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>> abc is of course a division of disney. joining our discussion now, soroyian mcdonald, and eric deggans, a media analyst for nbc news and msnbc. he is also npr's tv critic. you have spent some time writing and thinking about this today, and tweeting about it. >> i have. >> let me ask you. what did you think was going to happen? let's go all the way back to 11:00 a.m. and it seems like weeks ago. and did you see this coming, that abc would just pull the plug on this hit that they had? >> you know, i'm not entirely sure because usually what happens in these sorts of situations is that you see ...

On her castmates there? there is a black child who is cast as her granddaughter in the show. a black woman, wanda sykes, was a writer on the show. does she think they're apes too? i actually would like to ask roseanne that question. but she blocked me on twitter. >> and jason, it seems that abc learned a lesson that nbc did not learn when it had donald trump under contract for that show because donald trump was attacking the president's birth certificate and lying about president obama's birth for years while he was appearing as an entertainer on nbc. abc showed zero tolerance for what roseann...

Even the president of the united states. people always do. and of course the ratings collapsed after that, as they almost always do. they almost always go down after the big highly promoted premiere. roseanne's ratings were no longer worth today's burden for disney and abc. they didn't have to be brave to cancel "roseanne." they just had to be good business executives, because what roseanne said today was going to infect their entire business. every abc actor appearing in front of the television critics association and every public gathering where abc actors have to appear, which is many more ...

Through that? what was shanda rhymes going to say? was abc going to put chanda rhymes through that? abc spent months building anticipation for roseanne's return, and it worked. the show's reboot debuted to an audience of 27.3 million viewers, absolutely gobsmacking numbers in our age streaming, dvr and video on demand. it's all too predictable ugly collapse should leave the executives of america's network seriously asking themselves was it worth it? saria mcdonald and eric diggins

Show, but i don't know channing dungey. never worked with her. it turns out she wasn't trying to save "roseanne." this afternoon, channing dungey who was not tweet said roseanne's twitter statement was abhorrent, repugnant and inconsistent with our values, and we have decided to cancel her show. at his rally tonight, this time donald trump did not say one word about roseanne. joining ours discussion now, jamil smith, the senior writer for rolling stone joining us from los angeles, and jason johnson is back with us. and jamil, this story moved faster than many in show business expected it to. i...