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.
They should not have fired Roseanne. The show is not the same. It might survive if they bring her back. If they can bring Dan back from the dead they can bring her back from the dead.
Season 2 ❤️
Trying to make something out of nothing. Needs to be cancelled.
The Connors is a great show, excellent writing .. While I miss Roseanne and feel the family loss , I still love the characters, Lets also remember ROSEANNE owned the rights to the show, and gave them up so the show and the actors can do the conners …. so all the backstabbing talkof the actors doing the show is off the table ..
Cancel! John Goodman is an awesome actor but when it comes to this show they will always be supporting actors to Roseanne! I did watch two of the first shows without Roseanne and it was ok at best but just not the core funny theme I was wanting. They tried their best but in my opinion their best was just not good enough for me to watch anymore.
Cancel it. Without Roseanne the show is stupid. Should of never fired the star for something stupid.
Cancel it.
Wow- the comments reflect that the work that the cast has done to create the characters we see today on the Connors don’t matter much – folks seem to only relate to Roseanne? Wow. I find that really hard to fathom- we watched these kids grow up- we saw them relate to their parents as children and now we see them step up as adults with kids of their own- how can one NOT be invested in Becky, Darleen, or DJ? The writers have done a great job of depicting a family devastated by the loss of the matriarch- we… Read more »
This is TV actors get paid for doing a comedy , if they aren’t funny they loose their job..this is NOT real life where Becky and Darleen and DJ are REAL people ..they are characters ..and they aren’t funny without Roseanne to play off of.
Do not like the show. Loved The Roseanne Show
I gave it another try. My friend said it was good. It was not. Without Roseanne it just does not work.
Although I do love Roseanne, I also love The Conners. While most ppl are using these shows as a way to voice their political views… Me, I see it and feel it as 2 different shows.
I Agree, It is HORRIBLE what they did to Roseanne. How did they think that they could have a HIT show without her??????
Goodbye Connors…the show is a bust. Without Roseanne there is no dynamic at all. The show falls completely flat. I haven’t laughed once.
boring
Cancel the trash