‘Roseanne’ reruns pulled after star's racist tweet

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Roseanne Barr’s racist tweet Tuesday morning has now cost her even more as Viacom announced that Paramount Network, TV Land and CMT will all be pulling “Roseanne” reruns from the air.

The working-class family comedy, starring Barr, John Goodman, Laurie Metcalf, Michael Fishman and Sara Gilbert, ran on ABC from 1988 to 1997 before being revived this year on the same network.

But the reboot’s strong viewership numbers couldn’t outmatch its star’s racist rants, finally coming to a head Tuesday when Barr called Valerie Jarrett, the former senior adviser to President Barack Obama, the baby of the “Muslim brotherhood & planet of the apes.”

The 65-year-old actress apologized for her “bad joke” after massive backlash, but ABC pulled the plug on her show anyway.

“Roseanne’s Twitter statement is abhorrent, repugnant and inconsistent with our values, and we have decided to cancel her show,” ABC Entertainment president Channing Dungey said in a statement.

Disney boss Bob Iger sided with Dungey, tweeting “there was only one thing to do here, and that was the right thing.”

Hulu also pulled the show from its streaming service Tuesday, a source told the Daily News.

Gilbert, who played Barr’s daughter on the original and the reboot, called her co-star’s comments “incredibly sad and difficult for all of us,” while Emma Kenney, who plays Barr’s granddaughter, said she was in the process of quitting when the show was canceled.

Barr was also dropped by her talent agency, ICM, and ABC gave up its Emmy campaign for the comedy.

Viacom did not immediately return a request for comment and it’s unclear what the networks will use to fill the now empty time slots left vacant by “Roseanne.”

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