[VastRWCon]

what’s the point of doing the show without Rosanne? Who’s gonna watch that?

[miserare]

Very bad Ju-Ju. This fiasco was doomed from the start.

[Bullish]

what’s the point of doing the show without Rosanne? M/i>

Next they'll try bringing back "The Huxtabels" without Bill Cosby?

[philetus]

“what’s the point of doing the show without Rosanne?”
Their paychecks.

[Lonely Bull]

what’s the point of doing the show without Rosanne? Who’s gonna watch that?

I expect that many of the viewers will be trying to answer your first question for themselves, and after an initial flurry of interest and curiosity, The Conners won't have the ratings of its predecessor.

(I didn't watch the previous shows, and I'll probably be reading reaction threads here instead of watching the new show.)

[PCPOET7]

wait till they find out there is no audience with out her...lots of people turned in originally because of her not the other cast members with maybe the exception of john Goodman.

[thoughtomator]

It’s a fascinating exercise in watching ideology meet the hard asphalt of reality. Nobody is going to watch this, you can’t take the sole star talent out of a show and expect the audience to keep showing up. She will get a bigger audience on her own in her next gig.

[Hildy]

Goodman, 66, adds he and the remaining cast didn’t want to let the series end until they were truly finished. “There was a debt owed to this fictional family. We’ll figure out how to get through this, the family will, everybody will. We want to finish telling this story.”

The debt you owe is to Roseanne Barr. It would have been nice if you acknowledged it. Nobody will tune in continuously to see the supporting cast. Stupid.