ABC cancels Roseanne following actor’s racist tweet

ABC is canceling its revival of ‘Roseanne’ after its eponymous star Roseanne Barr likened Valerie Jarrett, a former senior advisor to President Obama, to an ape in a now-deleted tweet.
Barr apologized for the offending tweet on Tuesday and said she is leaving Twitter. Shortly afterwards, ABC announced its plans to cancel the show.
In a statement, Channing Dungey, president of ABC Entertainment, said: ”Roseanne’s Twitter statement is abhorrent, repugnant and inconsistent w