Roseanne CANCELLED.....

[pbmus]

[kwassa]

1. what happened ......

ABC has put an official end to its Roseanne nightmare, cancelling the revived comedy in the wake of star Roseanne Barr’s racist Twitter tirade.

In a statement, Channing Dungey, president of ABC statement said, “Roseanne’s Twitter statement is abhorrent, repugnant and inconsistent with our values, and we have decided to cancel her show.”

The move came just moments after Barr’s TV daughter, Sara Gilbert, released her own statement, condemning the outburst.

In a pair of tweets, Gilbert called her TV’s mom’s Tuesday-monring tirade — in which she described African-American former Obama advisor Valerie Jarrett as a combination of the Muslim Brotherhood and Planet of the Apes — as “abhorrent,” adding that the remark does “not reflect the beliefs of our cast and crew or anyone associated with our show. I am disappointed in her actions to say the least.”

http://tvline.com/2018/05/29/roseanne-cancelled-season-11-racist-tweet-controversy-abc/

[lame54]

20. Gilbert was trying to save the show...

Too bad
Woke up with fleas

[Hortensis]

31. Producer/writer Wanda Sykes' quitting may have had something

to do with it also. I hope her talents will be put to a better show soon.

This is the way it should be when nasty people act out.

to all made this happen.

[Wellstone ruled]

2. YES!!!!!!!!

[Kingofalldems]

3. K and R all Roseanne cancelled threads.

[BumRushDaShow]

4. Good. Enough!

Variety article -

‘Roseanne’ Canceled at ABC
By Joseph Otterson

ABC has pulled the plug on the revival “Roseanne.”

The move comes after series star Roseanne Barr made a comment on Twitter Tuesday morning referring to former Obama aide Valerie Jarrett as the “offspring of the ‘Muslim Brotherhood & Planet of the Apes.'”

“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 in a statement.

More to come…


http://variety.com/2018/tv/news/roseanne-canceled-abc-1202824211/

[Exotica]

15. today was a good day

[BumRushDaShow]

18. Joe Madison just had Valerie on his show last week

(she used to come on at least once a month to give updates while President Obama was in office) and his staff handed him a copy of the tweet about 10 minutes before he went off the air this morning, and he literally hit the roof in a rage.

I am glad that "justice" was swift in this case. And to happen of all days when Starbucks was to close (I think they were supposed to close around 2 - 2:30 pm today - probably in each time zone as that time arrives) to give training on implicit bias too, so the subject is in the news.

[Exotica]

19. just wanted to say I love your posts brother

(I am assuming you are a fellow PoC)

and yes

I am glad that "justice" was swift in this case.
I think there is still hope in the US

[BumRushDaShow]

21. I am a sistah

lol but yes a POC.

[Exotica]

24. Eeeek, ffs, I am SO sorry sistah

I feel even more bond now!

[BumRushDaShow]

26. Ha ha!

I just so happened to like the political rap group "Public Enemy" so the forum name comes from a term they use a lot in their songs.

[Exotica]

30. The first I saw your name I instantly thought of PE

Now to date myself, I was born almost 8 years after that album was released!.

Lol

But I am musically a child of the 80's.

[workinclasszero]

5. Are you serious!!???

[Hoyt]

6. Now, we get to watch ignorant white wing racists, including trump, trash ABC.

[Va Lefty]

8. Yep cue the RW faux outrage machine in 3, 2, 1

[workinclasszero]

11. The tears of right wing snowflakes

are delish!

[Demsrule86]

7. Really! I thought it was already booked for next season. Roseanne is such a dumbass.

[MissB]

23. It was renewed for the second season.

And I assume that means that ABC just lost a ton of $.

[Demsrule86]

34. Probably right...I was surprised.

[Xipe Totec]

9. Roseanne Barred! nt

[CaliforniaPeggy]

12. Great bit of punning, my dear Xipe Totec! n/t

[BigmanPigman]

10. It was only a matter of time.

Good riddance!

[Va Lefty]

13. ABC's President of Entertainment

Link to tweet

[Exotica]

25. Fuck yes, destroy racist Trumpism!!! It is a world mandate.

We cannot allow this ethno white nationalist dumbfuckery to stand.

[ellie]

14. Good

Fuck her.

[Totally Tunsie]

16. "abhorrent, repugnant and inconsistent with our values"

Just like the one she gives the tongue bath to.

[Thrill]

17. Roseanne Barf to Fox News in .....

[peabody]

22. I applaud this move by ABC.

They absolutely did the right thing.

[Soxfan58]

27. Lets hope

She crawls back in her little slim hole and does not stick her racist head out for another 30 years

[ginnyinWI]

32. well, she's 65, so... n/t

[Soxfan58]

33. That works

[IggleDuer]

28. I would expect Fox to pick up the show ...

.... like they did with Tim Allen’s mediocre show. And the sheeple will dutifully follow.

[underthematrix]

29. Thank you ABC