ABC seemed to quickly wiped the show's presence from its press site and main network website on Tuesday afternoon. The Tuesday night schedule on ABC's website, however, shows, at press time, an episode of Roseanne airing on Tuesday night at 8 p.m. ET. The episode description read: "Roseanne spars with Darlene over the children." The official ABC schedule for the following Tuesdays, June 5, and June 12, are not available.
Later on May 29, Variety reported that Viacom-owned networks, such as the Paramount Network, TV Land, and CMT, will cease airing reruns from the original nine-season run of Roseanne, beginning on Wednesday, May 30. Bustle reached out to Viacom, who confirmed their cable networks Paramount Network, TV Land, and CMT are pulling Roseanne starting on Wednesday. The network had no additional comment.
On Tuesday, May 29, ABC announced its decision to cancel Roseanne following an offensive and racist tweet from Barr. The comedian posted a now-deleted tweet directed at former adviser to President Obama, Valerie Jarrett. Barr's offensive tweet, which read: “muslim brotherhood & planet of the apes had a baby=vj,” quickly caused major stir on social media, prompting many to urge ABC to take action.
The Root wrote that Barr's attack on Jarret was in response to a series of tweets claiming that Jarrett had helped hide Obama administration secrets.
The moment also caught the attention of Sara Gilbert, who plays Darlene on Roseanne and serves as an executive producer on Roseanne. The actor quickly took to Twitter to denounce Barr's recent comments as "abhorrent" and revealed that her TV mom's ideals "do not reflect the beliefs of our cast and crew or anyone associated with our show." She closed her comment by writing, "I am disappointed in her actions to say the least."
After the show was canceled, Gilbert added in another tweet, "This is incredibly sad and difficult for all of us, as we’ve created a show that we believe in, are proud of, and that audiences love— one that is separate and apart from the opinions and words of one cast member."
"But honestly she got what she deserved. As I tell my 4 year old, one makes a choice with one’s actions. Roseanne made a choice. A racist one. ABC made a choice. A human one."
Meanwhile, Walt Disney CEO Bob Iger also chimed in with his thoughts about the network's decision, tweeting: "There was only one thing to do here, and that was the right thing."
The decision to cancel was a huge and important step for ABC due to the large success of its return. Roseanne was the highest-rated and most watched new series of the 2017-18 season and ranked No. 2 overall in viewership, according to Deadline.
While the future of Roseanne is decided, it's still unknown if the show will continue to live on in reruns, both original and rebooted.