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via AdWeek: ABC cancels Roseanne following Roseanne Barr’s racist tweet about former Obama aide Valerie Jarrett, while ICM reportedly drops Barr as a client
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Tagged ABC, AdWeek, ICM, Obama, Obama aide, Roseanne, Roseanne Barr, Sara Gilbert, Trump, Trump supporter, TV upfronts, upfronts, upfronts 2018, Valerie Jarrett, Wanda Sykes
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via @LorraineAli, TV critic of @latimes: While some viewers may have been offended by the “Muslim panic episode” (as this week’s segment of Roseanne has come to be known), because the episode ultimately makes Roseanne Connor’s bigoted rhetoric the butt of the joke (just as All in the Family did forty years ago), it serves a purpose
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Tagged 24, All in the Family, Archie Bunker, bigoted rhetoric, butt of the joke, Go Cubs, ignorance, Iran deal pullout, Islam, John Bolton, John Goodman, Laurie Metcalf, Lorraine Ali, Master of None, Middle East, Muslim stereotypes, polarizing, politics, portrayal of Muslims on television, reboots, reimagings, Roseanne, Roseanne Barr, Roseanne Conner, Roseanne controversy, Roseanne Muslim panic episode, Sara Gilbert, Trump, Trump supporter, Yemen
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via @CNN: Discerning lessons about the success of ABC’s reboot of Roseanne is no mean feat, given the myriad factors behind its strong start and recent dip
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Tagged ABC, Brian Lowry, CNN, John Goodman, Laurie Metcalf, nostaliga, polarizing, politics, reboots, reimagings, Roseanne, Roseanne Barr, Roseanne Conner, Roseanne controversy, Sara Gilbert, Trump, Trump supporter, TV Confidential, upfronts
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via Washington Times: Roseanne Barr again tries to walk back the racial tweet that led to her demise on ABC. Barr also announces that she will be launching an Internet talk show; title and release date of the program are both TBA
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/jul/20/roseanne-barr-launching-youtube-talk-show/