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FILE - This Dec. 11, 2019 file photo shows Channing Dungey at The Hollywood Reporter's Women in Entertainment Breakfast Gala in Los Angeles. Dungey has been named chairman, Warner Bros. Television Group, starting her tenure at the studio early next year. The news was announced today by Ann Sarnoff, Chair and CEO, WarnerMedia Studios and Networks Group, to whom she will report. Dungey will succeed Peter Roth who will be stepping down from his Studio responsibilities running the TV Group and its operating divisions in early 2021. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP, File)

Veteran TV executive Channing Dungey jumps to Warner Bros.

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FILe - In this June 13, 2018 file photo, Channing Dungey arrives at the Women In Film Crystal and Lucy Awards in Beverly Hills, Calif. Disney-owned ABC said Friday that Dungey has decided to exit as ABC Entertainment president.She will be replaced by Karey Burke, a programming development executive at Freeform. (Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP, File)

First African-American top network executive exiting ABC

By LYNN ELBER - Associated Press

Roseanne Barr takes part in a special event and podcast taping at Stand Up NY, Thursday, July 26, 2018, in New York. (AP Photo/Craig Ruttle)

Channing Dungey, ABC president, says Roseanne’s Jarrett tweet was ‘last straw’

By Jessica Chasmar - The Washington Times

FILE - In this March 23, 2018, file photo, Roseanne Barr arrives at the Los Angeles premiere of &quot;Roseanne&quot; on Friday in Burbank, Calif. Barr has apologized for suggesting that former White House adviser Valerie Jarrett is a product of the Muslim Brotherhood and the “Planet of the Apes.” Barr on Tuesday, May 29, tweeted that she was sorry to Jarrett “for making a bad joke about her politics and her looks.” Jarrett, who is African-American, advised Barack and Michelle Obama. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP, File)

ABC cancels ‘Roseanne’ following star’s racist tweet

By DAVID BAUDER - Associated Press

This image released by ABC shows Roseanne Barr, left, and John Goodman in a scene from the comedy series &quot;Roseanne.&quot; Expect &quot;Roseanne&quot; to cool it on politics and concentrate on family stories when it returns for the second season of its revival next year. ABC Entertainment chief Channing Dungey noted that as the first season went on, the focus shifted from politics to family. She said that direction will continue next season. (Adam Rose/ABC via AP)

ABC says ‘Roseanne’ will concentrate on family, not politics

By DAVID BAUDER and LYNN ELBER - Associated Press

FILE - In this combination photo, Roseanne Barr, left, appears at the NBC Universal Summer Press Day on April 8, 2014, in Pasadena, Calif., and John Goodman appears at the Los Angeles premiere of &quot;Kong: Skull Island&quot; on March 8, 2017. Barr, Goodman and the rest of the original cast of &quot;Roseanne&quot; will return to ABC two decades after it wrapped its hit series, the network said Tuesday in announcing its 2017-18 season plans. (Photo by Richard Shotwell, left, and Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP, File)

‘Roseanne’ returning to ABC, Katy Perry to join ‘Idol’

By LYNN ELBER - Associated Press

FILE - In this Feb. 22, 2015 file photo, Tim Allen, star of the ABC comedy series, &quot;Last Man Standing,&quot; arrives at the 87th Academy Awards - 2015 Elton John AIDS Foundation Oscar Party in West Hollywood, Calif. Allen tweeted that he is “stunned and blindsided” on Tuesday, May 16, 2017, as ABC officially announced its 2017-18 line-up with “Last Man Standing” gone after six seasons. (Photo by Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP, File)

Tim Allen ‘stunned’ and fans outraged by ABC axing his show

By FRAZIER MOORE - Associated Press