[Maru]

Wow.

'Roseanne' Ratings Blowout Stuns Hollywood
https://www.dailywire.com/news/28819...wood-paul-bois

America's favorite mid-western family is back, and their big debut on Tuesday night has rocked Hollywood to its core.

According to Deadline, the "pro-Trump" revival of the hit '90s sit-com "Roseanne," which pulled in a staggering total of 18.2 million viewers this week, has left Hollywood executives stunned, prompting some serious "soul-searching."

"While nostalgia was expected to bring in eyeballs, no one predicted such a huge turnout on premiere night for the blue-collar family sitcom with a Donald Trump-supporting protagonist, especially among the younger demographic," Deadline reports.

The show hit big with its target audience: working-class Americans, performing strong in underserved markets that Hollywood typically shuns.

"No. 1 was Tulsa in Oklahoma, which Trump won with 65.3% of the vote," notes Deadline. "It was followed by Cincinnati, Ohio and Kansas City, Missouri. The only marquee city from a blue state in the Top 10 was Chicago at No. 5 — the area where the series is set."

Unsurprisingly, the beltway did not tune into "Roseanne" in record numbers. In fact, New York did not make the top 20 and Los Angeles did not make the top 30. All of this was to be expected the moment Barr announced that her character would be openly pro-Trump, with a debut episode that skewered snowflake culture, the women's march, and anti-Trump hysteria.

Could the success of "Roseanne" mean a revival of shows that speak to a piece of America that Hollywood shuns? Time will tell. While "Roseanne" certainly gave middle-Americans some of their dignity back on Tuesday night, as Ben Shapiro points out, the show is a far cry from being "conservative." However, if the show's ratings continue on this strong path, this could make ABC and other networks wake up a little bit. Could America see a revival of "Home Improvement," starring Tim Allen, another Trump supporter? Or could another daring comedian give America another show that breaks the left-wing coasts' stranglehold on the culture?

We all remember last year when ABC canceled Allen’s openly conservative sitcom "Last Man Standing" despite strong viewership. Maybe this could be the moment networks like ABC realize that those underserved markets are filled with untapped potential.

'Roseanne' Really Overperformed in Middle America
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/li...merica-1098125

'Roseanne' Really Overperformed in Middle America

The ABC comedy's return dominated in all of TV's top markets, but it was highest-rated in....Tulsa, Oklahoma.

Roseanne's return to ABC was a hit across the U.S. on Tuesday night, but, perhaps not so shocking for the comedic treatise on life in a flyover state, New York and Los Angeles were not the markets where the show was the most dominant.

According to Nielsen Media's metered-market ratings, which show tune-in by households in 56 of America's biggest metropolitan areas, Roseanne scored the highest in...Tulsa, Oklahoma. The country's No. 62 market, with just over 500,000 TV-watching households, outperformed the national average by 60 percent with an average 19.0 overnight rating. The market with the highest percentage of TV-watching households tuned into the show was also in the Central Time Zone. An impressive 29 percent of Kansas City's Tuesday TV audience was watching Roseanne.

Across all of Nielsen's metered markets, the show averaged a robust 11.9 rating among households and 20 percent share of the audience. Other overperforming markets include Cincinnati (No. 2), Pittsburgh (No. 4) and Chicago (No. 5). The latter, TV's No. 3 market with nearly 3.5 million TV-watching households, helped Roseanne considerably. (The iconic sitcom is set in Illinois, so read into that what you will.)

Roseanne was pitched as a timely revival, one that put star Roseanne Barr's support for President Donald Trump in the narrative at a time when most scripted TV is decidedly liberal-skewing. Barr and the show's creative team have been keen to emphasize the new run won't keep its focus on politics, but any defense of the current administration, however fleeting in the first of two back-to-back episodes, is a rare broadcast TV ovation to some oft-ignored viewers.

None of that is to say Roseanne brought in its massive 18.1 million viewers and enviable 5.1 rating among adults 18-49 without some help from TV's top two markets. New York narrowly bested the national average for the show with a 12.8 rating among households and a 21 percent share. And in Los Angeles, numbers came in just shy of the national average with a 11.4 rating and an 18 percent share.

Roseanne's thrall in red states was hardly the rule. The show performed worst on ABC's North Carolina affiliate, WXLV, where a mere 9 percent of households tuned in. It narrowly underperformed in a noticeably weak showing in San Francisco.

ABC is clearly keen to get even more viewers to tune into the show. Ahead of likely significant digital and time-shifting lifts, the network announced it will rebroadcast Tuesday's episodes on Sunday night before American Idol.

Roseanne's 10 highest-rated markets
1. Tulsa, Oklahoma
2. Cincinnati, Ohio
3. Kansas City, Missouri
4. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
5. Chicago, Illinois
6. Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
7. Detroit, Michigan
8. Buffalo, New York
9. St. Louis, Missouri
10. Indianapolis, Indiana

Roseanne's 10 lowest-rated markets
1. Greensboro, North Carolina
2. San Francisco, California
3. Jacksonville, Florida
4. Miami, Florida
5. New Orleans, Louisiana
6. Providence, Rhode Island
7. Salt Lake City, Utah
8. Memphis, Tennessee
9. San Diego, California
10. Baltimore, Maryland

I'm surprised this was even allowed to air. The TV space seems to have become fairly niche and exclusionary... obviously certain markets have more pull than others, and that's always been the case with news, popular media to a degree for a long time. That's one reason I moved to east coast for a while. Mainstream culture itself is so cut off from the central US ... but seriously, these ratings are phenomenal. I had no idea the show was even coming back... I'd kind of written off TV in more than some respects...

Also Home Improvement I've been on a DIY/wood working kick... I would love for a show like it to return to TV, but with a whole new cast/backstory/drama...

[montblanc]

wtf how did it get so much

[Maru]

Originally Posted by montblanc

wtf how did it get so much

I don't even think The Bachelor gets anywhere near those views...

[arista]

Originally Posted by montblanc

wtf how did it get so much

18Million
Trump shouted.


Folks remember her old series

CNN HD just showed 2 clips from the ABC show
having one Left Wing Lady Character , friend, in it
is the key.

[Marsh.]

I've never watched it but there's something about the woman I can't stand. Her voice is awful.

Love Laurie Metcalfe though.

[MB.]

Sitting through mediocre sitcoms to own the libs!

[Alf]

Originally Posted by MB.

Sitting through mediocre sitcoms to own the libs!

You know nothing!

[Maru]

Originally Posted by Alf

You know nothing!

You tell 'em, brah

[reece(:]

Did anyone see Roseanne dragging Wendy?

[Gstar]

Originally Posted by reece(:

Did anyone see Roseanne dragging Wendy?

The local whites wouldn’t know but yes, it was brutal

[reece(:]

Originally Posted by Germyle

The local whites wouldn’t know but yes, it was brutal

Wendy's reaction ff

[Nicky91]

wow slay Roseanne

[Tom4784]

The Trump thing kills it for me tbh, her character's meant to be progressive but having her be a Trump supporter is quite irreconcilable with that given how much mileage he gets from endorsing hatred. From what I remember of the original series, she was political but not very partisan in her issues. I think drawing a line in her political beliefs either way ruins the character.

[Jamie89]

It's brilliant tbh, only seen the opening 2 eps but I'd go as far as saying it's funnier than the Will and Grace revival. Laurie Metcalf especially is a scream

[Mokka]

Originally Posted by Jamie89

It's brilliant tbh, only seen the opening 2 eps but I'd go as far as saying it's funnier than the Will and Grace revival. Laurie Metcalf especially is a scream

Ditto

[user104658]

BREAKING NEWS: A recent power surge in Washington DC caused a power plant to almost overload. The incident has been investigated, with the surge being traced to The White House. Upon inspection, 17 million televisions were discovered in a large underground bunker.

[Niamh.]

Originally Posted by Toy Soldier

BREAKING NEWS: A recent power surge in Washington DC caused a power plant to almost overload. The incident has been investigated, with the surge being traced to The White House. Upon inspection, 17 million televisions were discovered in a large underground bunker.

I used to love Rosanne back in the day. I must give the new one a watch

[Crimson Dynamo]

Here for the fumes from the various "communities" and East coast

[user104658]

I do always find US viewership weird. I mean... 18m is huge in the US, but its only 5.5% of the population. Meanwhile in the UK a bog standard midweek episode of Eastenders still hits 6m (9% of population) and big episodes hit 11m (16% of population).

In fact, 5.5% of UK population is only 3.5 million viewers which would be considered pretty dire for a big season premier.

I guess it's the difference between big "free telly" shows and cable?

Anyways, just something that's baffled me for a while, like other US shows getting 4 million and that being considered fine, when in a country with 325 million people it actually seems kind of awful .

[Marsh.]

Originally Posted by Toy Soldier

I do always find US viewership weird. I mean... 18m is huge in the US, but its only 5.5% of the population. Meanwhile in the UK a bog standard midweek episode of Eastenders still hits 6m (9% of population) and big episodes hit 11m (16% of population).

In fact, 5.5% of UK population is only 3.5 million viewers which would be considered pretty dire for a big season premier.

I guess it's the difference between big "free telly" shows and cable?

Anyways, just something that's baffled me for a while, like other US shows getting 4 million and that being considered fine, when in a country with 325 million people it actually seems kind of awful .

I suppose it depends what percentage of the population are watching television at the time.

[Maru]

Originally Posted by Marsh.

I suppose it depends what percentage of the population are watching television at the time.

Most people here have cable, so I think it's more to do with the fact we have a lot of options for TV so not restricted to just one show. For example, locally we have 30 OTA (over the air) channels on broadcast (including Spanish language). After searching stats, supposedly only 24% are "cord-cutters". So 19million is actually fairly impressive, when we consider that most people have cable packages with a lot of different choices. I'd say the average cable package is anywhere from 100-200 channels. And most people get a basic+extended-esk option and some people sub to "premium" channels like HBO, Showtime, Cinemax, etc. So yeah, plenty to compete for people's eyeballs.

I think I read some statistic that said Americans generally watch about 5 hours of TV everyday. Which sounds about right.

[Marsh.]

Originally Posted by Maru

Most people here have cable, so I think it's more to do with the fact we have a lot of options for TV so not restricted to just one show. For example, locally we have 30 OTA (over the air) channels on broadcast (including Spanish language). After searching stats, supposedly only 24% are "cord-cutters". So 19million is actually fairly impressive, when we consider that most people have cable packages with a lot of different choices. I'd say the average cable package is anywhere from 100-200 channels. And most people get a basic+extended-esk option and some people sub to "premium" channels like HBO, Showtime, Cinemax, etc. So yeah, plenty to compete for people's eyeballs.

I think I read some statistic that said Americans generally watch about 5 hours of TV everyday. Which sounds about right.

Oh I know. There's hundreds of TV channels but I'm saying, depends how much of the population is watching tv at any one time for the execs to say whether a certain percentage was a good result or a bad one.

[Mystic Mock]

Originally Posted by Toy Soldier

I do always find US viewership weird. I mean... 18m is huge in the US, but its only 5.5% of the population. Meanwhile in the UK a bog standard midweek episode of Eastenders still hits 6m (9% of population) and big episodes hit 11m (16% of population).

In fact, 5.5% of UK population is only 3.5 million viewers which would be considered pretty dire for a big season premier.

I guess it's the difference between big "free telly" shows and cable?

Anyways, just something that's baffled me for a while, like other US shows getting 4 million and that being considered fine, when in a country with 325 million people it actually seems kind of awful .

Tbf America creates way more shows than the UK does, plus it has more channels than we do, that's why it's alot easier to get by with 4 million viewers on certain channels in the US.

Tbh with Roseanne though I don't think that it could get much higher than it achieved as I don't see many Trump haters watching the programme which is the majority of America.

[Kizzy]

Roseanne as trump propaganda?... * childhood ruined

[Maru]

Season 2 already ordered by ABC.