rosanne barr started her comedy here in denver. erviews leading to up this premier season, she was saying that she would hope the show would get 6 million viewers. try 18 million. rosanne owned the night. that show took people straight to the corner of politics and humor. most of the original cast is here. character dealing with issues many average americans face living paycheck to paycheck, unaffordable healthcare and family disagreements about the last presidential race. >> jackie believes every person should grow up to be president. >> we know who's liar and who's on fire. >> rosanne connor much like -- it came surprise to hollywood. barr commends the president for shaking things up. the original show which ran from 1988 to 1997 was not known for tackling politics head-on. the working class connor family back in house on that couch and rosanne and her sister still going at it. >> how have you voted for him. he talked about jobs. he said he'll shake things up. >> have you looked at the news? now things are worse. >> not on the rea

in the 1990s, rosanne barr would have been a clinton supporter.e working class midwest folks. they voted for clinton in droves. what happened 30 years later, hillary clinton is running and she loses those voters by 30 points. bill clinton won those voters by 11 points. donald trump won those voters by a slimmer american. he solidified that base. if you are going to have a show like this with a tremendous amount of promotion leading to up it with a already popular cast and they have the entire original cast is there. i'm not surprised it did well >> it's very cool. i'm sure she's excited about this. jesse you get excited like that. >> crushincrushing it on on "th" i can see the phone call now. rosanne, celebrity apprentice. good try. it's funny how the world is so surprised when conservatives do well. the passion came out of nowhere. american sniper huge success. more than al gore's global warming thing. fox news dominated for the last 15 to 20 years. no one can understand that. if you look at the "new york times" best seller list, it's just like e

that was president trump talking about his phone call with rosanne barr.8 million people tuned in for the first episode of the reboot of her sitcom this week. barr is a trump supporter on the show and in real life. the panel is back. jonathan alter and caitlyn burns and lonnie chen. this is a big deal. it is a big viewership and i think it underscores what we kept seeing on the campaign trial, while everybody on the coast potentially people in the media were losing their minds about every donald trump scandal, controversy, tweet, there was a significant portion of the population that was not paying attention and felt that, hey, you know what, i might lose my home and that matters more than donald trump going after a mexican judge or whatever. >> it is beyond that. the beyond that, the polarization of politics goes beyond just polarization of politics, it's polarization of society. there are trump shows and anti trump shows now. that has so invaded public society that we're seeing it in this. >> and i think we're seeing this because donald trump is so entwi

classic sitcom rosanne is back on tv after 21 years and this time the title character played by rosanne barrld trump. >> how could you have voted for him? >> he talked about jobs, to shake things up. this might come as a complete shock to you but we almost lost our house. >> now things are worse. >> not on the real news. >> rosanne barr is a trump supportable is the 9 episode season started last night. john goodman has returned as dan, rosanne's husband and daughter darlene who is now an executive producer on the show. they explained and's death by saying it was a dream. dan is alive, never mind. >> she has been trashed on twitter as a result of supporting donald trump. dagen: you got in a fight with rosanne, didn't you? >> i am a fan. it is great the show is back. a lot of mainstream america is not represented on television. all sorts of people voted for donald trump and it is savvy of rosanne to bring this character back. dagen: both sides are portrayed, the right and the left, conversations people have in their homes. rosanne was a trailblazer in terms of her stand up and doing the show.

rosanne's big ratings. does he have a point? >> >>> president trump appears to have a new b.f.f. ton, goating the gangster -- gang bufrt ratings. the president called roseanne barrith me mark preston rick wilson, april ryan. it says gang bufrt not gangster. the president was extremely excited in ohio talking about the big ratings numbers the roseanne revival got. let's listen. >> look at roseanne. i called her yesterday. i got a call from mark burnett. he did the apprentice. he said donald i a called to say hello and tell you did you zeros anne's ratings? i said mark, how big were they. >> unbelievable? over 18 million people. and it was about us. >> so rick, is president trump right? this show did so well because of his supporters? >> well, look, there is a demographic for that message. there is -- you know, 30 some% of the population are die hard trumpers and they exist and watch television. and they watch entertainment television, reality television. the overlap of folks that like donald trump and want to hear that populist coal country message, it's out there. i will also argue that roseanne is a well-known star that had a tv series that lasted 12 years. the