If I were to be an armchair analyst, I also think part of the reason "Roseanne" has been maligned by the mainstream now—aside from your concise and apt explanation—is our current cultural climate.
Starting in the last decade, the '00s—I feel like gloss has resurfaced into our zeitgeist. Look at the music, movies, and TV that warrant the most attention: they're largely high concept, superficial, or image-based. It's partly due to the rise of social media and reality shows: everyone's on display, so they want to put their "best foot forward". It's an image-conscious culture now. Never mind the catalytic impact of the great recession in '08. Our society bounded forward with both eyes on the mirror, for better or worse. I liken it as parallel to the 1980s—another era where we focused on glamour and flash. Meanwhile, the intervening decade, 1990s, where Roseanne was at its peak—was the opposite: it was a time where unprecedented "grit" became mainstream: Grunge and Alternative music, shows like Roseanne, The Simpsons, and Married With Children took sitcoms to a new level of irreverence and grit that the previous decade stayed clear from. As for today's TV shows? For the most part, the most popular shows are high concept—focusing on fantasy, exotic locales, or just plain out of the ordinary. Sure, there are some dialed-down shows, but they're more of the exception. Granted, I will concede that there's a "blue collar" chic only on reality shows right now (Honey Boo Boo, all those dang Alaskan family shows, LOL).
Therefore, I do think a show like Roseanne clearly clashes with today's cultural climate in the media—although, as we alluded to: it's just as relevant now in terms of society and our daily lives. It's timeless, to say the least.
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