VIDEO : ?The Conners? Has The Potential To Be Something Worthy Of The Original?s Legacy

It?s hard to separate Roseanne Barr from Roseanne.

She co-created the show and stood at the center of it through its original run and its attempt at a comeback. And yet, at the dawning of a Roseanne-free spin-off born from necessity following the comic?s racist and controversial Twitter implosion, everyone remaining who is responsible for the success of the original needs there to be some daylight between The Conners and Barr.

Unsurprisingly, that didn?t happen in a premiere episode that primarily dealt with Barr?s absence while also setting the tone for the future.