ABC executives regret their "knee-jerk" decision to fire Roseanne Barr, and now believe that the network's spin-off series The Conners will fail under the weight of its own politically correct hubris, reports the Daily Mail, citing two anonymous execs.
"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," said one insider, who added "This would have given them more time to listen to the public, advertisers and cast members to determine the best decision."
The Roseanne reboot - which quickly became ABC's #1 top-rated series in April, was quickly derailed after the network suddenly fired star Roseanne Barr after she compared former Obama adviser Valerie Jarrett to if the "Muslim brotherhood & Planet of the Apes had a bay," comments which were condemned by Dungey as "abhorrent, repugnant and inconsistent with our values."
Barr, 65, was fired before a single advertiser pulled out, just three months into the show's return. Her co-stars immediately turned on her, publicly shunning Roseanne for her tweet.
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You boneheads did the same thing with Last man Standing. Ben and Channing should be fired for stupidity.
ReplyDeleteThe biggest problem with heir line of thinking is that Roseanne never mentions who or what "VJ" represented
ReplyDeleteThe real issue is that Roseanne was RIGHT!
ReplyDeleteThe Last Man Standing cancellation was hardly a knee-jerk reaction, but still a bonehead move as evidenced by their having brought it back. In any case, they need to quit kowtowing to the PC liberal jerk offs.
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