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It's not always "canned". Some shows are filmed before a live audience which, hopefully, will laugh at the punchlines. Plus some people are not bothered by it. After all, that's how most sitcoms were produced until more recent years. As someone who grew up in that era, I actually find the...

Well, the ratings did fall off a bit, but it's still the highest rated show on ABC other than "Grey's Anatomy".

I'm not sure where your numbers are from, or what "7.7" means? Is that supposed to be some demographic rating, or the overall audience number? These are the numbers being reported by TV By the Numbers, which are not bad at all...

The train wreck continues ....

Like ABC with Roseanne, NBC would have to convince Bill Cosby to sign away his rights to the characters without compensation. Given his recent appearances in public as bitter, spiteful, and unapologetic, I don't see that happening.

Well the crew working on Roseanne thought they had at least one more year of guaranteed work, and likely made plans and purchases accordingly. Then they had that year's salary abruptly taken away. Yes, they may be able to get another job on another show, but there's no guarantee it would happen...

They could continue to write about her, but have her become an unseen character, like Norm's wife on Cheers or Maris on Frasier.

It's amazing the number of people who think they're funny, but really aren't.

They might also be trying to get Roseanne to sign a waiver/release of her rights to the show from this point forward.

I don't see anything inherently wrong in expressing a counter-point to an issue on which there are multiple sides and opinions. It is possible to chose the wrong words, perhaps, which can change a civil counter-point into an attack. As I mentioned, this often occurs on both sides of every issue...

I think there's a difference between disparaging someones race vs. personal beliefs/opinions. Opinions/beliefs can be variable and are formed based on upbringing and education with people landing all over the spectrum of any issue and expressing themselves accordingly. It should be civil...

I wonder if Carsey-Werner or ABC could actually sue Barr for damaging the creative property that was the show? Both are likely to take financial hits from the cancellation. It seems like they should be able to recoup that, especially if there were clauses in her contract that said she'd need to...

Or maybe, "The Bad Wife" ;)

Maybe, but the show continued for several years, keeping cast and crew employed, and she never appeared on it again.

As has been semi-jokingly inferred a couple times, it's too bad they couldn't have figured out a way to get Barr off the show while still allowing the cast and crew to continue (if they wanted), as NBC did years ago with Valerie Harper and The Hogan Family (write out Barr and change to The...

There aren't many (any?) corporations anywhere that do. It's all about the bottom line and shareholder happiness.

Barr has also now been dropped by her agents, ICM Partners. http://variety.com/2018/tv/news/icm-partners-drops-roseanne-barr-racist-tweet-1202824342/

I think it's creative bankruptcy. The networks can't come up with anything better than the shows they canceled in the past, so they're bringing them back again.