--- title: The Conners' Premiere Ratings Fall Short of Roseanne Success description: Although the debut of The Conners managed to outperform the Roseanne finale, its ratings were nowhere near those of the revival's premiere. canonical: https://time.com/5427508/roseanne-the-conners-ratings/ author: Megan McCluskey article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2018-10-17T20:11:55.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-10-13T08:03:17.378Z og:title: The Conners' Premiere Ratings Drops From Roseanne's Success og:description: The debut of the spinoff saw a major decline from its predecessor og:url: https://time.com/5427508/roseanne-the-conners-ratings/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt3fe6fe5d830875a2/69893cb4e76ad24184633420/150223_0149r1.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 3000 og:image:height: 1688 og:image:alt: MAYA LYNNE ROBINSON, AYDEN REY, MICHAEL FISHMAN, JOHN GOODMAN, LAURIE METCALF, SARA GILBERT, EMMA KENNEY, AMES MCNAMARA, LECY GORANSON og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: The Conners' Premiere Ratings Drops From Roseanne's Success twitter:description: The debut of the spinoff saw a major decline from its predecessor twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt3fe6fe5d830875a2/69893cb4e76ad24184633420/150223_0149r1.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # The First Episode of _The Conners_' Ratings Drops From _Roseanne_'s Premiere Success > Sponsored content. 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The Conners Promo_  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Oct 17, 2018 8:11 PM UTC The Conners Promo  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Oct 17, 2018 8:11 PM UTC Although the debut of ABC’s [_The Conner_s](http://time.com/5426408/the-conners-review-roseanne-spinoff/) managed to outperform the [_Roseanne_ finale](http://time.com/5319445/roseanne-spinoff-the-conners-abc/), its ratings were nowhere near those of the [revival’s premiere](http://time.com/5220322/roseanne-revival-ratings/). Tuesday night’s episode of _The Conners_—a spinoff starring the _Roseanne_ cast minus Roseanne Barr—pulled in 10.5 million viewers with 2.3 rating among adults 18-49, beating out _This Is Us_ for the demographic’s top spot of the night. However, this was still a 35 percent decline from the 18.2 million viewers and 5.1 rating among adults 18-49 delivered by its predecessor’s March premiere, the highest-rated comedy broadcast since a 2014 premiere episode of CBS’s _The Big Bang The_ _o_ _ry_, according to [ABC](https://www.disneyabcpress.com/abc/shows/roseanne/press-releases/). Titled “Keep on Trucking,” the premiere of _The Conners_ confirmed previous reports that Roseanne’s absense would be explained by having her character die from an opioid overdose. Following the episode’s conclusion, Barr took to Twitter to remind fans that, in real life, she is still alive and well. “I AIN’T DEAD, B—HES!!!!” she [wrote](https://twitter.com/therealroseanne/status/1052371163161088001). ## Transcript [00:00] Tuesday, October 16th, there's one thing on [00:03] everyone's mind. There's no place for the corn [00:05] holders. No, that aint it. What's next for the Conners. [00:05] Bam! [ MUSIC ] But we should talk about a game plan [00:10] for Halloween, [00:18] Thanksgiving, and Christmas. I say we follow the [00:20] Conner tradition. Spend every dime wwe have on [00:22] Halloween, and then we have nothing to be thankful for [00:24] or buy gifts with. 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