After Roseanne's Huge Return, ABC Quickly Renews for Next Season
Source: AdWeek
Less than 48 hours after Roseanne returned to enormous ratings, ABC has already picked up the revival for another season.
On Tuesday, the hour-long return of Roseanne in its former 8 p.m. time slot was watched by a whopping 18.2 million viewers and earned a 5.2 rating in the 18-49 demo, making it the most-watched comedy telecast since September 2014. Tuesdays premiere also had higher ratings than its then-series finale in May 1997, which was watched by 16.6 million.
In its renewal announcement, the network took the unusual step of touting the shows live-plus-one ratings, noting that with just one day of delayed viewing tallied, Roseannes total viewer numbers jumped to 21.9 million while the 18-49 demo rating increased to 6.2.
Were thrilled that America has welcomed the Conner family back into their homes. The show is as fresh and relevant today as it was when it left the air 21 years ago. We cant wait to see what the Roseanne team has in store for next year, said Channing Dungey in a statement.
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dalton99a
(81,599 posts)bucolic_frolic
(43,311 posts)I can't believe there is a second life for this. Never could stand her voice, her demeanor, he acting (or was it an act?).
atreides1
(16,093 posts)Barr is the one who is footing to production costs, not the network! This was the first episode, which means that a lot of viewers were curious...what happens next week if the ratings aren't as high?
Wellstone ruled
(34,661 posts)sdfernando
(4,941 posts)1st show, sure a lot of curious people watched (not me!)...but wait a few weeks or a month and I wouldn't doubt the viewership sinking faster than the Titanic.
Mr.Bill
(24,330 posts)marble falls
(57,260 posts)ChiTownDenny
(747 posts)Sorry; couldn't resist.
marble falls
(57,260 posts)my screen and all she saw "PORNHUB"!!!! She almost slapped the laptop off my lap!
ChiTownDenny
(747 posts)Good thing I didn't include a link.
/s
Mr. Ected
(9,670 posts)Since you asked.
avebury
(10,952 posts)Might be time to develop a list so that people can start writing the advertisers. Boycott!
marble falls
(57,260 posts)rtracey
(2,062 posts)So big deal, Roseanne show is back... tell me? are all shows on TV liberal biased? no, are all right wing biased? no. I also recall when Wil and Grace came back, their first show was decorating the white house, and laughing by saying things like, oh, we will just come back in a year, and comedic stuff about trump, so .......just see what it is for itsself a bullshit show, that just may be cancelled as fast as a new Democrat is president.....trust me, when Trump is not president in 2020, hes going to be back on his nbc show, and it will be watched.....
groundloop
(11,523 posts)kacekwl
(7,022 posts)the show was not funny at all.
Bengus81
(6,933 posts)All my viewing is streaming.....
Seedersandleechers
(3,044 posts)Just so happens I have the ABC streaming app on my apple TV. Just saying just about all TV is streaming now.
pecosbob
(7,544 posts)C'mon, man...you can do a lot better. W had Chuck Norris and Ted Nugent. I hear Stacey Dash is looking for work. Or maybe y'all could get one of the other senile A-listers like John Voight or Clint Eastwood instead of some d-lister trying to make a comeback like Roseanne.
Jack-o-Lantern
(970 posts)If shes not funny tune her out. Anyone who watches such pap is already brain dead anyway.
ToxMarz
(2,169 posts)And it holds no potential long term appeal to any other demographic.
TexasBushwhacker
(20,219 posts)It's show BUSINESS.
Luciferous
(6,085 posts)peequod
(189 posts)I wonder how long ABC will hold out before rightfully cancelling her show?
JI7
(89,275 posts)they made her delete that stuff before the show started .
but they knew.
peequod
(189 posts)I agree that ABC must have done basic research on her before greenlighting the show. Theyll reap what they sow. Those pictures are in shockingly bad taste, context and all.