By Nellie Andreeva Co-Editor-in-Chief, TV EXCLUSIVE: As season 2 of The Conners is winding down, ABC’s multi-camera comedy has taken a big step toward a third-season pickup.
I have learned that the four principal cast members of the Roseanne spinoff, Sara Gilbert who also serves as an executive producer, John Goodman, Laurie Metcalf and Lecy Goranson, have closed new deals to return next season.
I hear the new pacts are for a 19-episode third season, in line with the size of the current second season. Tom Werner’s Werner Entertainment, The Conners production company that handles cast negotiations, needs to close a license fee deal with ABC next.
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