ABC Cancels ‘Roseanne’ Reboot After Star’s Racist Tweet

TV comic compared member of Obama administration to ape
Roseanne Barr apologized on Tuesday for making ‘bad joke’

Bloomberg Intelligence’s Paul Sweeney discusses the cancellation of the "Roseanne" show on ABC.(Source: Bloomberg)

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By Christopher Palmeri and Gerry Smith

May 29, 2018 at 5:57 PM UTC

Updated on

May 29, 2018 at 7:11 PM UTC

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“Roseanne,” the top new show of the season, was canceled by ABC after series star Roseanne Barr made a racial slur on social media about a member of the Obama administration.

“Roseanne’s Twitter statement is abhorrent, repugnant and inconsistent with our values, and we have decided to cancel her show,” Channing Dungey, president of ABC Entertainment, said in a statement Tuesday.