Review and background piece by John Doyle, Television critic, Globe & Mail
Without Roseanne Barr, The Conners is just a lacklustre family sitcom
It’s just a TV sitcom continuing without the lead actor. The show must go on. That’s showbiz. But this one is different. It’s always different with Roseanne Barr, even when she’s not there, on the show. The politics of it become toxic. Trump-level toxic.
