The Roseanne revival earned terrific ratings for ABC in the 2017-18 television season. It stung them to cancel it in the wake of star Roseanne Barr’s offensive Twitter behavior. Rather than let the whole Conner family (and that great big audience) go, the Alphabet Network has introduced The Conners TV show. Can the first season of this spin-off even come close to being the kind of Nielsen knockout the revival was, or has the audience already moved on? Will The Conners be cancelled or renewed for season two? Stay tuned. *Status update below.
An ABC family comedy, The Conners stars John Goodman, Laurie Metcalf, Sara Gilbert, Lecy Goranson, Michael Fishman, Emma Kenney, Ames McNamara, Jayden Rey, and Maya Lynne Robinson. Guest stars in season one include Estelle Parsons, James Pickens Jr., Natalie West, Johnny Galecki, and Juliette Lewis. The sitcom follows the working-class family of Roseanne and Dan Conner (Goodman) including their three children Becky (Goranson), Darlene (Gilbert), and D.J. (Fishman), as well as Roseanne’s sister, Jackie Harris (Metcalf). No matter what challenges they meet in Lanford, Illinois, the Conners endure, thanks to their persistence, humor, and most of all — love.
The ratings are typically the best indication of a show’s likelihood of staying on the air. The higher the ratings (particularly in the 18-49 demo), the better the chances for survival. This chart will be updated as new ratings data becomes available — typically around 11:30am EST/8:30am PST. Refresh to see the latest.
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For comparisons: The 10th season of Roseanne on ABC averaged a 3.49 rating in the 18-49 year old demographic and 13.482 million total viewers.
Note: These are the Live + Same Day Ratings which include “live” viewing plus delayed DVR viewing, up until 3am local time that same night. Ratings marked with an “*” are the fast affiliate ratings and will be updated with the Live+SD numbers when they are made available. Typically, networks get paid for C+3 ratings which includes DVR viewing within three days of the original airing when commercials are watched. Those numbers are rarely released to the press.
What do you think? Do you like The Conners TV series? Should this ABC TV show be cancelled or renewed for a second season?
*3/22/2019 Update: ABC has renewed The Conners TV show for a second season.
Cancel it not as good not as good as original should not have even attempted it
Never have watched it and don’t intend to. I feel that they all threw Roseanne under the bus, considering she saved all the kids jobs at one time or another. No loyalty. Can’t even stand to look at any of them. How can you have a show without the main character?
Couldn’t say it better myself!!!! Roseanne created and made that show! We all have a right to speak freely. Will never watch the show again without Roseanne you need to bring her back and stop thinking your better at a job no one could ever do better than Roseanne,
I like the new show and am very interested to see how the characters’ story lines play out…there are plenty laugh-out-loud moments thanks to the sassy writing. Thank you and can’t wait to see more!
I so disagree! They need to stop making a joke out of a show that already toldly rocked they all suck without Roseanne! No one could ever do that show without the star who created it! The show needs to be canceled
I have not watched any shows on ABC since y’all decided to cancel Rosanne. I will continue to boycott ABC until the show is brought back. I am missing A lot of shows bit so be it!!! ABC you made a huge mistake you should own up to it!!!!
You go girl!
The Conners suck and none of Roseanne’s
fans will even give it a Chance without her,
if you’s want her Fanbase then you’s Need to
Bring Roseanne Back Somehow, Someway,
Plain and Simple, If Not we will all stick with Her Reruns, Dvds All her Seasons. You’s are Stupid if you’s Don’t. ♀️ Sorry Not Sorry.
Heck yeah! Well said!
They should bring Roseanne back and say everything that happened was a dream and a wakeup call to straighten her live. And write her back in the show
Awesome that’s a good one and it would work! I love you Roseanne you rock lady hope to see you back!
I do not like the tv show The Connors
Please bring Roseanne back!
Cancel it. There is no heartwarming story line, no humor and the additional characters can’t act. Cancel it and stop embarrassing yourself ABC. You rolled the dice and came up the bigger loser.
I agree 100 Percent with you…
ABC really screwed up on this one. ♀️
Yes they did! Just suck it up and bring Roseanne back!
Well put!
I think it should be canceled. It’s just a joke. You can’t have Roseanne without Roseanne. I don’t care if they changed the name. It’s messed up.
I think this show should be cancelled. The main star was fired and its not roseanne without roseanne. You made a mistake redoing it without roseanne she was the show cant you see how much you lost viewers thanks to your decision. and then you kill her off with opiate overdose. Mark died in real life of that same thing that’s poor taste We are the one watching it not you the conners without Roseanne it’s just another sad sitcom
I think what you said was so,so very true and thank you. Addiction is NOT a joke it’s really sad to do that to one of America’s most talent actors and the Roseanne show is one of the best shows ever so just face it you messed up very much but bringing her back would make you better people by admitting you made a mistake and fix it! Please bring her back it is and always will be Roseannses show without her is just wrong!
Cancel the show let Roseanne get the last laugh.
Things are to political these days. What ever happened to freedom of speech. If you don’t like what you hear don’t listen.
Yes!!!!! Well said!
ABC, did you think you could ever get any good ratings on this show without Roseanne!!!!!! Again you are fools!!!!!!!
No, I don’t like the Conners without Roseanne. I don’t like a promiscuous alcoholic Becky. Even with Roseanne, I thought the series had a “mean” edge to it. But Roseanne did make the show. Overall, I liked the original Roseanne series from the 80s and 90s the best. I recently bought it on DVD.
Cancel. It’s no good without Rosanne. Talk about cast disloyalty. She put them on the map.
And the ratings keep falling through the floor.
Even Stevie Wonder saw this coming.