This was an easy one to predict. The Conners aka the Roseanne show without Roseanne has been an epic flop in the ratings. After the BS that happened over the summer leading to Barr’s firing, ABC Entertainment president Channing Dungey is out. Dungey resigned because the ratings for The Conners have been an epic flop, barely getting half of the viewership that the Roseanne show got a year earlier.
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Channing Dungey, the ABC Entertainment president who made the bold decision to yank Roseanne after its star made a racist tweet, has resigned her post. Sounds like the rumors that ABC regrets their hasty decision to drop Roseanne.
It was a bold and idiotic decision.
The Connors, the replacement for Roseanne has dropped double digits and two stars — John Goodman and Laurie Metcalf — have allegedly been asked to take big pay cuts. Revenues for advertising are also sinking.
As for Dungey, Entertainment says: It was Dungey who announced the cancellation of Roseanne after Roseanne Barr posted a racist tweet about Obama adviser Valerie Jarrett. “Roseanne’s Twitter statement is abhorrent, repugnant and inconsistent with our values, and we have decided to cancel her show,” she said at the time.
They claim she was widely praised for her decision. She was also widely condemned and by the people who actually watched the show.