Comedy Central has announced its final line-up of Roasters for its Roast of Roseanne. Led by Roast Master Jane Lynch, the final Roasters include Ellen Barkin, Wayne Brady and Gilbert Gottfried.

Also in attendance at the ‘Comedy Central Roast Of Roseanne’ will be several of the comedian and actress’ co-stars from her hit 1990s ABC sitcom, ‘Roseanne,’ including Sarah Chalke, Michael Fishman and Alicia Goranson. Already announced Roasters for the ‘Comedy Central’ Roast Of Roseanne’ include Carrie Fisher, Seth Green, Katey Sagal, Anthony Jeselnik, Jeffrey Ross and Amy Schumer.

The ‘Comedy Central Roast Of Roseanne’ will tape at Hollywood Palladium in Los Angeles on Saturday, August 4. It will premiere on the cable network on Sunday, August 12 at 10pm ET/PT.

Te ‘Comedy Central Roast Of Roseanne’ will be executive produced by Tenth Planet Productions’ Joel Gallen. He previously executive produced and directed the Comedy Central Roasts of Charlie Sheen, Donal Trump, David Hasselhoff, Joan Rivers, Larry The Cable Guy, Bob Saget, Flavor-Flav and Pamela Anderson. Gallen also worked on the Emmy-nominated ‘Comedy Central Roast Of William Shatner.’

Check out the video below of Roseanne Roasting such popular celebrities as Katie Holmes, the Kardashians and Justin Bieber.

Written by: Karen Benardello

Comedy Central Roast of Roseanne Adds New Roasters

By Karen Benardello

As a graduate of LIU Post with a B.F.A in Journalism, Print and Electronic, Karen Benardello serves as ShockYa's Senior Movies & Television Editor. Her duties include interviewing filmmakers and musicians, and scribing movie, television and music reviews and news articles. As a New York City-area based journalist, she's a member of the guilds, New York Film Critics Online and the Women Film Critics Circle.

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