Officials with ABC announced Tuesday the decision to cancel "Roseanne" amid outrage over a tweet from the main star of the show, Roseanne Barr.
The tweet that referred to former Barack Obama adviser Valerie Jarrett as a product of the Muslim Brotherhood and the "Planet of the Apes."
Barr apologized for her tweet before ABC announced its cancellation of her show.
Instead of Tuesday night's scheduled programming of a re-run episode of Roseanne, ABC will air episodes of "The Middle" at 8 p.m. and 8:30 p.m.
Central Florida residents took to social media to respond with mixed views about the news.
From Channing Dungey, President of ABC Entertainment: "Roseanne's Twitter statement is abhorrent, repugnant and inconsistent with our values, and we have decided to cancel her show."
— Robert Iger (@RobertIger) May 29, 2018
There was only one thing to do here, and that was the right thing.
She's a despicable person.
— Orlando Alzugaray Jr (@BigOShow) May 29, 2018
'Roseanne' Canceled by ABC after Racist Tweet https://t.co/wwdG0dvSNa
Even Shakespeare is getting in on the Roseanne is Canceled party. https://t.co/VJQQIQBzA1
— Orlando Flores Jr. (@OrlandoFloresJr) May 29, 2018
They sall of them knew what Roseanne was and signed on anyway. Sucks when someone loses a job, but low sympathy.
— Sam Zimmerman the cuddly Satanist (@Reverend_Freako) May 29, 2018
Roseanne for president https://t.co/5He1vnD5Q2
— Orlando D Fares (@UniversalTrio9) May 29, 2018
I have a feeling that the networks are going to pick up the wrong lesson from the cancellation of Roseanne. There’s room for right wing scripted television, but the question is are there decent people in Hollywood willing and able to pick up that mantle? That remains to be seen.
— Greg in Orlando (@GregInORL) May 29, 2018
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