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'People want Roseanne!' ABC execs fear spin-off show The Conners will crash without its fired star
Daily Mail ^ | 10/12/2018 | By KAREN RUIZ

Posted on 10/12/2018 10:14:15 AM PDT by SeekAndFind

* ABC is bracing for the debut of The Conners on October 16 to see if the Roseanne spin-off will be able to survive without its main star

* Two senior executives have told DailyMailTV that the network fears it has angered fans by firing Barr, 65, and that the new show will not be as well-received 'We didn't think it through properly. What Roseanne did was wrong but we shouldn't have rushed to fire her,' one source said

* The insider revealed firing the actress was a 'knee-jerk reaction' by ABC President Channing Dungey and ABC-Disney head Ben Sherwood

* 'What we've discovered is that people want Roseanne - they don't want the family by themselves,' another source said

* Barr was fired despite the show's successful reboot after making what was perceived as a racist comment about Valerie Jarrett in May

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Top ABC brass may have acted too swiftly by pulling the plug on Roseanne - and they now fear the show's replacement spin-off will flop without its star.

Two senior executives at the network have told DailyMailTV that firing the actress was a 'knee-jerk' reaction by ABC's president and admitted that temporarily suspending Barr may have been a wiser decision.

'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 said.

'This would have given them more time to listen to the public, advertisers and cast members to determine the best decision.'

The highly-anticipated reboot of the popular 90s sitcom was axed in May, just three months into its return after Barr, 65, made a racist tweet about former Obama aide Valerie Jarrett.

(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: abc; abcsucks; buyersremorse; hollywood; roseanne; theconners
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To: SeekAndFind

Too bad, so sad, we’re glad they’ve been had.


21 posted on 10/12/2018 10:30:00 AM PDT by tflabo
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To: SeekAndFind

Roseanne ran out of material about 2 years before the original series was cancelled.

They might squeeze a couple of short (10-12 episodes) seasons before the reboot got stale.

Valerie Harper was fired from her TV series (1986-1991) after its first year — salary dispute. The series continued with ‘family’ for 4 more years. Then, however, there were 4 networks, not 200+ cable/satellite channels and Youtube, as competition.

Reboots do not have a good history. Around 2/3 fail after a year or two.


22 posted on 10/12/2018 10:31:26 AM PDT by TomGuy
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To: BlueLancer
How are they going to bring her character back? They killed it off.
TV Guide excerpt:


Hilarity ensues when former President Barack Hussein Obama guest stars. Although Darlene protests that "surely she stinketh", Obama raises his hands over Roseanne's gravesite and commands "Roseanne, come out!"


23 posted on 10/12/2018 10:31:36 AM PDT by Buckeye McFrog
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To: tennmountainman
Roseanne could take her show to another network.

The reason ABC did The Connors was to keep her from opting out of the contract and doing exactly that.


24 posted on 10/12/2018 10:32:32 AM PDT by Buckeye McFrog
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To: SeekAndFind

Fans would not care if a sloppy writing fix to explain she really
did not die was done. It’s all make believe anyway.


25 posted on 10/12/2018 10:33:10 AM PDT by tennmountainman ("Trust Sessions" Yeah Right)
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To: tennmountainman

“Roseanne could take her show to another network.
Create a dream scene that explains her death and fans”

Will Rosanne be singing the National Anthem on the new show?


26 posted on 10/12/2018 10:33:19 AM PDT by Blue House Sue
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To: Blue House Sue

Don’t know. You should ask her.


27 posted on 10/12/2018 10:35:42 AM PDT by tennmountainman ("Trust Sessions" Yeah Right)
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To: tennmountainman

Not a one of her co-stars stood by her. Why would she ever want to work with them again ?


28 posted on 10/12/2018 10:38:03 AM PDT by fieldmarshaldj ("It's Slappin' Time !")
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To: SeekAndFind

Valerie Jarrett looks like a chimpanzee and I won’t be watching ‘Roseanne’ without Roseanne in it!!!!!


29 posted on 10/12/2018 10:38:49 AM PDT by MeganC (There is nothing feminine about feminism.)
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To: SeekAndFind

4 days to put her in a coma...


30 posted on 10/12/2018 10:39:09 AM PDT by stylin19a ( Best.Election.Of.All.Times.Ever.In.The.History.Of.Ever)
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To: Blue House Sue

That was 28 years ago.

Were you annoyed when the left went digging decades back into Kavanaugh’s past?


31 posted on 10/12/2018 10:39:29 AM PDT by proust ("The rule is, jam tomorrow and jam yesterday, but never jam today.")
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To: fieldmarshaldj

ABC contracts are powerful things.


32 posted on 10/12/2018 10:39:55 AM PDT by proust ("The rule is, jam tomorrow and jam yesterday, but never jam today.")
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To: SeekAndFind

Good. #BoycottHollywood


33 posted on 10/12/2018 10:40:35 AM PDT by Tolerance Sucks Rocks ( The US Constitution ....... Invented by geniuses and God .... Administered by morons ......)
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To: SeekAndFind

All that money they pissed away due to “feelings”.

Also, whoever greenlit this with her should be fired. What utter stupidity by all involved.


34 posted on 10/12/2018 10:40:37 AM PDT by packrat35 (Pelosi is only on loan to the world from Satan. Hopefully he will soon want his baby killer back)
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To: proust

Networks are a shadow of what they were 3 decades ago.


35 posted on 10/12/2018 10:41:36 AM PDT by fieldmarshaldj ("It's Slappin' Time !")
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To: fieldmarshaldj

true but lawyers are still lawyers.


36 posted on 10/12/2018 10:42:23 AM PDT by proust ("The rule is, jam tomorrow and jam yesterday, but never jam today.")
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To: SeekAndFind

Fox should hire her as a neighbor of the last man standing

say she’s in witness protection


37 posted on 10/12/2018 10:43:10 AM PDT by teeman8r (Armageddon won't be pretty, but it's not like it's the end of the world.)
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To: proust

If one of the co-stars had said, “I stand with Roseanne”, they’d have been fired, too. Easy peasy to get out of that mafia contract.


38 posted on 10/12/2018 10:44:45 AM PDT by fieldmarshaldj ("It's Slappin' Time !")
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To: BlueLancer

Take a hint from DALLAS...”Who killed J.R.?”

It was all a dream.


39 posted on 10/12/2018 10:45:54 AM PDT by Ruy Dias de Bivar
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To: SeekAndFind

That’s okay, the libs gots millions of bucks to spend on failed cultural enlightenment shows. Maybe fire all of them and just go with the confused “I-don’t-know-if-I’m-a-tranny-or-just-a-boy” kid. Call it “X??” . . .


40 posted on 10/12/2018 10:46:08 AM PDT by Pilgrim's Progress (http://www.baptistbiblebelievers.com/BYTOPICS/tabid/335/Default.aspx D)
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