Axing 'Roseanne' "wasn't that difficult" says ABC boss teasing upcoming spinoff 'The Conners'
Channing Dungey, ABC Entertainment president, had stirred news around two months back with her swift decision to give the boot to "TV's no. 1 comedy" Roseanne. Prompted by show star Roseanne Barr's racially insensitive and offensive tweets, the decision was met with a barrage of positive feedback from all corners, ultimately leading to the network moving ahead with a fresh new spinoff, 'The Conners', sans Barr. Since the headline-grabbing cancellation, though, the ABC boss has opened up for the first time in an interview, reflecting on the decision to pull the plug on 'Roseanne' and the response sparked by the act.
"It wasn't that difficult," Dungey said, as quoted by The Hollywood Reporter. "It felt like a line had been crossed and we needed to stand by our values as a company." While most fans and insiders involved with the industry were receptive towards ABC's choice, in the following days, a host of Barr supporters had raised a hue and cry over social media. But that is hardly a deterrent to Dungey, who seems more than fixed on her decision.
