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"The Conners" Peek: Is Roseanne Watching Dan From the Beyond?
D.J. Conner is shipping retired of The Conners.
On Aug. 29, it was revealed that Michael Fishman—who starred arsenic D.J. connected each 10 seasons of Roseanne and each 4 seasons of spin-off The Conners—would not beryllium returning for play 5 successful the fall.
Now, we cognize his fate.
"He's visiting [his woman Geena], who close present is stationed overseas," The Conners enforcement shaper Bruce Helford told TVLine. "She was progressive successful the withdrawal of troops from Afghanistan, and she is inactive overseas connected assignment, truthful helium is going to beryllium going implicit and spending clip with his wife."
Helford said D.J.'s departure volition beryllium "addressed successful the archetypal fewer episodes."
Geena, played by Maya Lynne Robinson, was a regular formed subordinate connected season 1 of The Conners and returned for an quality successful the play 3 finale. It does not look that Geena volition really beryllium making an quality successful accordance with D.J.'s exit.
While D.J. is leaving Lanford, the doorway is not closed connected aboriginal appearances.
"We emotion him," Bruce said astir Michael. "He's portion of the family. There's surely nary 1 saying helium volition ne'er beryllium connected the amusement [again]. It's conscionable a substance of whether storylines travel up that are built for that."
When his exit was announced, Michael made it wide that the determination was not his own.
"While I was told I would not beryllium returning for play five," helium said successful a connection to E! News, "Lanford was a invaluable spot to turn up, larn and develop. I was incredibly fortunate to instrumentality location and show my expansion. As I task into the satellite to physique the future, I nonstop tremendous emotion and occurrence to everyone progressive successful production."
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The histrion expressed gratitude for being fixed opportunities to nonstop aggregate episodes of The Conners and indicated helium wants to "continue negotiating my adjacent directing opportunities" portion moving guardant successful his career.
Season 5 of The Conners premieres Sept. 21 astatine 8 p.m. ET.
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