[Mystic Mock]

Originally Posted by Toy Soldier

I do always find US viewership weird. I mean... 18m is huge in the US, but its only 5.5% of the population. Meanwhile in the UK a bog standard midweek episode of Eastenders still hits 6m (9% of population) and big episodes hit 11m (16% of population).

In fact, 5.5% of UK population is only 3.5 million viewers which would be considered pretty dire for a big season premier.

I guess it's the difference between big "free telly" shows and cable?

Anyways, just something that's baffled me for a while, like other US shows getting 4 million and that being considered fine, when in a country with 325 million people it actually seems kind of awful .

Tbf America creates way more shows than the UK does, plus it has more channels than we do, that's why it's alot easier to get by with 4 million viewers on certain channels in the US.

Tbh with Roseanne though I don't think that it could get much higher than it achieved as I don't see many Trump haters watching the programme which is the majority of America.

[Maru]

Source: https://in.mobile.reuters.com/article/amp/idINKCN1IV11P

Roseanne Barr blames sleep aid Ambien for racist tweet

(Reuters) - U.S. comedian Roseanne Barr said she was tired of "being attacked and belittled" and blamed sleep aid Ambien for her tweet that compared a black former Obama administration official to an ape, a racist remark that sparked a wave of outrage.

Barr said in a series of Tweets on Tuesday and early on Wednesday that what she did was "unforgiveable" when she posted on Twitter that if the Islamist political movement "muslim brotherhood & planet of the apes had a baby = vj," referring to Valerie Jarrett, a former aide to President Barack Obama.

"It was 2 in the morning and I was Ambien tweeting-it was memorial day too-i went 2 far & do not want it defended-it was egregious Indefensible," she wrote. "I made a mistake I wish I hadn't but...don't defend it please."

In other Tweets, Barr said that she was tired of "being attacked and belittled more than other comedians who have said worse" and asked for people not to boycott ABC, saying that the network has the right to "do what they wish."

Walt Disney Co's ABC network on Tuesday canceled her popular U.S. television comedy "Roseanne" after her tweet.

Barr, 65, then apologized "for making a bad joke" about Jarrett, who is black and was born in Iran to American parents.

"Don't feel sorry for me, guys!!," Barr said in a Tweet late on Tuesday. "I just want to apologize to the hundreds of people, and wonderful writers (all liberal) and talented actors who lost their jobs on my show due to my stupid tweet."

Jarrett, 61, said on Tuesday that Disney Chief Executive Bob Iger called her before ABC announced the show's cancellation.

Hollywood talent agency ICM said in a statement on Tuesday it will no longer represent Barr. Several networks said it was removing reruns of her show. Hulu said episodes of the new show would no longer be available on its streaming service.

The original "Roseanne" ran from 1988 to 1997, featuring a blue-collar family, the Conners, with overweight parents struggling to get by. It was praised for its realistic portrayal of working-class life.

The current "Roseanne" was ABC's biggest hit of the 2017-2018 season, drawing an average 18.7 million viewers, second only to CBS sitcom "The Big Bang Theory," according to Nielsen data through May 20.

[Niamh.]

Bloody hell, that tweet

[bitontheslide]

Originally Posted by Niamh.

Bloody hell, that tweet

even more glorious was Trump praising her for it

[Livia]

Rosanne Barr turns out to be a big old racist and a really nasty, small minded person.

Who knew.......

[Toy Soldier]

I hate it when people blame drugs (medication or otherwise) or alcohol for things they have said. These things don't CHANGE someone's thoughts or opinions! The best that can be claimed is that they lower inhibitions, remove their ability to foresee consequences, and so someone might say something that they would otherwise have held back. It's not that they wouldn't have the same thought or WANT to say the same things stone cold sober. Blaming sleep meds is ridiculous.

Also Disney is very sensitive about being seen as in any way supporting any sort of racism (and for good reason)... it's sort of amazing that she had a show on ABC in the first place, unless they thought of it as a satire / parody .

[Cherie]

I heard this morning that her children had taken her twitter account away from her previously

[arista]

Originally Posted by Cherie

I heard this morning that her children had taken her twitter account away from her previously

Yes thats true
Her bi polar state is up and down


From CNN Talk HD their USA Showbiz man Brian Seltzer:
ABC/Disney may get the 200 workers into another show
without Rosanne there......................................

[The Slim Reaper]

She wrote something similar about Susan Rice in 2013, so this excuse is a load of bollocks.

[Amy Jade]

While I do think she deserves backlash and the comment was absoloutely moronic the people acting with such outrage on twitter are mostly hypocrites, one TV host who has blasted Roseanne posted a tweet about hoping Trump Towers got blown up and Trump died.

I think a lot of people who hate Trump are simply loving that she has messed up.

[Livia]

Originally Posted by Cherie

I heard this morning that her children had taken her twitter account away from her previously

Can someone please tell Trump's kids?

[LeatherTrumpet]

Originally Posted by Amy Jade

While I do think she deserves backlash and the comment was absoloutely moronic the people acting with such outrage on twitter are mostly hypocrites, one TV host who has blasted Roseanne posted a tweet about hoping Trump Towers got blown up and Trump died.

I think a lot of people who hate Trump are simply loving that she has messed up.

+1

[Tom4784]

Roseanne's a twat but I feel bad for all the people that are out of the job because of her. I'd have just fired her and relaunched the show without her.

[arista]

Originally Posted by Dezzy

Roseanne's a twat but I feel bad for all the people that are out of the job because of her. I'd have just fired her and relaunched the show without her.

That is still possible, time will tell,
as ABC/Disney want 18million viewers , again

[The Slim Reaper]

Originally Posted by Amy Jade

While I do think she deserves backlash and the comment was absoloutely moronic the people acting with such outrage on twitter are mostly hypocrites, one TV host who has blasted Roseanne posted a tweet about hoping Trump Towers got blown up and Trump died.

I think a lot of people who hate Trump are simply loving that she has messed up.

Who's the TV host, and do you have the quote?

[arista]

Originally Posted by Livia

Can someone please tell Trump's kids?

No as one son, is already,
talking about her backlash being wrong.

[Cherie]

Originally Posted by Amy Jade

While I do think she deserves backlash and the comment was absoloutely moronic the people acting with such outrage on twitter are mostly hypocrites, one TV host who has blasted Roseanne posted a tweet about hoping Trump Towers got blown up and Trump died.

I think a lot of people who hate Trump are simply loving that she has messed up.

Yep

[kirklancaster]

Originally Posted by Amy Jade

While I do think she deserves backlash and the comment was absoloutely moronic the people acting with such outrage on twitter are mostly hypocrites, one TV host who has blasted Roseanne posted a tweet about hoping Trump Towers got blown up and Trump died.

I think a lot of people who hate Trump are simply loving that she has messed up.

Absolutely BANG ON.

[Tom4784]

She's having a meltdown on Twitter apparently, saying that her co-workers have thrown her under the bus instead of acknowledging that her actions are her own.

[Tom4784]

Originally Posted by Amy Jade

While I do think she deserves backlash and the comment was absoloutely moronic the people acting with such outrage on twitter are mostly hypocrites, one TV host who has blasted Roseanne posted a tweet about hoping Trump Towers got blown up and Trump died.

I think a lot of people who hate Trump are simply loving that she has messed up.

It's only hypocritical if everyone that's against Roseanne in this situation is unopposed to this example you're speaking of.

I don't think you can use one case that most people would be opposed to anyway to pass judgement on people that find Roseanne's comments unacceptable.

[GiRTh]

Great response from Donny. Doesn't mention the comment or the staff now without a job, instead he makes it about himself.

[smudgie]

Nasty mess of a woman.
Hopefully they can kill her off and the rest of the cast can carry on.

[LeatherTrumpet]

Drag that hypocrisy Donald

MAGA

[Maru]

Originally Posted by Amy Jade

While I do think she deserves backlash and the comment was absoloutely moronic the people acting with such outrage on twitter are mostly hypocrites, one TV host who has blasted Roseanne posted a tweet about hoping Trump Towers got blown up and Trump died.

I think a lot of people who hate Trump are simply loving that she has messed up.

Eez true

[kirklancaster]

Originally Posted by LeatherTrumpet

Drag that hypocrisy Donald

MAGA

It is hypocrisy. Trump is correct.