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Has this show been cancelled yet?


Just wondering whether the network will double-down for some virtue points.

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I'll always believe that this cast's inability to get behind Roseanne and help her out when she needed them was classless and underhanded. Perhaps not John Goodman, but the rest owed their fame to that woman.

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Very true.

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I believe it's been renewed for a second season. It was more than a done deal right before Christmas, not sure the status of it now.

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The ratings obviously aren't as good as Roseanne was but The Conners (after an initial drop-off from the season premiere, when everyone tuned in to see how Roseanne's departure was handled) have maintained a pretty steady rating (between 6.6 million to 7.9 million viewers). You can see the ratings for every episode at the link below. The season finale was the highest rated episode since October 30 and it ranked #2 (after This is Us) for the night across all networks, beating new episodes of (and these are in order from biggest ratings to smallest) Ellen's Game of Games (#3), FBI, NCIS: New Orleans, New Amsterdam, Celebrity Big Brother, The Kids Are Alright, The Rookie, Black-ish, Lethal Weapon (a repeat), Splitting Up Together, The Flash, The Gifted and Rosewell New Mexico.

There's no reason why ABC wouldn't pick it up with numbers and ratings like that. Sure, it doesn't have gigantic ratings like the Roseanne reboot did, but you also have to take into account that the Roseanne reboot started out really strong (18.4 million viewers) and lost viewers every week (the season finale got 10.6 million viewers), while The Conners, albeit smaller in ratings, has remained pretty much consistent. Roseanne lost 42 percent of its audience over the reboot season; The Conners lost only 27 percent.

https://tvseriesfinale.com/tv-show/the-conners-season-one-ratings/

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