It's the end of an era.
ABC announced the official start of production for "The Conners" on Friday, the "Roseanne" spinoff with no participation from Roseanne Barr.
The first photo from the series, featuring the cast sitting around a kitchen table, appears to be low-drama, which is probably exactly what the network was hoping for, given the controversy surrounding the show.
ABC struck gold with its revival of "Roseanne," which ended the 2017-18 television season as the highest-rated and most watched new series of the year.
The show had already been renewed when a racist tweet from Barr, its eponymous star, scuttled plans for the series' future and left the network in a pickle.
Just weeks after the May cancellation of "Roseanne," ABC announced a straight-to-series order of "The Conners," centering on the family struggling "after a sudden turn of events."
So Roseanne Conner dies. Probably. At least that's what John Goodman thinks.
"The Conners" is scheduled to premiere Oct. 16 at 8 p.m. Pacific on ABC.
