>> hi, roseanne!eanne" really did change things in tv. >> oh, no, not june cleaver. >> she wasn't your typical housewife. >> oh, let me do it, it's easier. >> she wasn't your typical actress with this voice that could be very piercing and grating. >> d.j.! becky! dan, come here! >> and just that really blue collar, working class person. >> us regular people, we're paying more taxes than the rich people because they got all the lawyers to figure out the loopholes. i want to find loopholes. >> to represent working class as the noble class in this country, that just hasn't been the point of view. >> roseanne was the first woman i saw on television that was rejecting the social construct of what femininity was supposed to be. >> well, i always wanted to do a show that was complimentary to the viewers, who i felt were, you know, me when i was a little girl watching tv. give me this damn thing. make it about something that i can identify with, and she certainly did that. >> in my culture, it was always a st

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the president said roseanne was all about "us" and he is correct. but it is not just about that ohio crowd. it is about all of us. i want to know what you think. go to smerconish.com, answer this question. roseanne's ratings success is more attributable to the show's politics or the show's quality? through all the staff chaos, the resignations, indictments, porn star scandals and twhoeets, the president's poll numbers are going up. last month 35% to 42%. it remains steady among ds in the basement at 5%. but for republicans, his approval has risen from 80% to 86% and among independents, a six point rise from 35% to 41%. neal newhouse is partner and co-founder of the premiere republican polling organization, he was lead polster for governor mitt romney in 2012. you're a political polling guy. but i must ask you about television ratings. i want to know if you see a connection between "roseanne's" success and this new data showing an uptick for the president. >> my first question is, what took so long for the networks to kind of get it in terms of progr

look at roseanne. called her yesterday. look at her ratings. look at her ratings. [ applause ] i got a call from mark burnett, he did "the apprentice." i called to say hello. and to tell you did you see roseanne's ratings? i said, mark, how big were they? they were unbelievable. over 18 million people. and it was about us. >> here's the thing about that us. look at the top markets for the debut as "the new york times" puts it it's a red state check list. cincinnati, tulsa, indianapolis, kansas city. liberal enclaves like new york and l.a. they didn't crack the top 20 markets. and that fits what ben sherwood the president of abc told "the new york times" that this was a heartland strategy. he says that the day after the president's election, abc executives looked at one another and to their credit said this's a lot about this country we need to learn a lot more about. he said that roseanne's revival was a direct effort to reach an audience that they were underserving. i get that. i'm sure it's accurate.

roseanne has her own cookies.domestic goddess chocolate chip cookies it's actually just a mix so you add your eggs and whatever you want to put and i ask people to write and tell me what they add like if they want to add walnuts marijuana or whatever, you know. >> president pence is not going to have any of that. i'll tell you. >> can i say my web set, roseanneworld.com. thanks. >> jimmy: roseanneworld.com. can i ask one more question about the old days. >> okay. >> jimmy: there's a story that's been repeated many, many times. you're saying it's not true. >> no i'm scared. >> jimmy: there's a story about the writer's room. you have whitney cummings, laura mcdonald. >> wanda sykes. >> >> jimmy: that's fantastic. i didn't know that. >> bruce halford. >> jimmy: who is one of the original guys. in the old days did you assign each writer a number so you didn't have to remember their names. >> you know what that's been going around so long. here's what happened. if was just a joke, you know. i had them all with numbers,

amy shared her thoughts on the "roseanne" reboot, tweeting, " "roseann was portraying trump followersash. good writing but not positive." what's wrong with white trash? she's cool on the show. i like all of your opinions. keep tweeting me. shannon bream is up next. shannon has lindsey graham on friday will be a great show, as always. shannon? >> shannon: he spent the day with the president. he will fill us in on that, laura. thank you very much. let's get you caught up on three breaking stories tonight. the inspector general at the justice department is starting an investigation into what republicans contend is bias at the doj and fbi and the russia collision investigation and those fisa warrants. we are learning that president trump has fired his veterans affairs secretary dr. david shulkin. senior north and south korean officials are just launching high-level talks to set up a planned summit in april with president trump. team coverage tonight, tomlinson standing by at the pentagon with why dr. david shulkin was locked up into his -- let's go. we begin tonight with chief national co

. ♪ >>> and "roseanne" comes roaring back. blockbuster return for the sitcom taking on the tough issues -- thank you for making america great again. >> the personal phone call from president trump. what did he say to roseanne after that show? roseanne's live this morning only on "gma." >>> and we do say good morning, america, on this friday eve. >> yes. >> and "roseanne's" return getting huge numbers, biggest in years. many, many people tuning in. >> it was like the good old days, families sat around the tv and had a communal activity. more than 18 million of you watching the premiere and, george, i know you'll speak with roseanne a bit later in the show. >> we'll catch up with her on the road and hear about that phone call with president trump. >>> but we do have news to get to from the top beginning with severe storms across the south. tornadoes, floods forcing water rescues. more than half a foot of rain falling in some areas and marcus moore has the latest. >> reporter: overnight, at least four reported tornadoes tearing t

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>> glor: the return of a pro- trump "roseanne" scores big. >> what's up, deplorable? >> glor: and steve hartman, the shady email came from joel in liberia. ben in utah decided to track him down. this is the "cbs evening news" with jeff glor. >> glor: this is our western edition. we are going to begin tonight sacramento is a city on edge tonight following the emotional funeral for a young man shot repeatedly by police officers who mistook his phone for a gun. jamie yuccas is at the golden one center, home of the n.b.a. kings, where extra security is on hand before the game tonight. jamie. man shot they are dining so by winding their way through new security nerves and through police forces. the security is in place after protesters shut down two previous games. all of this is happening after a full day of mourning. >> people are worth saving. >> in a memorial service that in a memorial service that was somber, uplifting-- nd i am... louder! >> reporter: and at times chaotic. >> the clark family will never ..e. , reporter: ...family members and clergy, including the rev

now, back to "hannity." >> even look at roseanne. look at her ratings. a call from mark who did the apprentice. he's a great guy. he said, donald, i called to say mellow and tell you, did -- hello and tell you did you see roseanne's ratings? they were unbelievable. over 18 million people and it was about us! they haven't figured it out. the fake news hasn't quite figured it out yet. they have not figured it out. >> that was president trump yesterday in ohio touting the huge ratings of the roseanne reboot. all while taking a shot at the media for not understanding the power of the forgotten men and women in this country. the president is right. and now after ignoring middle america for decades hollywood may finally be starting to catch on. according to the "new york times," "roseanne reboot sprang from abc's heartland strategy after trump's victory." just hours ago, abc announced it'sup picking up roseanne for a second season. joining us now with reaction from w the hill, joe concha and founder of turning point usa charley kirk. all right, guys, i'll star

of her tv alter ego roseanne connor. a 20 year hiatus, herschel would strive for a realistic portrait of working-class america and the central theme of the first episode was that roseanne and aunt jackie played by laurie metcalf hadn't spoken since the 2016 election. watch. >> how could you have voted for him? >> he talked about jobs, he said he would shake things up. this might come as a complete shock to you, but we almost lost our house the way things are going. >> have you looked at the news? because now things are worse. >> not the real news. >> oh, really, ? >> in real life, roseanne barr's political views over the years have been hard to pen now. she once sought the green party nomination for the presidency and has been an equal opportunity basher of the clintons, president bush, and president obama. here she is last week on jimmy kimmel. >> you were a very liberal socially person in general. >> i'm still the same, you all moved. you all went so [bleep] far out. >> jimmy kimmel who is permanently anti-trump is the

row -- roseanne is a pro trump person?ave to figure out what we don't like, talk to each other and discuss how we're going to get it changed or fixed. for the best deals on travel, just go to priceline. now you can save even more when you bundle your flight and hotel together, up to 625 dollars off your trip. go to priceline and get the deals you won't find anywhere else. >> trish: incredible. 18 million crewers tuned in for a pro trump "roseanne." you might be surprised where a lot of them came from. let's go to fox new correspondent trace gallagher who is in los angeles with more. hi, trace. >> hi, trish. you talk about the 18 million viewers that watched the rebooted, a lot of talk oh "roseanne" rating well in red country. it's true. but take a look at the cities that she rated the highest. number 1 was tulsa where donald trump won 65% of the vote. look at the next four. cincinnati, kansas city, pittsburgh and chicago where all won by hillary clinton. in fact, she won chicago by 75%. of course, roseanne barr and her alt

conner, the character, roseanne barr, the real person.two. roseanne barr is known for retweeting and promoting right wing conspiracy theories. she's gone after david hogg. she's also been pictured in nazi paraphernalia. i've seen a lot of pushback on social media families. are people supporting both roseanne and the show? or just the actress? can people divide the two when they watch the show? >> i think it's a mixture of both. i'm sure some people are supporting the show because they relate to whether they find it funny. it was a successful show when it first came on the air. i think a lot of it is also people -- they support roseanne and, like you said, she is a vocal trump supporter and she does often tweet these really conspiracy theories, i think we can put it on the screen where she tweeted president trump has freed so many children held in bondage to pu agage to pimps al world. i kiss agree on some things but give him benefit of doubt for now. what she's referring to is this extremely fringe theory called the storm. it plays out in

look at the numbers. >> i called roseanne and i said, look at the ratings.ook at the ratings and it is about us. >> it was a friendly con v conversation about working, and you know, television and ratings. >> reporter: but real politics are at work. the republicans have long raged against what they see as a hollywood bias against the con s conser vatives and christians. >> and first, let's say grace. jackie, would you like to take a knee? >> and the new "roseanne" has demand demanded the revival of "last man standing" with tim a allen. >> trump is like family are to me. >> reporter: and they have no plan to canceling the comedy, but people were intol the rant of the views. >> and if you don't believe like everybody else, it is like 1930s germany. >> reporter: and roseanne as hammered democrats including hillary clinton. >> you accused her of being a murder on twitter, didn't you? >> i did not. yeah. >> then you know that i am going to be finding the tweet in the next 40 seconds. >> well, i deleted it so [ bleep ] you. >> and others may have the say on the sh

that's where roseanne is set. it's a blue state.ed parts of illinois and parts that got a lot redder because of trump. that is the world of roseanne, that white working class world. where exactly in illinois is roseanne set? we got conflicting signals on that show. sometimes they placed down here, sometimes more up in this part of the state. it's a fictional town. you look at all the red counties outside the chicago area. a few other pockets in the state. that's the roseanne world. white, working class, the conner family. those are the sorts of people, the sorts of voters in 2016 in that region of the country that flipped made trump president. that's what makes it in part that show so interesting to me to watch now in the age of trump. we'll talk about this a little bit with the panel and the politics of roseanne and you got liberals and conservatives on the same show. how often do you see that anymore? is that why it was such a ratings hit last night? we'll talk about it in a second. so i'm not happy unless my hands are dirty. betw

>> no. >> i heard that, you know, the "roseanne" premiere did really well -- [ cheers and applause ] >> we are so grateful to the fans. it's just unbleervel. >> what did you think about the huge ratings "roseanne" got last >> pretty exciting. >> the cast is thrilled about the show's epic ratings. roseanne told "gma," the president called to congratulate her. >> sththey said hold please for united states of marqamerica, a that's about the most exciting thing ever. >> but most of all, lord, thank you for making america great again. >> "roseanne" getting credit for injecting a dose of comedy into current events and you might be surprised to learn what sparked the revival. >> this all started when john and you did the skit on "the talk." >> i'm a talk show host. >> so what happened in the steps after that to have a full blown reboot? >> i have been thinking about doing something, and then when john said he would do it, i just -- i didn't think that everybody would do it. >> like two weeks later, we had a deal with abc and yeah. it was head-spinning. >> the cast has shot nine episodes, ne

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let's talk about roseanne barr. there was the roseanne reboot last night.ack after so many years. it got huge ratings. so let's watch a little clip of it. >> how could you have voted for him, roseanne? >> he talked about jobs, jackie. he said he would shake things up. this might come as a complete shock to you, but we almost lost our house the way things are going. >> have you looked at the news? because now things are worse. >> not on the real news. >> oh, please. >> well, they are just touching all the hot button issues. roseanne plays a trump supporter in the show and she's in real life a trump supporter. and you have some reporting about what president trump feels about this and what he did. >> sure. he is quite television obsessed and his supporters who are portraying him in a good light and defending him, which happened on the revival of the roseanne show. at some point he called her and congratulated her on how good the ratings were. thanked her for doing the show. you heard that clip that you played supposed to be embodying a lot of the real life is

the "roseanne" reboot talks about all those things.coming up where a member of the family is going to be addicted to prescription medication, which is something a lot of families are going through. her two daughters are under employed. there's a lot of factors for why people may be interested in the discussion happening on this show. >> eric, thanks for joining us. josh and matt, thanks for being around for the hour and being part of the show. we'll be right back with today's big picture. risk of stroke due to afib, a type of irregular heartbeat not caused by a heart valve problem. but no matter where i ride, i go for my best. so if there's something better than warfarin, i'll go for that too. eliquis. eliquis reduced the risk of stroke better than warfarin, plus had less major bleeding than warfarin. eliquis had both. don't stop taking eliquis unless your doctor tells you to, as stopping increases your risk of having a stroke. eliquis can cause serious and in rare cases fatal bleeding. don't take eliquis if you have an artificial hear

and they're not putting roseanne down.hey're going to tune in any way. 18 million people tuned in. clearly people want to see her. stuart: and it was funny i'm going to put on the screen a graphic that shows where the ratings were highest, which areas got their best ratings. top of the list is tulsa, that's an area which donald trump won with a huge percentage of the vote. but look at the rest on the list, cincinnati, kansas city, pittsburgh, chicago, heavy viewing of roseanne, heavy voting for clinton. can you explain that one? >> it's an interesting time for roseanne to come back right now. she came on the air during ronald reagan's press den and off of the air during bill clinton's pros presidency. that kind of went away and it's bubbled back up under barack prt barack obama. now donald trump speak to the blue supporters of donald trump and the working class voters and this is a perfect show, it didn't mock them. it holds them up and you can have a laugh. stuart: i go wall the way back to "all in the family," archie bun

roseanne about a working class white family.tv shows like those give americans a glimpse of other people's lives? >> i think they do. seeing that representation of yourself on television is meaningful. you know, whether you're a minority and now you have a show like "blackish" or off the boat you can feel you identify with. hollywood is generally pretty disconnected from the white working class. there are a handful of shows on television right now that feature them. but for the most part, a lot of tv is aspirational. a lot of people supposed to be middle class on tv if you notice live in houses that look more like buckingham palace than the typical middle class. roseanne's family lives in a house that looks like a real house that someone who really has to pay the bills who has a job painting drywall or working at a cafe might actually live in. i think seeing that feels validating. >> yeah. listen, before roseanne, there was archie bunker, a working class icon. but also a bigot. let's watch a clip from "all in the family" and the

well, things are looking rosie for roseanne. picked up for a second season after just one episode, or actually two episodes in one hour. turning out more than 18 million people tuned in, making it tv's b biggest this year. and will roseanne's success make hollywood think twice about the constant anti-trump narrative. let's ask conservative actor. >> good to see you, david. david: happy holidays to you. >> happy passover and easter. david: that's right, passover easter. there was a time when hollywood executives didn't care about red or blue, they just cared about green, but recently they seem to be more just on one side than caring about the bottom line, am i wrong? >> no, david, you're not wrong, but there is a little addendum do that. hollywood had always had its certain kind of left-wing leaning, they always had that, that was always there. not so much probably in the '70s and '80s, but for the last at least 50 years it's gotten a lot worse and i think the roseanne show, as you've been showing the clips up, as we've seen had

that was president trump in ohio touting the huge ratings roseanne reboot.a shot at the media for not understanding the power of the forgotten men and women in this country. the president is right autopsied now after ignoring middle america for decades, hollywood may finally be starting to catch on. according to the "new york times," quote: roseanne reboots heartland strategy after trump's victory. just hours ago, abc announced that it is picking up roseanne for a second season. joining us now with reaction from the hill joe concha and founder of turning point u.s.a. charlie kirk. all right, guys, i will start with you, joe, hollywood is so shocked, it just -- it shocks me that they still don't understand how out of touch they are. >> you know, it seems like abc found a starving niche audience gene and that is half the country. even democrats and independents, they have to be sick of what they are hearing on colbert and kimmel and meyers and the tailly show and will and grace and other comedies where the same target is trump and political committee tear dres

lee's sister gets it right back to roseanne. thought the jokes were relevant and pretty cutting edge. obamacare jokes, pantsuit jokes, russian jokes, fake news jokes. even the nonpolitical jokes, the timing was good and the comedy writing is good. the bottom line i believe is that the message of the show is that people come from different political backgrounds, and you don't have to hate each other. you can talk it out and you don't assume that the other person's intentions are evil. that's what makes it work. >> greg: juan, that was the thing. there is something refreshing about it in that it's an attempt to try to inject civility into kind of an uncivil time. >> juan: sure. it's good that these people presented on national tv in this way. to me, it's good news for conservatives. i think conservatives had always complained i think on the show, kimberly has said wise in their late-night talk show for conservatives. here we have a sitcom for conservatives for them to say hey, that's a reflection of our values and who we are. i th

roseanne. john goodman.ally. it's been on every day like five, six times. >> i have a question for everybody. go around the horn. one word to describe the feeling when you walked back on to the set for the first time, john, start with you? >> surreal. >> surreal. >> laurie? >> trippy. >> sur exciting. >> just amazing. >> sur-pendous. >> it was spooky-licious. >> sarah? >> sur-a time warp. >> i can believe that. why did you think this was the right time to bring the show back1 years later? >> uh, well, it just happened. it was -- sara and john were on sara's talk show. hay did a sketch. sara called me. it got a lot of attention. sara called and said, is this -- would you want to do a -- reunion show. and i said, yeah. definitely. she said -- i said, what about john? she said, oh, john's in. i said, of course, then i'm in. [ applause ] so then it went from -- >> ow. >> we said, is laurie in? yeah. everybody was in. then it went from a special to a -- series. and we had a deal in three weeks. >> oh, wow. [ appl

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abc showed us by reviving "roseanne" after a 20 year hiatus. >> how could you have voted for him, roseannee talked about jobs, jackie. he said he'd shake things up. this might come as a shock to you but we almost lost our house the way things are going. >> have you looked at the news? now things are worse. >> not on the real news. >> police! >> shannon: "roseanne"'s debut scoring massive ratings in cities like new york and middle america, dominating states are president trump won like ohio. there is a debate about why. let's talk about it with the panel. i thought it was interesting, guys, it had monster ratings but not everybody agreed it was necessarily a good thing for conservatives because roseanne's character supports trump. ben shapiro writing, "there is something else going on in "roseanne" that should disturb conservatives. the redefinition of trump supporters as blue-collar leftists rather than conservatives. the implication is that she's a good person because of ease-of-use but the real difference between trump voters and hillary voters are economic in nature, not cultural." lisa

. >> how could you have voted for him, roseanne. >> he talked about jobs, jackie. said he would sick shake things up. but this might come as a complete shock. but we almost lost our news. >> have you looked at the news now things are worse. >> please. >> joining me is seleena zito. and joe anne. a contributor to politico magazine. good evening to both of you. hey, seleena sfla hey. >> president trump won the election because he appealed to and spoke directly to americans a lot like roseanne and her family. they felt no one listened to them. what do you think about the return of the show? >> well, i think it is a great moment. and here is why. some -- some -- i've been writing this and talked about this on your show before, that there is a cultural disconnect between hollywood and a lot of america. a lot of people are portrayed on television that are in main street america, usually the butt of a joke as opposed to more sympathetic or empathetic. i think she did an incredibly good job of showing you know the struggles that the family is having. she has always been ve

now some comedians are refusing to watch roseanne. hear why.business travel isn't just business. there's this. a bit of this. why not? your hotel should make it easy to do all the things you do. which is what we do. crowne plaza. we're all business, mostly. >>> he talked about jobs, jackie. he said he would shake things up. this might come as a complete shock to you, but we almost lost our house the way things are going. >> you have looked at the news? now things are worse. >> not on the real news. >> oh, please! >> roseanne, 2.0, mega ratings success this week, poised to renew the classic '90s sitcom for a second season but will people keep watching it? despite its huge hollywood comeback, a number of hollywood comedians are not feeling the new roseanne. let me bring in the writer from chelsea lately and cnn writer and analyst harry back in the day roseanne was considered a pretty progressive show, that she would have voted for bill clinton. how has she become a trump supporter and how does that mirror real-life dem dprasks? >> essential we we

roseanne? yeah.comeback last night with more than 18 million viewers for the rebooted show. it had a little bit of a political twist. take a look. >> i guess i didn't mean to imply that you're son right-wing jackass. i should have tried to understand why you voted the crazy way you did. >> and i should have understood that, you know, you want the government to give everybody free healthcare because you're a good-hearted person that can't do simple math. >> neil: this is the feed leading character that is a fan of donald trump. voted for donald trump. i don't know if roseanne barr in real life did. but it was huge for ratings. joe piscopo is here. that surprised a lot of people. >> i loved it. it was bold, timely. time to have fun. someone can go on the air on a sitcom like that and just say hey, you know, i like the president. it's just so timely. coming at the right time. she will change the tenor of the way we think. >> neil: what is nice about it, the fact that they're sisters and arguing over pol

he called roseanne barr to congratulate her. president was extremely excited today in ohio when he talked 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, great guy. he said, donald i called to say hello, and said did you see "roseanne's" ratings? i said how big were they? unbelievable. over 18 million people and it was about us. >>> so is president trump right this show did so well because of his supporters? >> look, there's a demographic for that message. there's -- you know, 30-some percent of the population are die-hard trumpers and they watch entertainment television, reality television. so the overlap of folks that want to hear that sort of nationalist populist coal country message is out there. i will also argue that roseanne is a well known star who had a tv series that lasted 12 years. but the irony of this thing that i find delicious, this is a show produced by evil liberals in an evil liberal pl

peoplent on "roseanne" might represent one type.here are tons of different type trump voters and they are unrepresented in's our art. it is a group large enough to, elect a president and media treat as if they don't exist or cartoon of evil. donnie deuch had this is that correcty comment about the "roseanne" deal. >> isn't a big part of the news the demone that watches appointment television, actually on the air where ratings count aree the more red-state lower income, lower education, and yes, when you put that on broadcast television, l3 television, those numbers are always going tooi be higher. >> laura: cathy. >> i no. i don't always agree with donnie, but i think middle america loves "walking dead" and those are zombies maybe "roseanne" did have 18 million vestures. there's a sister that is anti-trump supporter. >> laura: that's the point. >> that's what's beautiful. it is what's happening in america. i thinkamic the coast and middle america everyone can relate to "roseanne." we all have trump supporters and non-trump supporter

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the president called roseanne barr. back with me mark preston rick wilson, april ryan. 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. there may be knock on effect. this is a show produced b

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>> reporter: in ohio, the ratings focus president trump showered praise for a reboot of "roseanne ,"median. >> it was just a friendly conversation about working and, you know, television and ratings. >> reporter: loud, proud and wildly popular, the conner family seemed to pick up where it left off. the revival drew more viewers than the finale did 21 years ago, and has kicked off a national conversation. >> how could you have voted for him? >> reporter: in 1988, roseanne barr and her family steam rolled into television, working class americans struggling to make ends meet. >> i don't know. can i have money? >> reporter: today the conners still struggle financially, but with a few differences. including a grandchild exploring gender identity. and perhaps the show's biggest theme is the nation's current political divide. >> why don't you get that fixed with the new health care all you suckers got promised. >> it works good enough to kick your -- >> reporter: everything is a target from health care to the me too movement, to fake news. and the show played well in trump country, the high

roseanne was out there. was very up front about her support of president trump and the fact that the show would have her as a trump voter. and that's something we just don't see the in primetime. i think that really made the show stand out. we're in this period right now where we're seeing some revivals of sit-coms from the '80s and '90s. we're going to see murphy brown next season actually. and roseanne" is definitely one of them. there's the built-in audience. i think they were able to use this as hey, this is something that you don't see in primetime every night. it also refutes the idea that liberal hollywood only makes liberal content. >> yeah, and i take your point on that. i guess what i wonder, is it possible in this day and age when you think back to a lot of people mentioned all the in the family" in the '70s. there were four channels on television in the '70s. liberals and conservatives both watched "all in the family." the roseanne premiere the other night, there's a liberal on that show and her

roseanne has done it beautifully. >> laura: all right, guys.y the way speaking up. standing with president trump amid the stormy daniels controversy. we will tell you why. this holy week, did the pope really say that hell does not exist? our friday follies segment with raymond next >> laura: welcome back. let's get right into it with our friday folly segment tonight. three hot topics. evangelicals are sticking by president trump. no matter how stormy things get. and did the pope really say hell doesn't exist? and walmart pulled a magazine from its racks and the media freak out. joining me now with analysis is fox news contributor raymond arollo. this is wild. evangelicals still supporting donald trump. we have been hit with nonstop stormy daniels and other people coverage. >> other alleged relationships and it seems the evangelicals such a big part of the trump fan base and supporters, 8 to 10 they are supporting him and giving him job approval numbers at that level. will out of 10 evangelicals still support him. that's incredible in the face o

>> now barr's character, roseanne connor, is a trump supporter. rare in hollywood. here's a snippet from the first episode. >> thank you for making america great again. >> how could you have voted for him, roseanne? >> he talked about jobs, jackie. he said he'd shake things up. this might come as a complete shock to you, but we almost lost our house the way things were going. >> have you looked at the news because now things are worse. >> not on the real news. >> oh, please! >> all right. so let's talk about pop culture editor for the "washington post," zachary pinkus roth with us. roseanne is a trump supporter. she talked about how much this factored into the revival. the political divide in the country is obviously working for her. >> obviously. a lot of people must have tuned in in part for the curiosity factor to see how the show would deal with the political divide because rosary in -- roseanne in real life is a trump supporter, and dealing with her sister jack whoa is anti-trump. i think that is part of why the show did so well in the rating

roseanne renewed for the second season. will the french conspiracy theories derail the success? let's go outfront. good evening, i'm brianna in for erin burnett. we begin with breaking news. the fbi detained and questioned an informal trump campaign adviser as he landed in boston's logan airport after arriving from an international flight. they greeted ted, who was once a candidate for u.s. ambassador to the eu. now, he's scheduled to appear before mueller's grand jury. kevin perez is on this breaking story. evan, who is this man and what does mueller want from him? >> this is pretty aggressive tactics used by robert mueller's investigators. ted was stopped as he entered the united states in boston airport coming in from a flight from london. according to him, he says the fbi took his phone, took his electronic devices and did a search then sat him down for an hour and talked to an mpi agent who tried to get information out of him. they asked him about his connections to roger stone who recollects is a supporter of the president, vocal supporter of the president as well as wikil

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did you see roseanne's rating? 18 million. it was about us. >> president trump taking credit for the ratings on the roseanne reboot this week. places like kansas city, tulsa cincinnati, and pittsburgh to name a few. roseanne made her character a trump supporter. her center, a hillary clinton supporter. the two have not spoken since the election. >> how could you have voted for him. >> he talked about jobs, he said he would shake things up. we almost lost our house. >> now things are worse. >> not on the real news. >> roger williams university. former obama campaign spokesperson. michael steele, and tv critic. sonia soriya. where are we at, the success of the "roseanne" reboot. >> hearing from a trump supporter why she supports him. it doesn't mean that everybody is watching agree with her. we all know that trump supporter in our live, seeing them on tv is a recognition of what we are all doing. >> if you look at the first two episodes, not only her sister who is a hillary clinton supporter. her son, who has a black daughter. a