The Conners Airs Live Tonight, Reacting to New Hampshire Primary Results in Real Time

Episode is part of ABC’s new monthly event strategy to leverage the power of broadcast TV

ABC News isn’t the network’s only program that will be broadcast live during the New Hampshire primary results.

Its sitcom The Conners is airing a live episode at 8 p.m. ET—the cast will perform it live again at 8 p.m. PT—that will incorporate ABC News’ coverage of the Democratic primary.

In the episode, called “Live from Lanford,” Mark (played by Ames McNamara), the son of Sara Gilbert’s Darlene, must watch the primary results for a school report.

The live episode is part of ABC’s efforts to “bring some much-deserved swagger back to broadcast television,” as ABC Entertainment president Karey Burke explained last

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