Axing of ‘Roseanne’ Reveals Risks of Star-Driven Sitcoms – WSJ

Walt Disney Co.’s ABC took a risk by reviving not just a 20-year-old show, but a business model it had largely abandoned, in which a television or film series is inextricably linked to a single celebrity.
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