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ABC would consider a reboot of ‘Roseanne’ without Roseanne, sources say

Post-Bulletin 02 Jun 2018

NEW YORK — ABC executives are willing to consider carrying on “Roseanne” without its star Roseanne Barr, according to people familiar with the matter who were not authorized to comment ... The call to kill the series was made by ABC Entertainment President Channing Dungey ... Barr said in a recently deleted tweet that she begged ABC not to cancel the show ... ABC obviously would welcome a spinoff that meets Dungey’s condition....

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ABC would consider a reboot of 'Roseanne' without Roseanne, sources say

The Los Angeles Times 02 Jun 2018

Company Town Business ABC would consider a reboot of 'Roseanne' without Roseanne, sources say ... ABC executives are willing to consider carrying on “Roseanne” without its star Roseanne Barr, according to people familiar with the matter who were not authorized to comment ... The call to kill the series was made by ABC Entertainment President Channing Dungey....

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Disney, ABC Hit With $20 Million Lawsuit by Producers of Kids’ Show ‘Goldie and Bear’

San Francisco Chronicle 02 Jun 2018

ABC has been accused of hypocrisy in its handling of this week’s cancellation of “Roseanne” in a $20 million lawsuit that … well, that doesn’t have very much to do with “Roseanne” at all, but makes pretty explosive allegations anyway ... “In the wake of the ‘Roseanne’ fiasco, the president of ABC’s television group said that cancelling hit show ‘Roseanne'....

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Mueller's grand jury questions Roger Stone's social media adviser

ABC7 02 Jun 2018

As they left the courthouse, Johnson told ABC News that his client was cooperating with the special counsel's ongoing investigation ... Sullivan to make any comments on what has happened and what is happening," Johnson told ABC News ... In a recent interview with ABC News, Stone confirmed that he employed Sullivan "for a couple of months" during Trump's presidential campaign....

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Could Roseanne become Darlene? ABC reportedly considering reviving axed show

Irish Independent 02 Jun 2018

According to reports, ABC is in talks to bring back the show, which was axed following star Roseanne Barr’s racism scandal ... Reports in the US claim ABC has opened talks with the production company behind the show, Carsey-Werner ... Earlier, Barr, 65, revealed she begged ABC executives not to cancel her show ......

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Bill Maher Rips Right-Wing ‘Snowflakes’ for Equating Him with Roseanne

The Daily Beast 02 Jun 2018

ABC had barely finished cancelling Roseanne this week when conservatives on Twitter started equating Roseanne Barr’s racist tweet about Valerie Jarrett to Bill Maher’s infamous joke in which called Donald Trump the spawn of an orangutan ... “He was complaining that ABC never apologizes to him,” Maher said of Trump. “Yeah, because no one at ABC ever compared you to an ape....

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The Roseanne Character Who's Probably Getting A Spinoff Show

Cinema Blend 02 Jun 2018

Then, less than a week after the season finale aired, the show got the axe from ABC after star Roseanne Barr fired off a controversial tweet that she later claimed was the result of taking Ambien. Despite all of the negative buzz surrounding the series and its star in the wake of the cancellation, ABC is apparently not 100% ready to give up on the Conner family....

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ABC weighs rebooting 'Roseanne' without Barr: report

The Hill 02 Jun 2018

ABC is reportedly in talks to reboot a new version of the hit comedy “Roseanne” without its namesake star, Roseanne Barr. CNN reported Friday that the production company Carsey-Werner, which owns the sitcom, is pitching the new concept to ABC, which canned the show this week following a racist tweet from Barr. ABC is allegedly considering rebranding the show to be focused around Sara Gilbert’s character, Darlene....

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Ann McFeatters: Calling out pure racism is not being P.C.

Decatur Daily 02 Jun 2018

After Roseanne Barr rebooted her situation comedy on ABC, while continuing her well-known racist, anti-Semitic, bigoted tweets, Trump congratulated her ... ABC yanked the Roseanne show off the air. The head of ABC immediately called Jarrett to apologize to her. Trump responded petulantly that ABC never apologized to him for the "horrible things" said on the network about him ... Did ABC act in an aggressively P.C....

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Report: ABC may continue “Roseanne” with show focused on … Sara Gilbert?

Hot Air 02 Jun 2018

Sources familiar with the situation tell TMZ … the powers that be at ABC are exploring the possibility of re-branding the show and focusing on the character Darlene instead of Roseanne. We’re told Sara’s been calling cast members to gauge their interest in the event ABC gives the reboot the green light ... What’s more … ABC ......

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Roseanne Barr Pushes Claim Blaming Michelle Obama for Show Cancellation

The Washington Informer 02 Jun 2018

After apologizing and swearing off her Twitter account in light of a derogatory tweet Barr, 65, had made this week about former Obama administration senior adviser Valerie Jarrett, she took to the account again Wednesday, hinting at retaliation for her firing and retweeting a Twitter user’s claim that Obama pressured ABC President Channing Dungey to cancel her show.....

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Roseanne Barr says she 'begged' ABC to save her show

The Mercury 02 Jun 2018

Roseanne Barr said she pleaded with network brass to save her show before ABC canceled it in the wake of an offensive and racist tweet. In several tweets that have since been deleted, she described a conversation with Disney/ABC Television Group President Ben Sherwood before the announcement that the hit show “Roseanne” would not return for a second season....

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Michelle Wolf riffs on Roseanne Barr and ABC's 'bold move' to program 'lady Hitler'

Entertainment Weekly 02 Jun 2018

The photo is from 2009, Wolf said, but it was recent tweet that ultimately brought Barr’s namesake show down on ABC. “Everyone’s been saying it’s so brave of ABC to cancel their hit show, but the bold move was actually putting this lady Hitler chef back on the air in the first place. So kudos to ABC, it takes a lot of courage ......

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