ABC Renews The Conners for a 5th Season - Sitcoms Online Message Boards

TVSCREEN2015 · 05-13-2022, 04:07 PM

https://deadline.com/2022/05/the-con...-5-1234994440/

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Block party scheduled for Lanford: The Conners will return for a fifth season at ABC.

The Bruce Helford comedy remains ABC’s second-highest Wednesday comedy following The Goldbergs, and has been a steady performer for the network.

The Roseanne spinoff kicked off its fourth season with a live premiere that drew a .6 rating in the 18-49 demo and 3.37 million viewers. Despite all the early drama involving Roseanne Barr — who originally starred in the follow-up to the iconic sitcom Roseanne — the comedy has skillfully proved that a reboot can still thrive if it features popular stars like Sara Gilbert, John Goodman, Laurie Metcalf and Lecy Goranson.

A pickup for the sitcom seemed all but certain after the studio reached new pacts last month with Gilbert (who also serves as an executive producer), Goodman, Metcalf and Goranson. The actors didn’t have standard six-year contracts because of the way the spinoff came about in the wake of Roseanne’s implosion. They were year-to-year deals, instead.

Werner Entertainment, The Conners production company that handles cast negotiations, also makes a new license-fee deal with ABC every year.

Tom Werner serves as executive producer, along with Gilbert, Helford, Dave Caplan, Bruce Rasmussen and Tony Hernandez.

principehomura · 05-15-2022, 12:50 PM

Glad it is renewed, it is the only show I am still watching.

But they should freshen things up a bit because this season has been really underwhelming apart a few episodes.
Imho we need two things: more focus on the kids, and bring back some more serious and depressing drama. We can't have the whole attention on Darlene and Ben as they were Rachel and Ross, it isn't Friends we are watching.

If it doesn't come back to its previous levels, I think we won't see another season after the 5th. But then again, without Goodman, Metcalf and Sagal we could've a new spinoff focused on Becky and Darlene (with Ben the only two cahracters that are 'spot on'), and maybe without those great actors whose presence seems to become cumbersome, the authors would gain some freedom and renew everything?

TMC · 05-19-2022, 09:07 PM

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05-15-2022, 12:50 PM	#2
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05-19-2022, 09:07 PM	#3
TMC Member Forum Idol Join Date: Jan 09, 2001 Posts: 125,965	Everything We Know About The Conners Season 5 Now that The Conners season 5 has been confirmed, the question of what story the sitcom will tell and when it will return is open to speculation. The Conners Season 4 Ending Explained: All Questions Answered Did Aldo and Harris marry? Are Ben and Darlene still together? Did anyone mention Roseanne? Here's The Conners season 4 finale questions answered.