Will The Conners Lowest Ever Ratings See Season 5 Canceled?

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There was already no guarantee that The Conners would be renewed for season 5, and the show receiving its lowest ratings ever does not bode well for this. AlthoughThe Conners remains relatively popular, the sitcom’s ratings have been steadily declining in recent weeks. This trend reached a zenith with the airing of «Big Negotiations and Broken Expectations» (season 4, episode 17), which saw The Conners earn an all-time low in terms of ratings as only 2.77 million viewers tuned in for the show's latest outing.

Whether this drop-off is due to messy, inconsistent plotting like Harris’s pointless season 4 story or a broader lack of interest in the ensemble cast of The Conners is unclear. What is clear is that this could spell trouble for The Conners’ chances of a season 5 renewal. According to a March report from THR, the future ofThe Conners remained undecided one month ago and this news came well before the show’s historically low ratings in April, which can only hurt the chances of the series.

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Since The Conners season 5 renewal was already not a sure thing, the underperformance of this episode will likely not bode well for the sitcom heading into its summer break. That said, none of ABC’S offerings performed well that week, which makes The Conners look better (or at least, more in line) in comparison to the rest of its programming block. The fact that «Big Negotiations and Broken Expectations» (season 4, episode 17) was also a solid, Roseanne-esque Conners episode that mined big laughs out of a grounded working-class story should also work in its favor. With a believable premise, solid drama, and no shortage of laughs, the season 4 episode played to the