. >> it was sarah gilbert's idea to reboot "roseanne."yed the connor's daughter darlene. >> don't worry this finger is clean i had it in my nose all day. >> back now as actor and producer. becky and dj are all grown up as well. >> i think things are going to be really happy with how we have all grown and changed but we are all still very familiar. >> honey, get off the couch. >> shhh. >> "roseanne" was the first i saw on tv rejecting the social construct of what femme initty is supposed to be. >> now she and the whole cast back for nine episodes. new issues to deal with. >> it's going to be huge. hope we do it proud. >> can't help but wonder if they're trump voters. >> might be one or two in the mix. >> in fact in the new show dan and roseanne are both trump voters. election of 2016 a dividing line for the connor family. >> the last election the jokes were just writing themselves. we wanted to show an accurate depiction of america, very divided. >> technology has also changed a lot since the 90s. >> thank you. >> the connor's old kitchen

i was doing sarah gilbert our original darlene only one darlene she has a talk show called "the talk"e couch, not unlike this, before the show and was like boy that felt like putting on an old loafer it felt great and during the show she said would you consider a reunion. i said in a heart beat. it was fun. she called rose and said goodman wants to do it. three weeks later we had a deal. >> jimmy: no one asked you before? why didn't i ask you. >> i had to audition again. >> jimmy: so is sarah now the boss of the show? >> no i'm the boss. >> jimmy: you're the boss. okay. >> she's bosses. >> jimmy: but sarah is executive producer so she does executive producer stuff. >> yeah she's good at it too. >> jimmy: which is great she was a little kid when you started the show. >> well she was 13 she looked nine. now she's a lesbian. >> that will age you. >> jimmy: and you got both beckys back. >> yeah it's fun. >> jimmy: and now john your character dan was dead on the show. which seems like an obstacle. >> i wouldn't know i was dead. >> jimmy: that concern you? like playing with that reality? >>