SUN STREETER: Was ABC right or foolish to cancel Roseanne? YOU DECIDE!
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It was the TV cancellation heard around the world!
As previously reported, ABC cancelled its hit reboot of Roseanne on Tuesday following star Roseanne Barr’s racist tweet that referred to former Obama adviser Valerie Jarrett as a product of the Muslim Brotherhood and the “Planet of the Apes.”
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ABC Entertainment President Channing Dungey said the comment “is abhorrent, repugnant and inconsistent with our values.” Barr had apologized and deleted her Monday-night tweet, calling it a “bad joke,” but the damage had already been done.
Barr was also dumped by her talent agency, ICM Partners.
But what do YOU think?
Was ABC right in dumping the number one scripted TV series, which it had just renewed for a second season?
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