Just days after the new Season 6 trailer debuted, it was revealed that one of the original cast members will not be returning to ABC’s The Conners.
Jayden Rey, 14, has played Mary, the daughter of Michael Fishman’s original Roseanne character DJ Conner, will not return for Season 6, via Deadline.
The departure follows both of her on-screen parents leaving the ABC series, a continuation of the hit ABC sitcom Roseanne.
Her on-screen father DJ was written off the show at the start of Season 5, and her mother, Maya Lynne Robinson’s Geena Williams Conner, left after Season 1.
Rey will be exiting the show as a series regular, though it was said the door may be open for guest-starring appearances down the road.
![The Conners Renewed for Season 6, But Major Character Absent Since Series Inception 1 Just days after the new Season 6 trailer debuted, it was revealed that one of the original cast members will not be returning to ABC's The Conners](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/01/03/00/79554263-12920841-image-a-2_1704241043025.jpg)
Just days after the new Season 6 trailer debuted, it was revealed that one of the original cast members will not be returning to ABC’s The Conners
![The Conners Renewed for Season 6, But Major Character Absent Since Series Inception 3 Jayden Rey, 14, has played Mary, the daughter of Michael Fishman's original Roseanne character DJ Conner, will not return for Season 6, via Deadline](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/01/03/00/79554255-12920841-image-a-1_1704241038852.jpg)
Jayden Rey, 14, has played Mary, the daughter of Michael Fishman’s original Roseanne character DJ Conner, will not return for Season 6, via Deadline
The new season will follow The Conners as they, ‘continue to face the daily struggles of life in Lanford,’ according to the official Season 6 description.
‘This iconic family — Dan, Jackie, Darlene and Becky — grapples with parenthood, dating, financial pressures and aging in working-class America,’ the description adds.
‘Through it all — the fights, the coupon cutting, the hand-me-downs, the breakdowns — with love, humor and perseverance, the family prevails,’ the description concludes.
The trailer released last week also revealed that Sean Astin, who plays Fedex pilot Tyler, Becky’s (Lecy Goranson) love interest, will also be returning.
The pair’s relationship appears to be getting serious as the trailer shows that Tyler is invited to the Connor family poker night taking place in their kitchen.
The new season of the show — a spinoff of the revival of Roseanne following Roseanne Barr’s controversial exit in May 2018 — will also see Katey Sagal return as Louise Goldufski.
Astin’s character was initially introduced in Season 5 and marked the first notable romantic interest for Becky since the passing of her husband, Mark.
The return of Tyler, however, wasn’t a guarantee, as TVLine reported.
![The Conners Renewed for Season 6, But Major Character Absent Since Series Inception 5 The new season will follow The Conners as they, 'continue to face the daily struggles of life in Lanford,' according to the official Season 6 description](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/01/03/00/79554265-12920841-image-a-3_1704241124268.jpg)
The new season will follow The Conners as they, ‘continue to face the daily struggles of life in Lanford,’ according to the official Season 6 description
![The Conners Renewed for Season 6, But Major Character Absent Since Series Inception 7 The trailer released last week also revealed that Sean Astin, who plays Fedex pilot Tyler, Becky's (Lecy Goranson) love interest, will also be returning](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/01/03/00/79554259-12920841-image-a-4_1704241216271.jpg)
The trailer released last week also revealed that Sean Astin, who plays Fedex pilot Tyler, Becky’s (Lecy Goranson) love interest, will also be returning
![The Conners Renewed for Season 6, But Major Character Absent Since Series Inception 9 The new season of the show -- a spinoff of the revival of Roseanne following Roseanne Barr's controversial exit in May 2018 -- will also see Katey Sagal return as Louise Goldufski](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/01/03/00/79554247-12920841-image-a-5_1704241368020.jpg)
The new season of the show — a spinoff of the revival of Roseanne following Roseanne Barr’s controversial exit in May 2018 — will also see Katey Sagal return as Louise Goldufski
![The Conners Renewed for Season 6, But Major Character Absent Since Series Inception 11 'Whenever we bring in a new love interest, we’ve got to watch the chemistry, because we never know [if it will work],' executive producer Bruce Helford previously told the outlet](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/01/03/00/79554237-12920841-image-a-6_1704241381614.jpg)
‘Whenever we bring in a new love interest, we’ve got to watch the chemistry, because we never know [if it will work],’ executive producer Bruce Helford previously told the outlet
‘Whenever we bring in a new love interest, we’ve got to watch the chemistry, because we never know [if it will work],’ executive producer Bruce Helford previously told the outlet.
‘But we love Sean, and they were great together, so we definitely want to bring them back together and see what we can find there.’
In 2018, Barr garnered bad publicity for the revival of her titular sitcom through her behavior on social media.
She posted a string of racist tweets targeting Valerie Jarrett, a former advisor to Barack Obama, leading to her removal from Roseanne.