ABC announced its Tuesday night lineup this fall with the Rosanne Barr-less Roseanne spinoff, The Conners, leading the lineup on October 16th.
The current Tuesday lineup is being held until October 16th because of the shifting production schedule for The Conners. The delay was caused after the network pulled the plug on Roseanne; but two weeks later, the powers that be signed on a Barr-free spinoff, which will star John Goodman, Sara Gilbert and Laurie Metcalf.