Line #25 Trivia/TheConners


1	* ActorLeavesCharacterDies: Roseanne is killed offscreen due to [[spoiler:an opioid overdose.]]
2	* BannedEpisode: After complaints were made about "The Dog Days of Christmas" appearing to make a joke about the Waukesha Christmas Parade murders, ABC removed the episode from rotation in December 2022. It can still be viewed on streaming.
3	* BillingDisplacement: Quite a few here. Creator/JohnGoodman (Dan) gets top billing with an ever-prestigious “Starring” credit, but it’s actually Creator/SaraGilbert (Darlene) who gets the most focus in terms of story and character development. Lecy Goranson (Becky) is a close second to Gilbert, but Creator/LaurieMetcalf (Jackie) is billed after Goodman. Most egregiously, Michael Fishman (DJ) who is pretty much a [[AdvertisedExtra glorified extra]] these days, was billed fifth, until he was dropped from the show completely.
4	* CastIncest: Creator/JulietteLewis plays David's girlfriend Blue in the second episode. She and David's actor Creator/JohnnyGalecki played siblings Audrey and Rusty Griswold in ''Film/NationalLampoonsChristmasVacation''.
5	* TheCharacterDiedWithHim: Zig-Zagged: In 2021, Creator/NedBeatty passed away a few weeks before turning 84 and it's revealed that Dan's father Ed--who he played--passed away--though this episode actually predated that merely by a year.
6	* DevelopmentGag: At one point in the first episode, Becky tells Darlene that she's "the obvious choice to take over for [Roseanne]", in regards to helping run the household. The initial idea for what became ''The Conners'' was in fact a spinoff centered around Darlene.
7	* DirectedByCastMember: Michael Fishman directed season 3's "Halloween and The Election vs. The Pandemic" and several season four episodes.
8	* DisownedAdaptation: Roseanne Barr was predictably pretty upset with the show. What rather fewer people saw coming was her going so far as to get ''her rabbi'' to condemn the show for being unnecessarily grim in killing her off.
9	* InMemoriam: "Trucking Live in Front of a Fully Vaccinated Studio Audience" ends with the cast standing around/holding up a sign reading, "Dedicated to the memory of our friend and colleague, Creator/NormMacdonald."
10	* TheOriginalDarrin: Creator/LecyGoranson plays Becky Conner-Healy throughout the run of this series.
11	* TheOtherDarrin: Maya Lynne Robinson is the third overall actress to play Geena in this universe, replacing [[Series/TheMindyProject Xosha Roquemore]] from the tenth season of ''Roseanne'', who replaced Rae'ven Larrymore Kelly in the original series.
12	* RealLifeRelative: Ron and Janelle of Jackie’s throuple are played by then-husband and wife Creator/ClarkGregg and Creator/JenniferGrey.
13	* SeparatedAtBirthCasting: Sara Gilbert and Emma Kenney look like they could be mother and child in real life.
14	* UnderageCasting: Creator/JaneCurtin has been cast as the mother of Creator/KateySagal's character despite being only six years older than she is.
15	* WhatCouldHaveBeen: When talk about a potential spinoff of ''Roseanne'' first began surfacing, it was reported that ABC was considering centering the show around Sara Gilbert's Darlene character, possibly even naming the show ''Darlene''. In the end, it was decided that the focus would expand to the overall Conner clan.

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