VIDEO : Roseanne Character 'Killed Off' Show By 'Opioid Overdose'

According to Reuters, One of television?s best-known families returned on Tuesday without its matriarch, as the character of feisty Roseanne Conner was killed off through an accidental opioid overdose. Comedy series ?The Conners,? featuring all the main characters in the blue-collar family from ?Roseanne? except for its star and creator, Roseanne Barr, had its premiere on Disney-owned channel ABC, five months after ?Roseanne? was canceled following a racist tweet by Barr. Audiences had last seen Roseanne Conner hiding an opioid addiction stemming from knee pain and about to undergo long-delayed, costly surgery.