News about Michael Fishman

The Conners will return for Season 6 without a major character who has been with the ABC series from the start

www.dailymail.co.uk, January 3, 2024
Just days after the new Season 6 trailer debuted, it was revealed that one of the original cast members would 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, on Deadline. Both of her on-screen parents left the ABC series, which was a spin on the hit ABC sitcom Roseanne.

In a chilling new doc, Ted Cummins, the married teacher who ABDUCTED Elizabeth Thomas after laying on her innocence, is told

www.dailymail.co.uk, August 12, 2023
This weekend, Abducted By My Teacher, which is expected to air on Lifestyle, will follow the case, which sparked a nationwide manhunt in 2017. Elizabeth Thomas (Michael Fishman) was groomed by Tad Cummins (Michael Fishman), before coercing her to go on the run for 38 days and making her suffer daily sexual assault. Here, FEMAIL has laid down the shocking facts that culminated in the criminal defendant being sentenced to 20 years in prison for pleaded guilty to obstruction of law and taking a minor outside of state boundaries for sex.'

'I was told I would not be returning': Michael Fishman reveals all about exit from The Conners

www.dailymail.co.uk, August 30, 2022
Michael Fishman, a former child actor, revealed on Monday that he was not planning to leave The Conners eight days before the fifth season premiere. Lanford was a valuable place to grow up, learn, and develop,' the 40-year-old SoCal native told People in a tweet, referring to the fictional IL town. I was incredibly fortunate to return home and show my growth.' I send a lot of love and happiness to all those involved in production as I enter the world to build the future.'

Michael Fishman of the Conners EXITS the Roseanne spin-off ahead of season five

www.dailymail.co.uk, August 29, 2022
Michael Fishman, a former child actor, has left his 14-year career as David Jacob 'D.J.' Conner in The Conners just weeks ahead of the fifth season premiere, which airs on September 21. When ABC unveiled the season five poster, which excluded the 40-year-old SoCal native, the first hint that something was wrong was last week. The door has been left open for the character's return,' TVLine reported on Monday, but there are currently no plans to bring back Michael, who appeared in 36 of the Roseanne spin-off's 71 episodes.