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While HBO's "Lanterns" hasn't yet scored a second season renewal, one could be on the way depending on how things go in the writers' room, according to DC Studios co-chief Peter Safran. While he didn't confirm an exact date fans can expect an announcement to come on, Safran did note that news on whether "Lanterns" will get a second season should arrive "before the end of the year" in a recent interview with Collider. Safran also noted that Season 2 would need to be up to par with Season 1, which enjoyed a massively successful premiere and run. "If we're able to come up with what we believe to be a worthy successor to a beloved and great first season, that's what's going to dictate whether there's a second season," he said. More from VarietySafran added that the most rewarding part of Season 1's success has been seeing the "Green Lantern" property back in the cultural conversation. ("Lanterns" was adapted from DC Comics' "Green Lantern" franchise, which follows an intergalactic police force.)The eight-episode show's season finale aired on Oct.

Television writer and producer Chuck Lorre is reflecting on his less-than-positive experience working with Roseanne Barr on early seasons of the sitcom “Roseanne.” Chatting with actor Jesse Tyler Ferguson on Tuesday’s episode of the “Dinner’s on Me” podcast, Lorre described his time with Barr as “malice,” which he partly blamed on her years on the stand-up circuit. “Roseanne hated that there were writers, fundamentally hated that other people wrote words that she would say,” he explained. “She was a stand-up comedian. She made herself a superstar based on her words, her writing. Then transition to a television show where [you] can’t do it alone. It’s impossible.”He went on to note: “That transition was not going to happen, so there was this built-in animosity between Rosie and the writing staff, any writing staff ... the premise of other people putting words in a stand-up comedian’s mouth is fundamentally flawed.”“Roseanne” aired on ABC from 1988 to 1997. Lorre, a New York native, joined the show’s writing team for two seasons, starting in 1990. Roseanne Barr, center, and the cast of “Roseanne” in 1989.