'Merry Christmas' Got This ABC Showrunner a Meeting with HR

“I got in trouble for saying, ‘Merry Christmas’ on the set of ‘Roseanne,’” [Whitney] Cummings said. ...

Cummings served as the rebooted ABC show’s co-runner, meaning she was very high up on the power scale. Showrunners essentially call the creative shots on a given program.

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That didn’t protect her from a woke underling who complained about her seasonal tidings.


Ed Morrissey

Having this happen on "Roseanne" is pretty ironic, considering the working-class appeal of the show in all its incarnations. Then again, Roseanne got fired off her own show for an offensive tweet, too. 

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