‘The Conners’ Poised For Renewal; Will End Run With Abbreviated 7th Season
deadline.comGood news for The Conners fans. The Roseanne followup, which just marked its 100th episode, will be getting a seventh season.
The renewal is being finalized, with a short order to wrap the story expected, sources said. I hear it will be around 6 episodes, and the main cast, including John Goodman, Laurie Metcalf, Sara Gilbert and Lecy Goranson, is expected to return.
Six seasons in, The Conners, from Tom Werner’s Werner Entertainment, remains a sturdy ratings performer. Both executive producer/showrunner Bruce Helford and star John Goodman indicated last spring that Season 6 could be The Conners‘ last, with Helford stressing that star/executive producer Sara Gilbert –who was instrumental in getting The Conners off the ground following the shock cancellation of Roseanne — had requested enough lead time so the series can build to a proper ending. “We’ve got a final episode that may be one or the other.
We love it,” Helford recently told Deadline when asked whether they had approached the Season 6 closer as a season or series finale amid uncertainty over The Conners‘ future.
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