The Conners premiered on ABC on October 16, 2018, as a continuation of the hit series Roseanne. This came after the Roseanne revival was canceled after one season due to controversial comments Barr made on X (then Twitter). Instead, the show spun off into The Conners, where Barr’s titular character was killed off in an accidental opioid overdose.

The Conners series finale used archive footage of every main Roseanne cast member except Roseanne Barr - but what was the reason for the exclusion? Executive producers Bruce Helford, Dave Caplan and Bruce Rasmussen weighed in on the ABC sitcom coming to an end without showing Barr on screen.

I have to say, I was a little nervous, because there was so much backlash about her not being on the show,” said “The Conners” showrunner Bruce Helford.