Roseanne Barr has blasted ABC over the 'unnecessary grim and morbid' end to her eponymous character on Tuesday night's premiere of The Conners, before tweeting in typical bombastic fashion 'I AIN'T Dead B******!"

The Emmy-winning sitcom returned for its eleventh season without the star on Tuesday night in the wake of Barr's racist tweet scandal during the hiatus.

Despite ultimately giving her permission for the show to continue, Barr was not happy with the show's opening plot line.

Gone and not happy: Roseanne (above in September) was officially axed from the show in Tuesday night's premiere. However, she was not happy with the way her character was killed off

'I AIN'T DEAD B*****S: In typical Barr fashion, the actress tweeted shortly after The Conners premiere

They're back: The Conners is getting the best reviews in its eleven-season history after the exit of creator and star Roseanne Barr (cast of The Conners above)

Releasing a joint statement with her friend Rabbi Schmuley Boteach, she slammed the writers' decision to kill her off with opioids.

'While we wish the very best for the cast and production crew of The Conners, all of whom are deeply dedicated to their craft and were Roseanne’s cherished colleagues, we regret that ABC chose to cancel Roseanne by killing off the Roseanne Conner character. That it was done through an opioid overdose lent an unnecessary grim and morbid dimension to an otherwise happy family show,' it read.

Two hours after sharing the statement, Barr added: 'I AIN'T DEAD B****ES!!!!'.

The first episode initially explained the matriarch's death by saying she had died from a heart attack in her sleep three weeks prior.

However, as the show continues, Roseanne's sister Jackie, played by Laurie Metcalf, receives a phone call with details of the autopsy blaming opioids.

'I just got a call from a friend at the coroner's office - the autopsy found that it wasn't a heart attack - Roseanne OD'ed on opiates,' Jackie says to Roseanne's husband Dan (John Goodman) after getting off the phone.

Emotional premiere: The show opens three weeks after the sudden death of Roseanne Conner. This scene shows the family shortly after learning she died of an opioid overdose

Stars including Sara Gilbert and Laurie Metcalf have been praised for their performances in the show's reboot

New character: Mary Steenburgen joins the show as one of Roseanne's neighbors. It emerges she shared the fatal pills that killed off the matriarch

'They think she must've taken the pills right before bed, and with her health issues, it must have stopped her breathing.'

An emotional Dan is seen trying to process the news before saying: 'It doesn't make any sense, I got her knees fixed, I flushed all her pills.'

At that moment Roseanne's two daughters come upon Jackie and Dan talking outside and say: 'Mom overdosed?'

Darlene (Sara Gilbert) then reveals she found pills in her mother's closet after she died, and upon looking at the bottle Becky (Lecy Goranson) states: 'These weren't prescribed to her, these are for Marcy Bellinger.'

Dan seems eager to point the blame for Roseanne's death on neighbor Marcy Bellinger played by Mary Steenburgen.

After the second commercial break, Darlene picks up a bag of pills sitting on the kitchen table.

Jackie, who is helping out the Conners in the wake of their matriarch's death by cleaning everything in sight, explains that they were stashed in the freezer.

Dan makes a sign blaming the neighbor for his wife's death and posts it on his truck to shame her.

Marcy soon after knocks on their front door begging him to take the sign down. She explains that people in the neighborhood share prescriptions since many do not have insurance.

The first episode of The Conners, the reboot of Roseanne, opens with the family in the kitchen, talking about how she died of a heart attack and how they'll miss her. They tell little fitting anecdotes that fans would recognize as Barr's character

'I never would have given them to her if I knew she had a problem,' she says to him. 'I know what it's like to have that problem, so I'm sorry.'

The family dynamic without Roseanne is well illustrated as Becky and Darlene squabble over how to handle the family finances in the wake of Roseanne's passing.

In an emotional moment, Dan and Darlene talked about Roseanne's addiction after they learned that Roseanne had multiple sources from which to obtain pain medication besides Marcy.

'Who am I supposed to be mad at now?' asked Dan.

He noted that Roseanne's stubbornness made it impossible for anyone to prevent her tragic fate.

'She was going to do what she was going to do,' Dan said. 'She never listened to a damn person in her life.'

In another sequence, Darlene confronted Jackie, who had taken to obsessively to cleaning the family home in the wake of her sister's passing.

Jackie tells Darlene it's her way of grieving: 'I don’t want to go home. I don’t want to leave this house because I don’t want to leave her.'

In the final sequence of the episode, Dan returned to bed for the first time in weeks since Roseanne's death, placing his arm over her pillow out of habit.

Roseanne Barr & Rabbi Shmuley statement on overdose plot-line Roseanne Barr and her longtime Rabbi and friend, World Values Network Founder Rabbi Shmuley Boteach, have issued the following statement regarding the cancellation of Roseanne and the premiere of The Conners: 'While we wish the very best for the cast and production crew of The Conners, all of whom are deeply dedicated to their craft and were Roseanne's cherished colleagues, we regret that ABC chose to cancel Roseanne by killing off the Roseanne Conner character. That it was done through an opioid overdose lent an unnecessary grim and morbid dimension to an otherwise happy family show. 'This was a choice the network did not have to make. Roseanne was the only show on television that directly addressed the deep divisions threatening the very fabric of our society. Specifically, the show promoted the message that love and respect for one another's personhood should transcend differences in background and ideological discord. The show brought together characters of different political persuasions and ethnic backgrounds in one, unified family, a rarity in modern American entertainment. Above all else, the show celebrated a strong, matriarchal woman in a leading role, something we need more of in our country. 'Through humor and a universally relatable main character, the show represented a weekly teaching moment for our nation. Yet it is often following an inexcusable -- but not unforgivable -- mistake that we can discover the most important lesson of all: Forgiveness. After repeated and heartfelt apologies, the network was unwilling to look past a regrettable mistake, thereby denying the twin American values of both repentance and forgiveness. In a hyper-partisan climate, people will sometimes make the mistake of speaking with words that do not truly reflect who they are. However, it is the power of forgiveness that defines our humanity. 'Our society needs to heal on many levels. What better way for healing than a shared moment, once a week, where we could have all enjoyed a compelling storyline featuring a witty character – a woman - who America connected with, not in spite of her flaws, but because of them. The cancellation of Roseanne is an opportunity squandered due in equal parts to fear, hubris, and a refusal to forgive.' Advertisement

The topical yet controversial method of killing off Roseanne was leaked ahead of the show's opening and Barr, herself, had already criticized it.

However, Tuesday's viewing seemed to awaken new rage in the actress who went on to attack ABC for cancelling Roseanne in the first place.

She blasted the network for refusing to accept her apologies for her tweet comparing black former Obama aide Valerie Jarrett to a character from Planet of the Apes.

'After repeated and heartfelt apologies, the network was unwilling to look past a regrettable mistake, thereby denying the twin American values of both repentance and forgiveness,'the joint statement continues.

'In a hyper-partisan climate, people will sometimes make the mistake of speaking with words that do not truly reflect who they are. However, it is the power of forgiveness that defines our humanity.

'Our society needs to heal on many levels. What better way for healing than a shared moment, once a week, where we could have all enjoyed a compelling storyline featuring a witty character – a woman - who America connected with, not in spite of her flaws, but because of them. The cancellation of Roseanne is an opportunity squandered due in equal parts to fear, hubris, and a refusal to forgive.'

Another decision which may have sparked Roseanne's ire is the casting of Mary Steenburgen as neighbor Bellinger.

Roseanne Barr is a fan of President Donald Trump, while Steenburgen has been friends with Bill and Hillary Clinton for decades.

So far responses to the re-branded Roseanne have been warm - with critics praising the show's return

'All four actors - the core quartet, if you will - deliver sensational performances, in both the premiere and in the fourth episode (which was also screened for us), writes Michael Ausiello in his review for TV Line.

'Gilbert and [Lecy] Goranson, in particular, have never seemed more connected to their alter egos, resulting in their best-ever work in these roles.'

Ausiello was also quick to give credit to the writers.

'They struck what felt like the perfect balance between darkness and light, while also being respectful - almost reverential at times - to the character of Roseanne,' he added.