TV: The Conners

[Shareefruck]

Edit: nvm

 

[Jumptheshark]

It is being reported that all Viacom stations will pull all Rosanne reruns starting tomorrow

 

[Shareefruck]

I don't know what the context of any of this is, but personally, when I saw the Hitler Ginger Bread Cookies picture, it definitely struck me more as a joke built around subversion and making light of an atrocity than anything reprehensible or mean-spirited, personally.

 

[Langdon Alger]

It is being reported that all Viacom stations will pull all Rosanne reruns starting tomorrow

So she’s costing her castmates more money. Now they won’t get residuals.

 

[Jumptheshark]

Roseanne Reruns Yanked by Hulu, Paramount Network, TV Land, CMT

Places dropping reruns

 

[Langdon Alger]

How to lose a show in one tweet.

 

[Jumptheshark]

How to lose a show in one tweet.

Here is the thing. It either makes sense or is a tin foil hat moment.

They acted very quickly to the point that they have had press releases ready knowing she would do something like this. They just had to change some words

One media outlet suggested that one reason it happened so quickly was because ABC is run by an African American woman and that is why the kill switch was turned on

 

[MetalheadPenguinsFan]

Feel bad for the cast members but Roseanne has always been a major .

I'm sure Tom Arnold is laughing somewhere.

 

[Deen]

Seems kind of like an overreaction to me. Roseanne has always kind of been a shock comedian. I actually started to like the show too, Dan is the best. It's too bad honestly, but I am not sure i'll actually "miss" it like Ash vs Evil Dead.

 

[Jumptheshark]

Feel bad for the cast members but Roseanne has always been a major ****.

I'm sure Tom Arnold is laughing somewhere.

He weighed in on it and said it was over due. The guy owes his career to her and he resents it

 

[chicagoskycam]

They should just kill her off the show with some disease that would've been detected if she didn't lose her healthcare.

Nah death by Uber self driving car

 

[Spring in Fialta]

I don't know what the context of any of this is, but personally, when I saw the Hitler Ginger Bread Cookies picture, it definitely struck me more as a joke built around subversion and making light of an atrocity than anything reprehensible or mean-spirited, personally.

If it was an isolated incident I'd be willing to brush it off, but it's certainly not the case. Her rap sheet is considerable. You (rightfully) don't get the benefit of the doubt in those cases, even if it's the singular incident where you truly just went for a harmless joke.

 

[The Madrigal]

It goes without being said that her comments were horrible, ridiculous, and indefensible. It's also not shocking because she has made it a point to rub it everyone's face that she is a proud bigot.

That being said, here is what I don't get. How could she be so delusional to believe that people would just see her comments as a joke and that there would be no consequences, let alone huge ones. I am guessing she isn't hurting for money, but this is a women who hasn't exactly had steady work since her show was cancelled in the late 90's. The reboot came along at a perfect time when nostalgia is big, and people are desperate to have 30 minute american sitcoms again. She completely flushed it all down the toilet. Not only that, how could she be so selfish. A lot of people who were going to have steady work for a few years most likely are now out of jobs and the chance to earn income.

It just baffles me how completely ignorant some people can be. I guess her initial response to the push back by saying that people needed to lighten up it was just a joke should bring a fair amount of clarity to the situation and what type of person this. This is exactly the type of person who got the current President elected and sadly there are so many of them these days.

 

[syz]

How could she be so delusional to believe that people would just see her comments as a joke and that there would be no consequences, let alone huge ones.

Probably has something to do with how there were no consequences the other 800 times she did it.

 

[The Madrigal]

Probably has something to do with how there were no consequences the other 800 times she did it.

This latest comment/stunt was way worse than anything else she has said or done since the show came back on though.

 

[Big Z Man 1990]

I have a suggestion for ABC to replace Roseanne: bring back the 2015 version of The Odd Couple for a 4th season. CBS has never treated the property with the respect it deserves, dating back to its cutting of copyrighted music from DVD releases of the original version. Time for The Odd Couple to come back home.

 

[Deen]

She is probably an alcoholic and just thought it would be funny. Her marriage to Tom Arnold was fueled by addiction. I don't think she actually meant harm by it. It is still not ok though.

 

[Rabid Ranger]

This strikes me as hubris on her part. She probably thought she was untouchable with a hit show but miscalculated the blowback.

 

[The Madrigal]

Sean Hannity of all people has commented on this saying that ABC cancelling/firing Roseanne was completely justified. Just think about that for a second.

CMT, TV Land, Paramount Network, and Hulu have pulled reruns of Roseanne effective immediately. Her agent has also issued a statement saying that their agency will no longer represent her. Writers and cast mates of the show have come out to speak against Roseanne. She is done and has nobody to blame for this but herself.

 

[Soliloquy of a Dogge]

I know shes not racist.

Really?

just a dumb joke

Oh.

jokes we have all heard but in private

It all makes sense now.

 

[Soliloquy of a Dogge]

Seems kind of like an overreaction to me. Roseanne has always kind of been a shock comedian. I actually started to like the show too, Dan is the best. It's too bad honestly, but I am not sure i'll actually "miss" it like Ash vs Evil Dead.

I like how people try to normalize racist rhetoric by passing it off as an edgy joke.

Being a racist and a comedian aren't mutually exclusive things either.

 

[TheBeastCoast]

I like how people try to normalize racist rhetoric by passing it off as an edgy joke.

Being a racist and a comedian aren't mutually exclusive things either.

It also came off as one of those things where it was only a joke after people got offended by it.

 

[beowulf]

She has certainly not helped herself with her "excuses" tweets after the fact.

https://gizmodo.com/roseanne-blames-ambien-for-her-racism-then-deletes-the-1826413719

 

[Jumptheshark]

Sean Hannity of all people has commented on this saying that ABC cancelling/firing Roseanne was completely justified. Just think about that for a second.

CMT, TV Land, Paramount Network, and Hulu have pulled reruns of Roseanne effective immediately. Her agent has also issued a statement saying that their agency will no longer represent her. Writers and cast mates of the show have come out to speak against Roseanne. She is done and has nobody to blame for this but herself.

Sean Hannity backing the sacking of someone who is conservative. Fox news has more or less been consistent on agreeing that her comments where clearly racists. You know you are in the wrong when fox news tossed you under the bus

 

[Jumptheshark]

Roseanne Barr Reacts to Roseanne Cancellation: 'Don't Feel Sorry for Me'

Tin foil hat time. She wanted off the show. She is not a spring chicken anymore