'Roseanne' spin-off 'The Conners' debuts in October

'Roseanne' spin-off 'The Conners' debuts in October

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The new spin-off show will star the rest of the Conner family, but not Roseanne. (Source: Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP, rile) The new spin-off show will star the rest of the Conner family, but not Roseanne. (Source: Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP, rile)

(RNN) – The Conner family will be back on our TVs in October.

ABC has announced an October 16 debut for the “Roseanne” spin-off.

The launch of "The Conners" comes months after ABC yanked its top-performing "Roseanne" reboot after the star of the show, Roseanne Barr, went on a racist Twitter rant targeting former Obama administration official Valerie Jarrett.

The network announced in June that the spin-off wouldn’t feature Barr but would focus on the rest of the family.

Before its cancellation, “Roseanne” was drawing smash ratings for ABC. It was TV’s most-watched show in the first half of the year.

Barr has no financial or creative involvement in the new series, ABC said.

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