Ready for a banana split, with no Top Banana? -- Its THE CONNORS minus one.
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Despite the quick cancellation of "Roseanne," (after Roseanne Barr used a non-racial slur to lament that evil Val Jarrett is not only crooked and treasonous, she's ugly too), doofus network ABC aims to limp back into the hopeful lane with THE CONNORS. Basically the CONNORS without Roseanne. Which is like giving us the Jordanaires without Elvis. .
ABC Thursday picked up 10 episodes of a spinoff, tentatively titled "The Conners," to debut this fall, without Barr but featuring other major cast members John Goodman (Dan), Laurie Metcalf (Jackie), Sara Gilbert (Darlene), Lecy Goranson (Becky) and Michael Fishman (DJ). ABC ominously describes the series this way: "After a sudden turn of events, the Conners are forced to face the daily struggles of life in Lanford in a way they never have before." The network stressed that Barr would have no financial or creative involvement in the new series.
For ABC, this is a damp rag hail Mary, in light of the fact canceling "Roseanne" meant canceling the No. 1 show of the TV season, which had already been renewed for a second 13-episode season.
Yet creatively speaking, many critics are not convinced anybody needs THE CONNORS without the satirically provocative Roseanne. The "Roseanne" revival was a mediocre reboot with lackluster writing. It was mostly less funny, and generally didn't work as well, despite its curiosity surge in the ratings.