That said, by showing audiences the problems that the different generations of the Conner family are currently facing, Roseanne can still reflect the average U.S. household without its plots getting bogged down by real-life opinions.
But as viewers have seen through the first three episodes, Trump’s role as the President in the Conners’ America doesn’t mean the sitcom’s storylines are solely about D.C. exploits, or how Barr and the other actors personally feel about it all.
So much of the dialogue ahead of Roseanne’s new season was focused on how politically motivated the new storylines and character motivations would be, with much of that fueled by Roseanne Barr herself, an avid Donald Trump supporter who’d teased that the Conner family’s latest exploits would be taking place squarely within the current political climate.