Cool]

4. Yeah, just make her Sec of State. She would fit right in

with the rest of the racists and bigots in that administration. And, would probably make more money from the illegal deals she could get.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

7. That would be a career-destroying move for any of the other actors.

If he wants to run the show on his service he'll have to hire an entire new cast besides Rosanne, because I can't imagine any of the others touching it with a ten-foot pole.

[C_U_L8R]

8. Nothing says "I'm a racist"

more than being a 'racist profiteer'.
What a slime.

[Solly Mack]

11. With David Duke as Dan, Richard Spencer as DJ, Ann Coulter as Becky, and Sarah Palin As Darlene

Stephen Baldwin as David, and as Jackie - no one - she was written out for wearing a pink P@##$ hat.

Guest stars: Kid Rock and Scott Baio

[shanny]

12. Hmm. I can see Bond? or whoever and Barr going along

but not anybody else. And we know how awful conservatives are at comedy--like Barr's "joke" yesterday.

[samnsara]

14. and who will be her cast?