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Posted Wednesday 1/05/22 at 3:14PM EST
Katey Sagal's injury after a car hit her has kept her sidelined from The Conners, but she'll make a brief cameo sitting down
“She was sidelined when she tried to tackle a car,” showrunner Bruce Helford jokes of Sagal's October accident that has left...
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Norm Macdonald was a comedy chaos agent and the greatest talk show guest of all time
"You are born knowing that Saturday Night Live was better before you were born," says Rob Harvilla in an appreciation...
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George Lopez and daughter Mayan Lopez are teaming for Lopez vs. Lopez NBC comedy pilot
George Lopez is reteaming with his ABC George Lopez sitcom co-creator and current The Conners showrunner Bruce Helford on Lopez...
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Annie Murphy Gives Voice to the Long-Suffering Sitcom Wife in Kevin Can F**k Himself
The backstory on AMC's new comedy series Kevin Can F**k Himself is the stuff of legend.
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Posted Thursday 5/20/21 at 2:21PM EDT
The Conners writers had a "civil war" over Darlene and Ben's future
“I’m telling you, it literally was a civil war in the (writers') room,” showrunner Bruce Helford tells TheWrap.
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Posted Thursday 4/08/21 at 10:37PM EDT
The Conners boss on this week's surprise: "We were really thinking about what would change Darlene’s life"
"What would have a major effect on Darlene that would have some true effect on the relationship with Ben heading...
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Posted Wednesday 9/30/20 at 5:46PM EDT
The Conners boss felt it was "an obligation to our viewers" to have a coronavirus storyline
“It just seemed natural that we would be in the middle of this and do it,” said showrunner Bruce Helford.
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The Conners is going without an audience as it becomes the first network sitcom to return to work
Production started today on Season 3 of the ABC comedy with strict coronavirus protocols, with the first taping scheduled for...
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The Conners, Superstore, Bob's Burgers are looking more relevant than ever as working class shows
"The coronavirus crisis is exposing America's class divide (among other societal injustices), and so it seems both ironic and sadly...
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Posted Wednesday 5/06/20 at 3:50AM EDT
The Conners boss discusses the Season 2 finale and cast members' availability in wake of the coronavirus
John Goodman, Sara Gilbert, Laurie Metcalf and Lecy Goranson have already signed on for Season 3, even though ABC has...
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Posted Saturday 5/02/20 at 6:13AM EDT
The Conners plans to tackle coronavirus next season
“We’ll absolutely be dealing with it,” executive producer Bruce Helford tells TVLine.
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The Conners cast "terrified" for tonight's first-ever live show
Tonight's The Conners episode will incorporate live ABC News coverage of the New Hampshire primary into its storyline for two...
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The Conners to offer live commentary during the Oscars
The third commercial break of Sunday's ceremony will feature a live ad where The Conners characters comment on who won,...
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Posted Wednesday 10/17/18 at 10:21AM EDT
The Conners boss wanted Roseanne Conner to have a respectful and relevant sendoff that would inspire discussion
Showrunner Bruce Helford explains Roseanne Barr's character's death in a Hollywood Reporter guest column: "There was a lot of chatter...
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Roseanne Barr's departure frees The Conners from being a zero-sum game of politics
Without Barr, The Conners is "in some ways a more straightforward descendant of the original series than the revival was:...