Sitcom roseanne, the highest rated new show of the year. Its in response to the star going on a racist twitter rant earlier today suggest. Nakedly islamaphobic and comments that abc called abhorrent and inconsistent with our values. The Talent Agency that represents barr also dropped her this afternoon. Bar later deleted the tweet and tried to apologize, but by then it was too late. The whole world had seen it. Its a vileness that barr has been showing to the world for years on social media one might note. The reboot of the sitcom in which she played a trump supporter was an instant hit earlier in the year with a Second Season ordered. It was heralded the show by the president of the United States who phoned roseanne bar to congratulat congratulator a and said this two months ago today. Look at roseann. Look at her ratings. They were unbelievable. Over 18 million people, and it was about us. They havent figured it out. The fake news hasnt quite figured it out yet. Oh, i think folks have figured it out. Tom foreman joins me now. Roseanne, a huge ratings boost to abc. How big of a deal is it to cancel a show like this before . Has it been done before, cancelling a number one show . I dont think so in the sense that this happened not only a huge decision but at absolutely lightning speed. Muslim brotherhood and planet of the apes had a baby equals vj. That is the tweet that sank a tv empire. Roseannes racist slam of Valerie Jarrett came in the wee hours and twitter erupted. And tweeted i apologize to all americans. I am truly sorry for making a bad joke about her politics and her looks. But the damage was done. Costar sara gilbert said the comments were abhorrent and do not reflect the beliefs 069 cast and crew. This is incredibly sad and difficult. Producer and comedian wanda psychs, i will not return to roseanne on abc. Others called for a boycott, and abc called it quits saying the tweet was abhorrent, repug nanlnanlt, and inconsistent with our values. You dont just stand on the front porch staring at your muslims neighbors. Her hit show has engaged explosive topics. Immigration, terrorism, religious and racial intolerance with her character romping as a rabid conservative and supporter of President Trump. He loved it. Look at roseanne. I called her yesterday. Look at her ratings. Look at her ratings. Over 18 million people. And it was about us. But roseannes support from the far right went beyond the studio with attacks on gun control advocates, a particularly nasty comment about susan rice, and a stack at former president clintons daughter calling her Chelsea Soros Clinton suggesting hes married to george soros. When chelsea corrected her, she was apologized to but made a false claim that she was a nazi. Her tweets are frequently th time it was a wildfire. Because of how racist and bizarre the comments were. So the network pugglled the plug. The ceo of disney saying there was only one thing to do here, and that was the right thing. The fallout from this may not be so simple. Not only are there millions of viewers and dollars at stake, but for many parts of conservative america, this was one of the few shows on network tv that seemed to express ideas that are felt strongly in some red states. Not necessarily these overtly racist views but other views about politics. So the fallout could be just as energized as the backlash from the tweets. Thank you so much. Simone sanders. The comments are an hornbhorren. Do you give abc credit for moving relatively quickly. She tweeted at 2 45 a. M. In a pretrump america, i believe her show would have cancelled and she would have been out by 8 00 a. M. It took until late in the afternoon for the reason i think tom talked about. Folks were thinking about how this would play with conservative america with the viewers, and that is wrong. So im glad that abc finally did make a move. Weve seen Companies Like abc and starbucks make moves where the federal government has failed to act in terms of having a moral compass. Im glad they did it q, you i dont think roseanne should have had a show in the first place. Today it came to a head again. Thats a question im hearing from a lot of critics. Bob iger, the ceo of disney which owns abc said there was only one thing to do here, and that was the right thing. As tom pointed out, roseanne had previously compared susan rice to president obama to an ape in a different tweet. Its not as though this was the first time she had ever demonstrated sprethese traits. I think people outside of abc are struggling it, and its been pushed to the forefront because of donald trump. Does personal conduct matter . Does decency matter . Are you allowed to be a public figure and voice these reall nasty thoughts privately and then enjo a leadership position whether it bed in media or politics . Previously the answer was yes. She can dress up and hide behind satire to promote horrible things. Thats something that a lot of donald Trump Supporters do. Maybe donald trump has made people in Corporate America rethink that kind of position. Personal conduct does matter. And were not going to give these people a wonderful platform if they use that influence to hurt people. I actually dont think so, aman amanda. Previously i would have thought in a pretrump america, again, roseanne would have been fired quicker than today. She was granted a reboot after she was depicted wearing a wearing an apron and mustache and pulling what was i guess, jew cookies out of the oven. Semitic. She had the tweets. What i think were seeing is because of trump, abc talks about the reason they gave her a show is because she gives a voice to people in Middle America. Im from Middle America. The friends i have from omaha nebraska, and all throughout nebraska, roseanne doesnt speak for them. I think theres a gross misunderstanding in hollywood of who Middle America is. Exactly. I also come from the midwest. I grew up in a town where people lived in houses like hers. Its refreshing to see lower to middle class life depicted. My first memory of roseanne, i was eight years old. When i saw her on television, just trashing the national anthem. That doesnt scream to me republicanism. Thats not conservative in any way, but i think big media misunderstands middle ameca so much they look at roseanne and say yeah,hats what they want. Let me ask you a question. Among her many tweets this morning were a couple having to do with george soros, lies about him, who was a survivor of the holocaust about him being a nazi. Whatever. Lying about him. And donald trump junior retweeted some of these Conspiracy Theory tweets about george soros. Now, youre not necessarily responsible for your own retreats. Maybe he i think you are. You are . I think youre responsible for your retweets. Youre responsible when you make the decision to click that button. I hope folks are ready to jump on the band wagon and call donald trump junior anti semitic saying hes trafficking bigotry and theres no place for that in america. I hope folks call on the president to address his son. Hes an involved father, so they say. Since he was meddling in the meeting between donald trump junior and the russians, will you will. I hope were going to hear something on that. You do not get to abdicate responsibility in america simply because you have a certain level of status. There are many people i just harken back to ja mill hill. She had the tweets. Espn anchor. She called donald trump a white supremacist. She was censored and suspended for weeks. And the white house called for her to be fired. This assertion that for some folks roseanne was just making jokes or donald trump junior just had a retweet. Folks need to be held accountable. I hope we will call for the same level of accountability for folks in this white house, donald trump junior and whomever else that folks call for others . President trump is going to be speaking tonight . Uhhuh. I find it impossible to imagine hes not going to Say Something about this. What do you think hes going to do . Is he going to say hollywood is trying to silence us . Is he going to condemn what was tweeted . What do you think he could say . He may make a point about political correctness. This isnt the issue. This isnt political correctness. This is just racism. Right. And what roseanne is similar to who what promoted donald trump. She was altright. Everyone says political correctness. No. This whole hiding behind memes and jokes to push racism and anti semitism has been happening for a long time. Donald trump and his leadership position has brought that out more, playing to both sides at all times. I would expect to see some both sidesism tonight. And im sorry, i cant keep ringing my hands about what donald trump is going to do. This needs to be a conversation about what other people are going to do. If you are in a position of media power, are you willing to regulate your platform in some manner and give up clicks in the name of civility . Im looking at facebook and twitter to start doing more of the same. We have a lot more to talk about. Breaking news on what went down inside abc and why they hired roseanne in the first place. This isnt the first time shes said something racist or tracked in conspiracy theories. Thats ex. Stay with us. 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Abc chose to hire her in the first place. Thats worthy of scrutiny. Theres never been a cancellation like this before. A show premiers to record rates. Then its cancelled right away. The abc ceo said you cannot control roseanne bar r, but you can decide whether to give her a show. Abc thought the reward would exceed the risk. She thought she would focus on making the show great. She continued to post inappropriate sometimes unhinged messages. She would tweet about fringe conspiracy theories. A source at disney said to me this was her third or fourth flairup. Even though it was the first controversy to get international attention, it was the third or fourth time abc had problems with her tweeting. The disney source said enough was enough. And, brian, disney i mean, they had to make a decision here. Roseanne brought in more than 18 Million Viewers in the first episode. The Second Season was in production. Was the risk of a financial hit for keeping the show or for letting the show go greater . In other words, there might have been if they kept the show, there might have been boycotts or all that good diverse programming that abc has been working on for years, et cetera, might have been for not. Thats right. Advertisers were going to be skittish about associating themselves with roseanne. Even if they werent calling abc today demanding the show being taken off the air, it was clear the Advertiser Community was going to shun this sitcom. And thats an incredible turn of events from two weeks ago when roseanne but on stage in new york promoting the Second Season in front of hundreds of advertisers. But the bottom line is what she posted today was insulting to african americans, to muslims, jews. This was racist hate, and there was no way to come back from it. There was no way to come back from that. I think well see a backlash. This was a show embraced by trumps america, so to speak. Abc was trying to appeal to the heartland. I hopeollywood doubt throw that idea out because of roseanne. Theres more appealing ways to appeal to Trump Supporters without being in business with a conspiracy theorist. All right. Lets just bring the panel in here. Aman amanda, you were nodding when brian was saying that, dont throw out the idea of trying to do more programming for red state america. You dont have to bring in somebody who says racist things and conspiracy theories in order to do it. Yeah. To me the whole push, and i understand donald trump embraced roseanne so people said she representing Donald Trumps america. But Donald Trumps america is not the heartland i think we know. If you ask me the most republican show on abc, i would say its shark tank. People compete. Embracing of capitalism. To me thats a republican show. I think theres a big push to put crass people to be represented as republicans and the Republican Party by people who dont like republicans. Dont put me in that box with roseannes. Theres a lot of republicans like me who feel the same way. There needs to be a reflection point and what republicans stand for what is apart from trump. Theres a lot of us apart from people and people like roseanne. Theres a human dimension. Shon Shonda Rhimes tweeted the terrible part is all the talented innocent people who worked on that show now suffer because of this notjustice. I wonder. Ive been told by an industry insider, about 300 people now out of work. Dreams shattered, lives ruined temporarily. Was there a different option . Is there a way to no. No. This was the only roseanne was the title character in the show. The show was roseanne. The show wasnt your mama from Middle America. The show was, in fact, roseanne. There was no other option. Its unfortunate 300 people are out of work. But that is the price that you pay when you get in bed with someone like roseanne bar r. I find it interesting what brian said they thought roseanne would tamp down the tweeting. Thats what folks thought about President Trump. Presidency has magnified who he is. Im sorry, i cant feel bad for this. This, roseanne should have never had a show to begin with. Brian, you have something to say about this. This through line of conspiracy theories and racism, roseanne and somebody else prominent in america . Thats right. This issue is not going to go away. The orve people wanting to believe theories they read about on the fringe of the internet. Thats a deeper problem that america has to confront. All right. Thanks one and all. Will President Trump spread a Conspiracy Theory about why roseanne was cancelled . It wont be the first one he made up today. Stay with us. Liberty mutual saved us almost 800 when we switched our auto and home insurance. Liberty did what . Yeah, they saved us a ton, which gave us a little wiggle room in our budget. I wish our insurance did that. 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