One of Last years most watched television shows, "Roseanne," has been cancelled after the lead star of the show, Roseanne Barr, made tweets comparing former presidential adviser Valerie Jarrett to an ape. The show was known for displaying a Trump-supporting conservative-working family.
>Barr’s family sitcom – the biggest success story of the 2017-18 TV season – had been picked up for a second season after only one episode, which clocked record ratings. Roseanne was the highest-rated and most watched freshman series of the 2017-18 season and ranked No. 2 overall among all entertainment programs in total viewers
>In her initial tweet about Jarrett, Barr referred to her as “muslim brotherhood & planet of the apes had a baby=vj.” It was in response to a tweet referencing a Wikileaks claim that the CIA during Obama’s term in office spied on French presidential candidates
>Barr had kicked off her day tweeting that Chelsea Clinton is married to George Soros’ nephew
>Shortly after Barr’s apology, Wanda Sykes announced her resignation from Roseanne, on which the prominent African-American comic had been a key writer/consulting producer. Roseanne co-star and executive producer Sara Gilbert, who was the driving force behind the revival, also distanced herself and the show’s cast and crew from Barr’s “abhorrent” comments
>“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, the first African American executive to lead a US broadcast network, announced.
https://deadline.com/2018/05/roseanne-canceled-barr-abc-racist-tweets-1202399123/
For those of you who don't know what the Roseanne is, here is a description of the revived show's broadcast last season:
>Roseanne made a triumphant return Tuesday night, blowing past projections with a 5.2 adults 18-49 rating and 18.2 million total viewers for the debut of its revival, which remarkably drew 10% more viewers than the original series finale 21 years ago
>no one predicted such a huge turnout on premiere night for the blue-collar family sitcom with a Donald Trump-supporting protagonist, especially among the younger demographic. But then, few predicted that Trump would become the Republican nominee and would win the presidential election when he first announced his candidacy. Both Trump and Roseanne were able to tap into the often overlooked and underserved working-class audience, especially the portion that holds mostly conservative views. Not surprisingly, the top TV markets where Roseanne delivered its highest ratings were in states handily carried by Trump in the election
https://deadline.com/2018/03/roseanne-revival-huge-ratings-premiere-stuns-hollywood-prompts-soul-searching-1202354973/