The Conners has settled in to become Comfort TV after facing the pressure of following Roseanne

The Hollywood Reporter

"Longtime fans can be easily disappointed if the rejuvenated product doesn't mirror their golden memories, and I, too, have railed against the dead eyes of actors scrambling to recapture their prime for a paycheck," says Robyn Bahr. "Fortunately, The Conners doesn't struggle to be Roseanne sans Roseanne. Instead, it has developed its own comedic rhythms and emotional beats that allude to its predecessor without overtly zombifying it. In the season and a half since it premiered, the series has become the purest form of Comfort TV."