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ABC Executives Regret Firing Roseanne, Fear ‘Connors’ Spin-Off Series will Flop
Breitbart ^ | 10/12/2018 | Ben Kew

Posted on 10/12/2018 6:40:56 AM PDT by Drew68

Executives at ABC now believe that their decision to fire Roseanne Barr from their revival of Roseanne was a mistake and the network’s spin-off series The Conners may flop, according to a report from Mail Online. Two senior executives at the network told the outlet that ABC President Channing Dungey’s decision to immediately fire the actress and cancel her show after she made racially charged comments about former Obama adviser Valerie Jarrett was a “knee-jerk” decision that they would later regret.

“We didn’t think it through properly. What Roseanne did was wrong but we shouldn’t have rushed to fire her. It was almost a knee-jerk reaction by Ben [Sherwood] and Channing [Dungey] who should have launched an investigation,” one insider reportedly said. “This would have given them more time to listen to the public, advertisers and cast members to determine the best decision.”

Barr compared Jarrett to if the ‘Muslim brotherhood & Planet of the Apes had a baby,” comments that were condemned by Dungey as “abhorrent, repugnant and inconsistent with our values.” Yet one insider apparently suggested that ABC should instead have temporarily suspended her before making a final decision.

“They could’ve suspended her from the first few episodes without pay and had her return later on in the season,” the source explained. “I mean the season finale saw Roseanne going to the hospital for knee surgery. While they worked out her fate, her character could have faced serious complications and fought for her life, while simultaneously making Roseanne fight for her career with a national apology tour. “

“The morning the racist tweet scandal blew up, Roseanne offered to publicly apologize and do the rounds of every show but Ben and Channing weren’t having any of that and wanted her gone,” they continued.

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To: Buckeye McFrog

All of their characters on the show, with the possible exception of John Goodman, are very unlikeable.


121 posted on 10/12/2018 9:51:14 AM PDT by surrey
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To: Sasparilla

... What Roseanne did was wrong but we shouldn’t have rushed to fire her..


Actually, was it?

Her description is that it was a political comment regarding Jarrett’s bequeathed Iran policy and its’ support of totalitarians.


122 posted on 10/12/2018 10:07:32 AM PDT by lepton ("It is useless to attempt to reason a man out of a thing he was never reasoned into"--Jonathan Swift)
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To: liberalh8ter

Such BS....comparing someone’s *behavior* to a character from the movie Planet of the Apes is not “racially charged”.


123 posted on 10/12/2018 10:18:05 AM PDT by lepton ("It is useless to attempt to reason a man out of a thing he was never reasoned into"--Jonathan Swift)
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To: dead

Bring her back—as flashbacks or as a ghost. Have one of the cast go Trumpocrat to spar with others. A few scenes would save the show.


124 posted on 10/12/2018 10:40:39 AM PDT by Forward the Light Brigade (Into the Jaws of H*ll Onward! Ride to the sound of the guns!)
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To: ImJustAnotherOkie
Rosanne won’t come back. If she did, it wouldn’t be the same. She robustly exercised her right to free speech. It wouldn’t be so robust now.

After mulling it over, I think you're right. Some f-ups are permanent. They could try to erase these past few months, pretend nothing happened, scrap the season and bring Roseanne back but it wouldn't be the same.

There's a lot of anger not only in how Roseanne was treated by ABC but also towards her co-stars, not a single one of whom had the integrity to stand up for her. At any time Goodman or Metcalf could have said, "this isn't going to work" and Roseanne would've been brought back but instead, clueless about their own fan base, they thought they could still have lightning in a bottle without the show's star.

Best thing for Roseanne Barr to do now would be to leave the Connor family in the past and find something new and original as a platform for her talents.

125 posted on 10/12/2018 9:44:31 PM PDT by Drew68 (Twitter @TheRealDrew68 https://twitter.com/TheRealDrew68)
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To: surrey
All of their characters on the show, with the possible exception of John Goodman, are very unlikeable.

I was disappointed the most in John Goodman for thinking the Roseanne-free "Roseanne" would work. It seemed like if anyone should've put his foot down and stood up for her, it should've been him.

He's enjoyed a long and distinguished career as an actor and will now be remembered for having zero integrity in the end when it counted.

126 posted on 10/12/2018 9:48:09 PM PDT by Drew68 (Twitter @TheRealDrew68 https://twitter.com/TheRealDrew68)
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To: Drew68

“abhorrent, repugnant and inconsistent with our values.”

ABC and values? Since when!


127 posted on 10/13/2018 12:39:19 PM PDT by minnesota_bound
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To: Drew68

Just saw a commercial, it was very dramatic, pretty clear the characters are reacting to Roseanne being dead/dying/comatose, you’d think the show was a drama. Then the ABC log and the word “Funny” appeared.


128 posted on 10/15/2018 7:11:48 PM PDT by Impy (I have no virtue to signal)
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To: Drew68

Anyone out there watching this thing tonight??????
I am skipping it.


129 posted on 10/16/2018 5:22:24 PM PDT by Captain Peter Blood
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To: Captain Peter Blood
Anyone out there watching this thing tonight??????

Not me. Not a single minute of it.

130 posted on 10/17/2018 5:45:28 AM PDT by Drew68 (Twitter @TheRealDrew68 https://twitter.com/TheRealDrew68)
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