What Happened to Andy on “Roseanne”?
All of the Connor kids made a comeback on the much-anticipated Roseanne reboot (except for Jerry), but fans will remember that Roseanne Barr wasn’t the only mother on the show. Laurie Metcalf’s character Jackie Harris gave birth to a son named Andy Harris during Season 6, but will he make an appearance on the new show?
At the 2018 Winter TCA press tour, Roseanne explained to PopSugar why Andy would not be returning to the reboot for the first season. “We haven’t dealt with Andy, Laurie’s son, yet,” Barr said in January. “But we had so many stories to tell over the arc of these nine episodes that we were hoping for another season to bring more clarity to those characters.”
Barr’s wish came true. ABC confirmed that the reboot has been picked up for a second season due to its massive ratings on premiere night.
According to Deadline, ABC is planning on adding even more episodes the next time around, bringing Season 2’s total episode count to at least 13. That should leave plenty of time to explore more storylines and bring back more characters from the original show (including Andy). However, producers have not yet shared any details.
On the “Labor Day” episode of Roseanne, which aired in 1994, Jackie’s son was born and played by two sets of infant twins. Andy was later shown as a toddler until the show’s end in 1997.
Fraternal twins Garrett and Kent Hazen were the first brothers to play Andy for three seasons, People reported in 2000. “When they were tiny babies, Kent liked it more, and as they got older Garrett enjoyed it more,” the Hazen’s real-life mother, Karen Hazen, told People. “He did a speaking part. He got to say, ‘Grandma’s crazy.’ That was a highlight. I look at the show as such a blessing.”
According to Garett and Kent’s IMDB pages, the Hazens have not acted in other productions since Roseanne. It is unknown whether identical twins Tyler and Trevor Battaglia, who took on the role just before the series ended, are still acting.
However, if producers would like to bring Andy back, they could just hire another 20-something-year-old actor who resembles the original to play the part. Here’s a look at Andy’s debut in the “Labor Day” episode.
