ABC knew this when it quickly renewed the reboot for a second season, buoyed, no doubt, by the show’s strong ratings.” Read the full piece at the New York Times. ABC knew this when it greenlighted the 'Roseanne' reboot. It is not new information that Roseanne Barr makes racist, Islamophobic and misogynistic statements and is happy to peddle all manner of dangerous conspiracy theories. But before it did the right thing, it did the wrong thing. Channing Dungey, the president of ABC Entertainment, said in a statement, “Roseanne’s Twitter statement is abhorrent, repugnant and inconsistent with our values, and we have decided to cancel her show.” But in a New York Times op-ed, Roxane Gay reminds us, “For once, a major network did the right thing. In a surprising but encouraging move, ABC canceled Roseanne yesterday after Roseanne Barr sent out a racist tweetstorm comparing former Obama adviser Valerie Jarrett, a black woman, to the Planet of the Apes. Roseanne Gets Canceled In Response To Roseanne Barr’s Racism
