Just when every boob tube fan thought that Roseanne Barr won’t be hitting the small screen again after ‘Roseanne’ closed more than 10 years ago, thanks to Chelsea Handler’s new show, she might just be back, taking a break from planting macadamia nuts in Hawaii to star in a major network sitcom this season.

The new NBC pilot ‘Are You There Vodka? It’s Me Chelsea’, based on Handler’s New York Times bestseller of the same title, is in the hunt for an actress to cast as Chelsea’s aunt, and author, creator and executive producer Handler has her sights on the blunt and popular comedienne.

“I’m talking to Roseanne Barr to do some guest episodes as my aunt. She’s interested in doing it, so it should be fun,” the ‘Chelsea Lately’ host told The Hollywood Reporter.

Sure it would be fun after all, Handler is pretty much like the seasoned TV star, both are upfront, and utterly and brutally honest, whether it’s for the sake of comedy or journalism. Just this month, Barr wrote a lengthy New York Magazine piece, trashing the industry, both the small and silver screen, then and now. She took a shot at everyone, from selfish, misogynist and ego-maniac producers and network heads, to script writers, and even at herself for her “addiction to fame”, especially at the peak of her show’s success, ‘Roseanne’, which ran for nine seasons.

So perhaps Barr and Handler will be a good fit, especially that Handler is not only sitting in as one of the show’s heads, but will also be playing her own sister, Sloan, in a recurring role. If the plan pushes through, this would be Barr’s first time to grace a sitcom after her stint in ‘My Name is Earl’. The fictionalized Chelsea will be played by Laura Prepon, best remembered for her role as Donna in ‘That ‘70s Show’.

‘Are You There Vodka? It’s Me Chelsea’ is slated to premiere in the middle of the 2011-2012 Fall Season, via NBC.

Everybody’s favorite late night funny gal Chelsea Handler recently opened up to The New York Times about her own experience on teenage pregnancy, the media’s tendency to glorify it and her new beau.

In the article, the ‘Chelsea Lately’ host and also star of its spin-off ‘After Lately’, whose utter honesty is not only refreshing but is also her most lethal weapon, takes a hit on reality shows that she calls as “seeking out such grossness in human behavior”, like the teen reality show ’16 and Pregnant’.

“People are too P.C…. We need to be focusing on other things. We’re seeking out such grossness in human behavior … ‘16 and Pregnant.’ Getting rewarded for being pregnant when you’re a teenager? Are you serious?”

Such hostile reactions can only be attributed to Handler’s own teenage pregnancy experience, which she decided not to go through because she believed it was the best thing to do at the time. “I had an abortion when I was 16, because that’s what I should have done. Otherwise I would now have a 20-year-old kid. Anyway, those are things that people shouldn’t be dishonest about.”

Indeed, utter and brutal honesty is both refreshing and painfully entertaining.

When it comes to her love life though, the talk show host and New York Times bestselling author is more reserved about it, at least with her present flame, French hotelier Andre Balazs. The opposite can be said about her approach on her previous relationships with Comcast’s Ted Harbert and her once fling, rapper 50 Cent, from which she gained vast material to use for her standup comic antics, show monologues, pun intended one liners, and even a chapter or two for her published works.

“I won’t be doing that with Andre. Obviously, you can’t avoid that entirely, because I’m not a liar and I’m not going to lie about anything, really,” says a more reticent Chelsea Handler. “But, yeah, I won’t be discussing our personal life — before, during or after our relationship.”

If Chelsea Handler’s New York Times best-seller made a fan out of you, then you should definitely check out NBC’s latest offering for the upcoming 2011-2012 primetime season, ‘Are You There Vodka? It’s Me Chelsea’. The new comedy series adapted from the comedienne’s sophomore book will be among the Peacock Network’s new pilots, which is set to air in early 2012.

For those who haven’t picked up the cleverly written and achingly hilarious novel, ‘Vodka’ chronicles Handler’s life adventures, from waiting tables, to worshiping vodka, to her sexual and comedic exploits especially the one with a red headed guy, to her budding career as a comic. The book and the new series clearly has one central theme – this blonde haired, blue-eyed bombshell is determined to max out what life has to offer with no second thoughts on its repercussions, no regrets and definitely, no apologies.

Laura Prepon of ‘That ‘70s Show’ fame stars in this highly anticipated series as Chelsea Handler. Handler’s resident ‘round table’ commentator and standup comedian Jo Koy plays Mark, a bartender who works at the same bar where Chelsea works as a waitress. Looking out for her and also tagging along for the crazy ride are her friends Shoniqua, played by ‘ER’ alum Angel Laketa Moore, her best pal Ivory, played by Natalie Morales of ‘Parks and Recreation’, and Dee Dee, Chelsea’s naïve roommate played by Lauren Lapkus of ‘The Middle’. Lenny Clarke from ‘Rescue Me’ will play Chelsea’s infamous father, Melvin. Handler herself will also be appearing in the series as her Mormon elder sister Sloan, who is married and a new mother, and is a source of comedy and trouble for Chelsea.