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The revival of Roseanne premiered to massive ratings Tuesday night.
The return delivered an incredible 18.2 million viewers along with an equally impressive 5.1 rating among adults 18-49.
According to ABC, this is the highest-rated comedy telecast on any network in nearly four years (since a premiere episode of CBS’ The Big Bang Theory from 2014).
In the adult demo, it also trumps Sunday’s blockbuster 60 Minutes episode which featured an interview with Stormy Daniels.
originally posted by: mobiusmale
Looks like Roseanne Barr (and also ABC) was smart enough to figure out the "secret sauce" needed to launch and succeed with a Sitcom these days. That is, go with an anti anti-Trump theme!
The revival of Roseanne premiered to massive ratings Tuesday night.
The return delivered an incredible 18.2 million viewers along with an equally impressive 5.1 rating among adults 18-49.
According to ABC, this is the highest-rated comedy telecast on any network in nearly four years (since a premiere episode of CBS’ The Big Bang Theory from 2014).
In this series re-boot, Roseanne's character voted for Donald Trump...which naturally creates all kinds of tension within the extended family.
But surely taking this tac could not possibly outpull the highly anticipated Sormy Daniel's sallacious expose on 60 Minutes...the American public wants to remain fixated on all things Trump-bashtastic, right?
In the adult demo, it also trumps Sunday’s blockbuster 60 Minutes episode which featured an interview with Stormy Daniels.
Sorry CBS/Cooper/CNN...
Roseanne Arrives Back with a Bang
The media has all but ignored...except for the shaming of, and lecturing to...the 50% of America who wanted "hope and change" of another kind, known as MAGA. It will be interesting to see if the new Roseanne keeps up the ratings momentum - and if Hollywood, the Networks, the Media, and the Advertisers finally figure out that demonizing Trump (and all of his supporters) is not the best possible business plan.
originally posted by: imthegoat
Why wouldn't the show come back with a bang? The original show connected with every day, working class, broke people. They touched on issues that no other show would mention. They connected with their audience on a level that the majority of these new age shows can't. Even without Trump in the picture I'm certain the show would have done great. I've yet to watch it, but I've been anticipating it for quite some time.
It’s just realistic,” she explained. “I have always … attempted to portray a realistic portrait of the American people and working class people. And, in fact, it was working class people that elected Trump so I felt that was very real and something that needed to be discussed.
originally posted by: intrepid
Was the pro-Trump theme known about in advance? Or were the ratings just reflecting the popularity the show previously had. Not to mention the lack of decent content today.
the 50% of America who wanted "hope and change" of another kind, known as MAGA
originally posted by: Xcalibur254
a reply to: mikell
From the clips I saw, the acting was pretty bad and the jokes were fairly cringey..
I agree that the show's return would have likely been popular in any event - but I think the pro-Trump angle is likely to give it a turbo-charge in the on-going ratings.