Did you hear that big thud last night? That would be the premiere of The Connors last night compared to the premiere of Roseanne the year before. Ratings were down 55% for The Connors over the premiere of Roseanne in 2017. The numbers that The Connors actually put up were likely viewers who wanted to see how the new show turned out. My guess is that they aren’t going to be turning it back on during upcoming episodes.
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That’s down 55 percent from the premiere of Roseanne last spring, but was on par with Roseanne‘s finale and even managed to edge out NBC’s This Is Us for the night.
When Roseanne returned on ABC earlier last March, the first episode delivered a staggering 18.2 million viewers and a 5.1 rating among adults 18-49 in the overnight Nielsens. The series then fell from that height and its finale concluded with 10.3 million viewers and a 2.4 rating.
ABC did not expect Roseanne premiere-level numbers, of course. Internal industry marketing research suggested audience interest in the spin-off was tracking about half that of viewer interest in Roseanne before its return.