A new season of 'Roseanne' for the Trump era

How about, we get pizza and argue about Trump'ONE of the odder things about President Donald Trump is that, though he cheers supporters up greatly, he has no discernible sense of humour. Rarely seen laughing spontaneously, Mr Trump's emotional range runs from bleak ('American carnage'), to scorn ('so stupid'), and a salesman's boosterism ('Folks are going to be very happy'). One of the sadder things about the Trump era is watching American families and communities being pulled apart by political differences. On the face of it, then, ABC television took a risk when it commissioned a new season of 'Roseanne', a popular sitcom about a blue-collar clan's trials and tribulations, built around the premise that, 21 years after the show last aired, its fictional family is now divided by Trump-love and -loathing.The gamble paid off. Fully 18.5m people watched the season premiere on March 27th and another 10.9m saw it streamed, recorded or repeated...Continue reading
Click here to read full news..