Fox Gives Roseanne Barr’s Comedy Comeback Special “Cancel This!” an NFL Boost (Exclusive) - Hollywood Reporter

Roseanne Barr ’s return to stand-up comedy is getting a boost from Sunday’s NFL NFC championship game.

The Hollywood Reporter has learned that Fox will use today’s NFC Championship Game between the San Francisco 49ers and the Philadelphia Eagles to launch a marketing campaign for Barr’s comedy comeback effort, which will be called Roseanne Barr: Cancel This!

The 15 second ad sees Barr stepping up to the microphone on stage, before asking the crowd “has anybody else been fired recently?”

will debut on the Fox Nationstreaming service Feb. 13, and will be Barr’s first comedy special since Blonde and Bitchin’, aired on HBO in 2006.

In addition to the Barr special, Fox Nation has hosted a docuseries about Yellowstone National Park hosted by Yellowstone star Kevin Costner, while Frasier star Kelsey Grammer has fronted a series on historic battles.

However, the network canceled the series after she sent a tweet about Obama aide Valerie Jarrett that was widely seen as racist.