Roseanne blows the roof off the ratings...
Tuesday night, the premiere episode of the revival of “Roseanne” featured a working-class grandmother saying grace before dinner and concluding with thanks for “making America great again” — and the show got the highest ratings of any network program in six years.
Hollywood is now faced with indisputable evidence that there’s a huge potential audience out there for programs that don’t actively insult 63 million Trump voters.
It might seem easy to dismiss the “Roseanne” numbers as the result of audience nostalgia and excitement. But consider this: The TV world was thrilled when the reboot of “Will and Grace” was watched by 15 million people, especially since “Will and Grace” is exactly the kind of woke urban show the TV world loves.
But “Roseanne” blew “Will and Grace” away; its audience was 20 to 25 percent larger. And the original “Roseanne” went off the air 20 years ago, a decade before “Will and Grace” took its initial final bow. It might have just been old news. But boy oh boy, it isn’t.
So the revival about the trendy and politically correct alternative lifestyles Will and Grace got knocked off by the revival about the outdated and politically incorrect Trump loving Roseanne. Go figure? I guess some people actually are interested in shows that do not spend all of their time depicting characters who follow all of the liberal social mantra in just the right way.
The question being asked about whether or not Hollywood will tap the potential audience is an interesting one. Will politics and ideology actually trump profits? Time will tell.
11 comments:
It was actually pretty good, imo.
Touched on different sides of the coin...with humor.
I was entertained, and that's all I want and expect from Hollywood.
It was from the point of view of struggling middle income earners. I like it.
I also liked the original ones, except for last year.
Bring back Last Man Standing
It was funny.
I was always a middle income man. Although I made above average wages as a union carpenter I never struggled as they were portrayed.
Klut'z just shut the fuck up. I didn't inherit wealth.
Wealth Envy from the alky.
Alky, how is it with all your so called success your name is not an a clean deed to home?
There was a market for a show about a fat white trash family that bitches about everything back in the 90s, so it's not surprising that there's a market for it now.
Maybe when C.H. AfraidOfTheTruth is done dredging up stories rejected by TV Guide, he can comment on the omnibus spending bill (passed by the Republican Congress and signed by Trump) that funds Planned Parenthood and Obamacare and spends more money than any previous bill of its kind ever.
Perhaps the market was created by millions of middle Americans growing tired of years of community organizer stoked obnoxious pussy hat wearing kiss my gay ass and bake me a cake gun control shouting you're a racist narrow minded ignorance.
Exactly. We true America's love our Country. Don't need it fat mouthed and torn down.
Noballs and GayD,
Millions of middle Americans who love their country and want to see wholesome values-affirming TV watch reruns of "Bonanza", "The Waltons", etc.
If you want to watch a fat entitled white trash family bitch about everything, you watch "Roseanne".
I find myself in agreement with PNC on this, which unfortunately means I'm going to have to actually watch one of the new Roseanne episodes ... on the off chance that the reboot isn't the "a fat entitled white trash family bitch about everything" show that I remember it as.
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