'Roseanne' Canceled at ABC Following Racist Tweet

Hollywood Reporter ^ | May 29, 2018

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"Roseanne's Twitter statement is abhorrent, repugnant and inconsistent with our values, and we have decided to cancel her show," ABC Entertainment president Channing Dungey said Tuesday.

ABC, in a stunning move, has decided to cancel its Roseanne revival following star Roseanne Barr's racist tweet Tuesday. "Roseanne's Twitter statement is abhorrent, repugnant and inconsistent with our values, and we have decided to cancel her show," ABC Entertainment president Channing Dungey said Tuesday.

Early Tuesday, star, head writer and exec producer Barr attacked Valerie Jarrett, a senior adviser to former President Barack Obama, in a since-deleted tweet in which she said "Muslim brotherhood & planet of the apes had a baby=vj." Barr subsequently apologized: "I apologize to Valerie Jarrett and to all Americans. I am truly sorry for making a bad joke about her politics and her looks. I should have known better. Forgive me — my joke was in bad taste."

Walt Disney Co. CEO Bob Iger also weighed in on the decision to cancel Roseanne: "There was only one thing to do here, and that was the right thing," he tweeted.

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Barr's tweet prompted a massive outcry across social media, with thousands condeming the actress-comedian's comments and calling on ABC to cancel her series. The Disney-owned network's decision to cancel the comedy marked the first time the network has taken action in response to one of Barr's controversial tweets.

Axing the Roseanne revival was no small decision for ABC.

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The rebooted comedy debuted its nine-episode run midseason and finished as the TV season's No. 1 scripted series on all of broadcast. Roseanne had been averaging a 5.5 rating among adults 18-49 and 19.3 million viewers with live-plus-3 lifts. With a full week of time-shifting, those numbers climbed to a 6.4 rating in the key demo and 22.1 million viewers. Either way, Roseanne was the highest-rated and most watched series of the broadcast season, eclipsing NBC's This Is Us and CBS' Big Bang Theory — which had been in a heated battle for top status.

[DoughtyOne]

There are a lot of thin skins out there, unless the barbs are leveled at people on the right.

And boy do they level them against the right.

[Para-Ord.45]

And there it is. You can say UNSPEAKABLE things about Trump or his family with little to no repercussions. Make a bad joke about a liberal, and you’re fired before lunch.
https://twitter.com/jessekellydc/status/1001522573484724226

[Genoa]

Note that the word Racist in the headline is presented without the usual quibble quotes.

[conservative98]

Where does the show go from here?

[miss marmelstein]

I guess ValJar threatened a Chris Stevens-Benghazi scenario if “Channing” didn’t can Roseanne.

[Da Coyote]

Funny how anything the marshmallow major libs do not like is “racissssssss”.

Sorry, but I thought a religion of hate that had invaded a corrupt White House was just simply something to eradicated or at least driven out of a civilized country.

But forgot that the coasts are no longer civilized.

Let us remember this when CW-II commences.

[ClearCase_guy]

It was just a matter of time. As with “Last Man Standing”, the networks are willing to cancel profitable shows if they don’t like the message their own show is providing.

“The Narrative” is the only thing these businesses care about, and Roseanne’s Narrative wasn’t theirs.

[dainbramaged]

There was nothing racist about her comment as far as I’m concerned.

[Responsibility2nd]

This is where it goes.....

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/chat/3659009/posts?page=237#237

[TBP]

If Roseanne Barr had said the exact same thing about Ben Carson or Clarence Thomas that she said about Valerie Jarrett, not only would her show still be on the air, it would have been renewed for another two seasons already — and every “woke” “progressive” would be fervently defending her. No question about it.

[goldstategop]

A bad joke is now grounds for corporate retribution.

The liberals who run ABC are the ones who are intolerant.

Keep in mind that in our snowflake culture, the greatest offense is to hurt someone’s feelings.

That’s not about punishing alleged racism and what ABC did is out of line with the alleged offense.

But they run a business and they have the right to termninate their relationship wth Ms. Barr without having to give a reason.

[Bruce Campbells Chin]

There’s an obvious double-standard at work, but objectively, she really blew it. Using “Planet of the Apes” in reference to a black woman is beyond stupid.

[Blue Turtle]

But she’s a comedian.....doesn’t she get a pass?

[EinNYC]

I suspect they will deep-six the show. Sooo glad I don’t watch TV or get involved with all this libtard/racist/nasty tripe.

[Impala64ssa]

[Sa-teef]

"It was just a matter of time. As with “Last Man Standing”, the networks are willing to cancel profitable shows if they don’t like the message their own show is providing. “The Narrative” is the only thing these businesses care about, and Roseanne’s Narrative wasn’t theirs.

Right on the mark.

The legacy networks will sacrifice anything to stay in the good graces of the libtards.

I thought the joke was spot on actually; guess that makes me a racist as well but Valery Jarrett is one butt ugly woman.

[jyo19]

Michelle Wolf still has a show on Netflix and we all now know she's a hate-filled POS.

[miserare]

Boycott ABC. All their other shows are utter crap!

[Sarah Barracuda]

But its A OK for Jimmy Kimmel to mock Melania Trump’s accent..that is all good