ABC comic "The Conners" rating fell after Roseanne Barr exit

The television audience for the ABC comedy "The Conners" fell about 43 per cent without star Roseanne Barr, rating data showed on Wednesday.

Some 10.5 million viewers watched Tuesday's premiere of "The Conners," according to Nielsen data, compared with the 18.4 million Americans who tuned into the revival of "Roseanne" in March.

"Roseanne," which was ABC's biggest hit last season, was cancelled in May after Barr posted a racist tweet. Her character was killed off through an accidental opioid overdose in the first episode of the spinoff show "The Conners."