ABC does not get it.
The Roseanne Shows success was not about Roseanne or even that the show was worth watching.
People were tuning in to Roseanne to vote their approval of Donald Trump and protest the unfair anti Trump/ anti MAGA media bias they were seeing virtually every other show on every network.
The shows massive success was it’s own downfall because ABC had to kill it before it began to influence public opinion - they just needed an excuse.
Now they are print to back track to cover their butts.
Truth is the Roseanne Show re boot would have flopped if it had had the same toxic Anti Trump bias every other show seems to insert into their story lines and it will flop even worse if they try to spin off an knock off without Roseanne Barr.
Are sitcom viewers really that political?
The number who wanted a nostalgic return of an old series or who wanted to see a Middle American family again may have outweighed those who had a political motivation.