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The Conners S6

Mr+Ripley — Tue, 16 Jul 2024 13:00:29 GMT

Does anyone know what is happening with the next season of The Conners - S6 - on Sky Comedy? It aired in the US in February but there's no sign of it over here. I've checked Geektown & they don't have an air date for the UK. I hope Sky is going to continue to show it as there are only two more seasons - 6 & 7 - before it ends.

Re: The Conners S6

Mr+Ripley — Thu, 18 Jul 2024 11:56:17 GMT

I guess we're all in the dark on this one then. Oh well.

Re: The Conners S6

JonD1492 — Wed, 24 Jul 2024 14:54:48 GMT

Hi Mr Ripley,

I suspect it'll air in the UK once Sky Comedy has finished its current complete-run-through of Seasons 1-5. So, probably in September/October time.

Due to the recent writers/producers/actors strikes, a lot of TV shows' last Seasons are being withheld in the UK, so that we have something "new" to watch in recent months, and in the coming months. As such, a lot of shows that would normally have already aired over here, are being delayed, and then eventually we'll start to catch-up again with the USA.

It's a real pain for UK fans, but there's little we can sadly do about it, frustratingly.

Re: The Conners S6

Timelord2018 — Sun, 05 Jan 2025 23:09:03 GMT

No plans to acquire S6 according to Sky viewing relations

Re: The Conners S6

Mr+Ripley — Mon, 06 Jan 2025 12:03:40 GMT

@Timelord2018 wrote:
No plans to acquire S6 according to Sky viewing relations

Thanks, @Timelord2018 for finding this out. It's a bit annoying though with only 2 seasons left to air. Makes you wonder why you start watching shows. Only yesterday I read that another Sky Comedy show that I watched, The Franchise has been cancelled after one season. What's the point in investing the time when this sort of thing keeps happening? Kaos on Netflix was another one.

Re: The Conners S6

MarkGoldsmith — Mon, 06 Jan 2025 12:05:41 GMT

@Mr+Ripley wrote:
@Timelord2018 wrote:
No plans to acquire S6 according to Sky viewing relations
Thanks, @Timelord2018 for finding this out. It's a bit annoying though with only 2 seasons left to air. Makes you wonder why you start watching shows. Only yesterday I read that another Sky Comedy show that I watched, The Franchise has been cancelled after one season. What's the point in investing the time when this sort of thing keeps happening?

Thats the problem with the TV industry. I hate getting invested in shows just for them to be cancelled at the end of a season without the story being wrapped up and prefer to watch a show thats either a mini-series or has a few seasons already on it. However its a bit of a catch-22 scenario as if you don't watch a new show when its newly released, its viewing numbers will be down so its got a higher probability of being cancelled.

Re: The Conners S6

Lurch25 — Fri, 22 Aug 2025 21:21:00 GMT

I adore the Conner's and I'm so sick of these shows being axed in the UK surely sky can acquire the last 2 seasons I'm so invested in the show and no where else to watch it gutted 😞

Re: The Conners S6

Lurch25 — Fri, 22 Aug 2025 21:22:08 GMT

That sucks and people wonder why we are leaving sky in droves if you get a show commit to it it's so unfair to the viewers and fans

Re: The Conners S6

xenon81 — Fri, 22 Aug 2025 21:37:12 GMT

It's annoying for those who have been watching the show but if Sky didn't want it and no other broadcasters/streamers picked it up either, usually that means the ratings don't justify the cost.

Re: The Conners S6

Lurch25 — Fri, 22 Aug 2025 21:40:02 GMT

The ratings are still pretty decent tbh from what I can see I think sky are just cheaping out I bet now Hulu have the rights to it will end up on Disney plus as they now own Hulu so can live in hope they get it as I really want to watch it being a huge Roseanne fan to sucks

Re: The Conners S6

Lurch25 — Fri, 22 Aug 2025 21:41:46 GMT

Exactly this is what puts people off new shows as they just get swiped or cancelled off the platform so total waste of time watching it and then never knowing what happenes let's hope Hulu on Disney plus get it fingers crossed I think sku made a bad decision here tbh

Re: The Conners S6

Timelord2018 — Sat, 23 Aug 2025 08:32:55 GMT

@Lurch25 wrote:
The ratings are still pretty decent tbh from what I can see I think sky are just cheaping out I bet now Hulu have the rights to it will end up on Disney plus as they now own Hulu so can live in hope they get it as I really want to watch it being a huge Roseanne fan to sucks

Lionsgate has international distribution rights now, if anything it turns up on that quietly relaunched Lionsgate+ service on Prime once Sky rights expire , 1 to 4 at the end of this year, 5 is at the end of April 2026.

Re: The Conners S6

Mr+Ripley — Sat, 23 Aug 2025 16:11:15 GMT

Can we have some clarification here? Is it going to be on Disney+/Hulu, or Lionsgate+? I'm hoping Disney+, as I already have an annual subscription with them. Why do these things have to get so complicated? I also find it hard to believe the ratings were so low that Sky cancelled it. There's a lot worse on their platform than The Connors. It was a good reboot which actually made me laugh, unlike most comedy series these days.

Re: The Conners S6

Timelord2018 — Sat, 23 Aug 2025 16:51:25 GMT

@Mr+Ripley wrote:
Can we have some clarification here? Is it going to be on Disney+/Hulu, or Lionsgate+? I'm hoping Disney+, as I already have an annual subscription with them. Why do these things have to get so complicated? I also find it hard to believe the ratings were so low that Sky cancelled it. There's a lot worse on their platform than The Connors. It was a good reboot which actually made me laugh, unlike most comedy series these days.

Lionsgate would have licence it to Disney+ like they did with past seasons of The Rookie outside of UK & Ireland this year.

It's bound to turn up somewhere after 30th April 2026.

Re: The Conners S6

Lurch25 — Sun, 24 Aug 2025 00:42:49 GMT

Yeah I'd like some clarity to as according to the ratings it's the most popular and watched show on ABC in America since the first Roseanne series so I don't understand why sky havnt picked it up I had no idea lion gate had anything to do with it I was told it was owned and distributed by ABC & Hulu which Disney plus own both so I think if we see it anywhere when it expires with sky it will be Disney plus the ratings are in the 10s of millions so it can't be a ratings issue I hate it when sky do this and it's always when your fully invested to in the show sky pick it back up why not ? It's v popular and tube highest rated sitcom of our times so why drop it ?

Re: The Conners S6

Lurch25 — Sun, 24 Aug 2025 00:46:25 GMT

So they let us down again and wonder why people leave sky in droves I been a customer of the tv service for 20 years I only cancelled when they started to take all the channels down like lifetime etc most the shows I did watch on sky are now on streaming platforms that have nothing to do with sky , sky really need to get back with it when we had everything we wanted in one place now there are hardly any channels and even sky cinema used to get new movies daily yet now still seeing movies on there as new that have been on there for over 20 years sky and virgin tv are dead in the water unless they can get rights to shows like this or decent original content

Re: The Conners S6

Lurch25 — Sun, 24 Aug 2025 00:48:10 GMT

It's the most watched show in the USA in the sitcom category with record breaking ratings so that can't be the case it's got to be sky being cheap !

Re: The Conners S6

Lurch25 — Sun, 24 Aug 2025 00:49:18 GMT

Mmm are you sure it's lionsgate as it's produced by ABC which is Disney owned ?

Re: The Conners S6

Timelord2018 — Sun, 24 Aug 2025 07:41:08 GMT

@Lurch25 wrote:
Mmm are you sure it's lionsgate as it's produced by ABC which is Disney owned ?

It isn't produced by ABC,

https://deadline.com/2023/08/the-conners-licensing-lionsgate-debmar-mercury-werner-entertainment-syndication-1235457776/

Re: The Conners S6

nolte — Sun, 24 Aug 2025 11:40:06 GMT

@Lurch25 wrote:
It's the most watched show in the USA in the sitcom category with record breaking ratings so that can't be the case it's got to be sky being cheap !

Viewership in the US does not necessarily indicate success in UK (and vice versa)

Both Seinfeld and Everyone loves Raymond were big US successes, but I think it was not same here.

Without any concrete data, it is impossible. Maybe the distributor wanted too much money.

The fact it wasn't until it was in the fifth season in the US that someone picked it up, is indicative of problems re getting it into the UK market