Roseanne Barr was appalled by the inaccuracies of the movie and the portrayal of her by Denny Dillon, whom she later slammed in an episode of Roseanne (1988).
Danielle Harris - seen here as Roseanne Barr's daughter Jessica Pentland - had appeared in seven episodes of Barr's Roseanne (1988) sitcom as Molly, a friend of Barr's sitcom daughter Darlene (Sara Gilbert). Harris had also co-starred in the Roseanne Barr vehicle The Woman Who Loved Elvis (1993) in which Harris played Barr's onscreen daughter Cilla.
The first of two TV movies about Roseanne Barr that aired in October 1994, followed by NBC's Roseanne & Tom: Behind the Scenes (1994).
Alison McMillan's debut.