Carsey-Werner Television
Time magazine called Marcy Carsey and Tom Werner the TV producers with the “Midas Touch”. Their astonishing run of hits includes The Conners, That’70s Show, Roseanne, 3rd Rock From The Sun, Grounded For Life, The Cosby Show, A Different World, Grace Under Fire and Cybill, to name a few. In its four decade existence, Carsey-Werner Television has won numerous awards, including multiple Peabody’s, Golden Globes and Emmys, while producing nearly 2000 episodes of unforgettable and iconic comedies that have been celebrated and loved worldwide. As one of the last truly independent television production companies these prolific producers have had an unprecedented impact on American culture and the entertainment business. Today their classic comedies continue to find a following among their original fans and brand new audiences as they are seen worldwide on broadcast television, cable networks, VOD platforms and OTT services, covering over 175 countries.www.carseywerner.com
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Oct 28, 2026
Chuck LorreGUEST
And difficult? Yeah, sure, no question about it.
Matt BelloniHOST
yeah you criticize in the book carsey werner for kind of not doing anything to curtail the bad behavior on some of their shows and yet i was struck by later in the book when you are the boss and you have to deal with this stuff from you know not necessarily their perspective as the owner of the show but Being the boss, did that change your perspective on dealing with this kind of talent, with the difficult star?
Chuck LorreGUEST
I know that at the time, I mistakenly confused Marcy Carsey and Tom Werner with being my loving, nurturing parents.
Chuck LorreGUEST
That they had my back.
Darryl M. BellHOST
Rosie.
Darryl M. BellHOST
The first time I met Roseanne Barr, we're on the lot at Carsey Warner, and I'm coming into the kitchen, and I had just gotten off my motorcycle, so I had my helmet on my arm, and Roseanne was coming down the street, and she said, oh, just like a man sees a woman and got something hard between his legs.
Darryl M. BellHOST
What the hell? That was Hello to
Kadeem HardisonHOST
Roseanne.
Rich EisenHOST
Yep.
Chuck LorreGUEST
Um, he, he actually, he, Carsey Werner had an idea for another show about a rotund housewife, right? Who's unhappy.
Chuck LorreGUEST
Uh, And they took it to my then boss on Roseanne to say, would you like to develop this? And he looked at it and went, well, this is just a ripoff of Roseanne.
Chuck LorreGUEST
And he passed.
Christine BaranskiGUEST
It's not like it is now, where they do so many shows in New York.
Christine BaranskiGUEST
Finally, though, um, Carsey-Werner, the people who produced, um, uh, The Bill Cosby Show and Roseanne, they were big, big producers, they actually asked if I would be interested in reading for an American version of AbFab, Absolutely Fabulous.
Christine BaranskiGUEST
And that perked up my ears, 'cause I thought, "Well, that really could be fun."
Jessie WareHOST
Mm-hmm.