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The Conners executive producer/showrunner Bruce Helford, who had been friends with Norm Macdonald for two decades, shared memories about the comedian and former SNL Weekend Update anchor, who died Tuesday at the age of 61 after a long, private battle with cancer. Helford first worked with Macdonald on Roseanne in…

When George Segal died in March, Wendi McLendon-Covey and her collaborators on ABC comedy series The Goldbergs were put in a difficult situation—unable to pay tribute to him in Season 8, given they were days away from wrapping production. The series’ EP and star promises, though, that in Season 9, the beloved actor…

EXCLUSIVE: When she was 11, Mayan Lopez made her acting debut in an episode of her father George Lopez’s eponymous ABC blue-collar family sitcom. Fourteen years later, George Lopez and Mayan Lopez are set to star together in Lopez vs. Lopez, a working-class family multi-camera comedy, which has received a put pilot…

The Conners are coming back! And as we see in the new promo below, ABC’s favorite irreverent family are responsibly practicing social distancing and staying safe during the pandemic — or should I say, “fan-demic” — the best way they can: by watching TV, drinking beer, blaming everything on the government and lots of…

Note: This report originally was posted on February 10. As the New Hampshire primary plays out tonight, ABC will be airing a live episode of blue-collar comedy The Conners in its regular 8 PM time slot. It is part of the network’s push into live and event programming. "Our strategy going forward is to present one live…

The stakes couldn’t be higher for tomorrow night’s premiere of The Conners, the Roseanne spinoff series starring John Goodman, Laurie Metcalf and Sara Gilbert. Conceived under extraordinary circumstances in the fallout of Roseanne‘s abrupt cancellation following star Roseanne Barr’s controversial Valerie Jarrett…

SPOILER ALERT: This some story includes details about tonight’s season finale of Roseanne. ABC’s Roseanne revival wrapped its first season tonight with another slice-of-life episode, in which the Conners are pushed to the brink by economic hardship. Dan is resorting to hiring undocumented workers in order to make…

How's this for a surprise—the biggest hit of the 2017-18 broadcast season is a 30-year-old show headlined by a polarizing star: Roseanne Barr, an outspoken Donald Trump supporter. A month after its return, Roseanne has climbed to the No.1 spot for the broadcast season in both total viewers and adults aged 18-49. The…

EXCLUSIVE: There is a shakeup on the new CBS comedy Kevin Can Wait starring Kevin James whose showrunner Bruce Helford has departed. Sitcom veteran Helford co-created the series, recently given a full-season order by CBS, with James and James’ frequent collaborator Rock Reuben. I hear Helford stepped down over…

Kevin James is heading back to TV and the network that made him a star. CBS has given a 13-episode series order to a multi-camera comedy toplined by The King Of Queens star, which he will co-write with former King Of Queens executive producer and frequent collaborator Rock Reuben as well as sitcom veteran Bruce Helford…

UPDATED: Martin Sheen has closed a deal to play son Charlie Sheen‘s father on Sheen’s FX comedy series Anger Management for the show’s 90-episode back order. FX has not pulled the trigger on the 90-episode pickup yet and doesn’t plan to make a decision until all 10 episodes of its initial order have aired,  but …

After a 3-year break, The Drew Carey Show creator/showrunner Bruce Helford is making a splashy return to the business with Anger Management, the new Charlie Sheen sitcom which just sold to FX with an initial order for 10-episodes, which if successful will be followed by a 90-episode pickup. Helford will write/run the…