The Conners Debut Is On Par With Roseanne’s Finale, But Nowhere Near the Revival’s Premiere

10.6 million tuned in to see how the spinoff would fare without Roseanne Barr

ABC expected that a lot of curious viewers would watch last night’s premiere of The Conners to see how the show had written off Roseanne Barr’s character. The network was right: the Roseanne spinoff had the biggest 18-49 demo rating of the night, though its ratings were nowhere near the Roseanne revival’s huge debut last season.

UPDATE: In Nielsen’s final ratings for Tuesday, The Conners was watched by 10.6 million total viewers, and had a 2.4

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