ABC boss: Roseanne will continue moving "away from politics and toward family" in Season 2

Variety

"I think that they’re going to stay on the path that they were on toward the end of last season, which is away from politics and toward family," ABC Entertainment president Channing Dungey said when asked about Roseanne's political bent. Dungey also addressed a controversial Roseanne joke that seemed to take a shot at fellow ABC comedies Black-ish and Fresh Off the Boat, saying she was surprised by the negative reaction. “We felt like the writers were simply tipping their hat to those shows, and it certainly wasn’t meant to offend,” she said. “I do stand by the Roseanne writers in terms of the decision to include that line. I think they felt that they were expressing a point of view of the Conners in terms of what they would have actually said. We do similar things on some of our other shows too. We’re very clear on Black-ish how many of the opinions and views expressed are those of Dre Johnson.”