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To anyone defending Roseanne or claiming this is some kind of conspiracy to get a Trump supporter off the air, please. This woman who has always been a complete nutjob just confirmed all of the worst stereotypes of Trump supporters. You should be angrier about this if you like Trump than if you don't like him...if like me you've spent your life trying to convince people that a conservative is not necessarily an ignorant, racist, white trash, redneck, idiot, then Roseanne just set you back a couple of decades.
As a conservative woman I'm embarrassed to have her associated with conservative politics in any way shape or form. With friends like this who needs enemies
she's not a conservative. She's just anti-PC and that is mainly why she supports Trump. It's why so many Dems voted Trump.
This show was a runaway hit. The original show wasn't very political. When this was greenlit to be re-booted, ABC had no idea Roseanne would be a Trump supporter. Why would they? Wanda Sykes is one of the writers and she's full lib. I think the execs were surprised when they saw they found out the direction of the show when it was in production.
I'm not pushing a conspiracy. Just pointing out what seems to be a pretty likely scanario. If the show had a liberal message, Roseanne would have gotten another chance. There are countless examples of liberal stars making hateful comments and getting a slap on the wrist.
CBS all but admitted when they hired Colbert for late night that they knew it meant half the country would NEVER watch. They only cared if the show was "viral" and not about ratings.
Look at how the media is criticizing the NFL for taking their fans views into account with their anthem policy. I've read several articles where they present the fact that the NFL polled their fans as some kind of smoking gun evidence that the NFL nefarious dealings.
Did you know that Tina Fey's show 30 Rock was one of the lowest rated on TV? They liked the politics of it so they kept it on for years.
Hollywood is in the process of ruining Star Wars with political messages. Fans hated the Last Jedi and the current Solo movie only made $84 Million over the 4 day Memorial Day weekend. It was a bust overseas too. It could possibly lose money, but hey, they made Lando a "pansexual" and that's more important.
Anybody who doesn't think that Hollywood has been more concerned with message than profits hasn't paid attention. The Oscars has become a political rally.