decided. a couple hours past before the announcement. right away disney and abc executives agreed they had to pull the plug. there's no way to have abc on tv without roseanne. and there was no way to keep her on the show with the messages. abc chose to hire her in the first place. that's worthy of scrutiny. there's never been a cancellation like this before. a show premiers to record rates. then it's cancelled right away. the abc ceo said you cannot control roseanne bar r, but you can decide whether to give her a show. abc thought the reward would exceed the risk. she thought she would focus on making the show great. she continued to post inappropriate sometimes unhinged messages. she would tweet about fringe conspiracy theories. a source at disney said to me