The Art of Cancellation

Jon2547

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Ever notice something peculiar about the cancellation situations? Take the show Roseanne for example. Researchers and those in the entertainment industry saw how the return of this sitcom had a tremendous initial ratings report. When it came back on the air, the amount of viewers tuning in was very high. But an experienced observer would have known that an inevitable decline would occur. Think about it.

Since a drop off in viewership was certain to happen, why not use this as an example of a big television network seemingly putting principle over profits?

For those that don't recall, the actress Roseanne Barr was fired from the show for some comment she made.

When she was fired, the first reaction would be, why would ABC shoot themselves in the foot? This was the number one television program in the country.

(I'm going somewhere with this so please hang in there. )

If the show Roseanne was certain to be the top show for ABC for the next 8 to 10 years, would they have fired her? Or was it known already that there was going to be a huge drop off in ratings? And if there was going to be a big drop off, would not this make the perfect example of virtue signaling?

Same thing with sports and concerts in the era of Covid. Long before the epidemic football and basketball ratings were steadily declining. Should the camera pan around the stadium in 2018, one would see vast areas of empty seats. Since sports ratings were declining, why not pretend to sacrifice it to the lawk down?
 

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