Date: Sat, 19 Feb 1994 23:11:52 -0800 From: Chris Hagin To: chagin@netcom.com Subject: (fwd) ABC Schedules `Roseanne' Kiss NEW YORK (AP) -- There may not be a kiss-off for ``Roseanne'' after all. ABC said Thursday it will air an episode of the popular comedy March 1 that features Roseanne Arnold exchanging a kiss with Mariel Hemingway in a gay bar. Exactly how that encounter will play remains to be seen, according to ABC spokesman Steve Battaglio, who said the segment had been shot but postproduction was not complete. ``There have been discussions concerning how the kiss will be depicted,'' Battaglio said. ``Those talks are continuing.'' He said the episode will also carry a parental discretion advisory. In the episode, titled ``Don't Ask, Don't Tell,'' Arnold's character, Roseanne Conner, goes to a bar with bisexual friend Nancy, played by Sandra Bernhard. After dancing with Hemingway, Roseanne makes a wisecrack that is misinterpreted. The kiss results. Earlier this month, Tom Arnold, husband of the star and the series' co-executive producer, charged that ABC was refusing to air the episode because of the kiss. He called the network's decision misguided and ``homophobic,'' adding, ``Roseanne is shocked.'' ``We've always been supportive of the episode,'' Battaglio said. ``The network is working with the Arnolds to bring this to a conclusion that both parties will be satisfied with.''