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ABC TV network has cancelled comedian Roseanne Barr's sitcom after she posted a racist tweet likening an African-American former Obama aide to an ape.
ABC said: "Roseanne's Twitter statement is abhorrent, repugnant and inconsistent with our values and we have decided to cancel her show."
Barr's tweet said Valerie Jarrett was the child of the Muslim Brotherhood and the Planet of the Apes film.
The reboot of her hit '90s sitcom "Roseanne" has been a ratings hit.
The comedian deleted her original post, but could not contain the backlash.
Mrs Jarrett, centre, was one of President Barack Obama's longest-serving aides
"I apologise to Valerie Jarrett and to all Americans," Barr wrote, after follow-up posts in which she defended her remarks as a "joke".
"I am truly sorry for making a bad joke about her politics and her looks. I should have known better. Forgive me-my joke was in bad taste."
Barr's initial tweet came in response to another Twitter user, who accused Mrs Jarrett of helping to conceal purported spying during the Obama administration.
Mrs Jarrett was a senior adviser to former US President Barack Obama, and worked with him during his early days in Chicago politics.
She was born in Iran to African-American parents.
What else did Barr say?
Earlier on Tuesday, Barr, 65, tweeted an apology to Chelsea Clinton - daughter of former US President Bill Clinton and Hillary Clinton - after claiming she was married to a relative of billionaire investor George Soros, a bogeyman to right-wing conspiracy theorists.
On Sunday, Barr also criticised the Obama family for signing on with Netflix to produce TV programmes and movies.
Barr - who ran unsuccessfully for the Green party's White House nomination in 2012 - implied she was considering a presidential run someday.
The comedian also wrote on Tuesday she was "now leaving Twitter". Earlier this month she vowed to quit social media, blaming a "toxic" atmosphere.
A predictable end
By James Cook, BBC Los Angeles Correspondent
Well, that was predictable.
The return of Roseanne was as short-lived as it was spectacular.
Its star, Roseanne Barr, is the Donald Trump of sitcom: blunt, provocative and, at times, deeply offensive.
For years her social media activity was laced with profanity, provocation and peculiar conspiracy theories.
ABC executives knew all that when they took the risk on the reboot and at first it seemed the gamble had paid off.
Ratings were superb, while critics praised the sitcom for tackling American political divisions in a manner sympathetic to the millions of people who voted for Mr Trump - a group which often complained that TV wasn't made for them any more - while still entertaining millions of his opponents.
Now for the backlash from angry supporters of the show, the Trump administration and - one imagines - from the president himself.
What's the reaction?
Following ABC's cancellation notice Barr's talent agency, ICM Partners, dropped her as a client.
Entertainment media report an internal email to ICM employees called Barr's tweet "disgraceful and unacceptable".
Sara Gilbert, who plays daughter Darlene on the series, posted on Twitter that Barr's comments were "abhorrent".
Emma Kenney, who plays Darlene's daughter Harris, said "the racist and distasteful comments from Roseanne are inexcusable", adding: "Bullies do not win. Ever."
Following Barr's offensive tweet, one of Roseanne's consulting producers, Wanda Sykes, said she would not be returning to the show.
Robert Iger, chief executive of Disney, ABC's parent company, said of the cancellation: "There was only one thing to do here, and that was the right thing."
During her Twitter rant, Barr also called George Soros a Nazi and claimed the tycoon had turned in fellow Jews to the Nazis.
A spokesman for Mr Soros called the allegations "an affront to Mr Soros and his family, who against the odds managed to survive" the Holocaust.
Danny Zuker, a writer for the original 1988 Roseanne show, said it was "nauseating" to see what Barr had become.
How did her show perform?
Her hit sitcom's cancellation comes just two months after it was revived.
The premiere in April garnered a whopping 18 million viewers. It was renewed for a second season before the 10 episodes even finished airing.
The comedy series won conservative plaudits because Barr plays a Trump supporter, a group largely ignored by Hollywood.
US President Donald Trump, whom Barr also supports off-camera as well, had called to congratulate her on the success of the rebooted show.
The original Roseanne aired from 1988-97 and was critically acclaimed for its portrayal of working-class Americans.
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ABC said: "Roseanne's Twitter statement is abhorrent, repugnant and inconsistent with our values and we have decided to cancel her show."
Barr's tweet said Valerie Jarrett was the child of the Muslim Brotherhood and the Planet of the Apes film.
The reboot of her hit '90s sitcom "Roseanne" has been a ratings hit.
The comedian deleted her original post, but could not contain the backlash.
Mrs Jarrett, centre, was one of President Barack Obama's longest-serving aides
"I apologise to Valerie Jarrett and to all Americans," Barr wrote, after follow-up posts in which she defended her remarks as a "joke".
"I am truly sorry for making a bad joke about her politics and her looks. I should have known better. Forgive me-my joke was in bad taste."
Barr's initial tweet came in response to another Twitter user, who accused Mrs Jarrett of helping to conceal purported spying during the Obama administration.
Mrs Jarrett was a senior adviser to former US President Barack Obama, and worked with him during his early days in Chicago politics.
She was born in Iran to African-American parents.
What else did Barr say?
Earlier on Tuesday, Barr, 65, tweeted an apology to Chelsea Clinton - daughter of former US President Bill Clinton and Hillary Clinton - after claiming she was married to a relative of billionaire investor George Soros, a bogeyman to right-wing conspiracy theorists.
On Sunday, Barr also criticised the Obama family for signing on with Netflix to produce TV programmes and movies.
Barr - who ran unsuccessfully for the Green party's White House nomination in 2012 - implied she was considering a presidential run someday.
The comedian also wrote on Tuesday she was "now leaving Twitter". Earlier this month she vowed to quit social media, blaming a "toxic" atmosphere.
A predictable end
By James Cook, BBC Los Angeles Correspondent
Well, that was predictable.
The return of Roseanne was as short-lived as it was spectacular.
Its star, Roseanne Barr, is the Donald Trump of sitcom: blunt, provocative and, at times, deeply offensive.
For years her social media activity was laced with profanity, provocation and peculiar conspiracy theories.
ABC executives knew all that when they took the risk on the reboot and at first it seemed the gamble had paid off.
Ratings were superb, while critics praised the sitcom for tackling American political divisions in a manner sympathetic to the millions of people who voted for Mr Trump - a group which often complained that TV wasn't made for them any more - while still entertaining millions of his opponents.
Now for the backlash from angry supporters of the show, the Trump administration and - one imagines - from the president himself.
What's the reaction?
Following ABC's cancellation notice Barr's talent agency, ICM Partners, dropped her as a client.
Entertainment media report an internal email to ICM employees called Barr's tweet "disgraceful and unacceptable".
Sara Gilbert, who plays daughter Darlene on the series, posted on Twitter that Barr's comments were "abhorrent".
Emma Kenney, who plays Darlene's daughter Harris, said "the racist and distasteful comments from Roseanne are inexcusable", adding: "Bullies do not win. Ever."
Following Barr's offensive tweet, one of Roseanne's consulting producers, Wanda Sykes, said she would not be returning to the show.
Robert Iger, chief executive of Disney, ABC's parent company, said of the cancellation: "There was only one thing to do here, and that was the right thing."
During her Twitter rant, Barr also called George Soros a Nazi and claimed the tycoon had turned in fellow Jews to the Nazis.
A spokesman for Mr Soros called the allegations "an affront to Mr Soros and his family, who against the odds managed to survive" the Holocaust.
Danny Zuker, a writer for the original 1988 Roseanne show, said it was "nauseating" to see what Barr had become.
How did her show perform?
Her hit sitcom's cancellation comes just two months after it was revived.
The premiere in April garnered a whopping 18 million viewers. It was renewed for a second season before the 10 episodes even finished airing.
The comedy series won conservative plaudits because Barr plays a Trump supporter, a group largely ignored by Hollywood.
US President Donald Trump, whom Barr also supports off-camera as well, had called to congratulate her on the success of the rebooted show.
The original Roseanne aired from 1988-97 and was critically acclaimed for its portrayal of working-class Americans.
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