On Tuesday, 18.2 million people tuned in to watch Roseanne, the premiere of the sitcom's revival. On Wednesday, as the White House faced the departure of Hope Hicks and thus even more total disaster than its usual standard of disorder, President Donald Trump took a few minutes to dial its star, Roseanne Barr.

The New York Times reports that Trump—a man's who's built not only a business, but an entire psyche on his obsession with a television audience—called Barr to congratulate her on the show's success and to thank her for her support. Sarah Huckabee Sanders confirmed the conversation to the Times; she did not explain how a president who has still has quite a few cabinet members to oust, found some spare moments to chat with Roseanne.

But of course, presidents need to prioritize the issues that matter to them, so it's no surprise that this ecstatic combination of Trump, television, and television that is nice to Trump resonated with...Trump. In the revival, Barr's character has been transformed into a Trump supporter, much like Barr herself, who defended Trump in a New York Times interview earlier this week and claimed that he is "not homophobic at all," despite all recent evidence. No word on Trump's feelings for Roseanne's fictional lesbian sister Jackie (Laurie Metcalf) wears a pussy hat and a "Nasty Woman" t-shirt in the premiere.

While we wait to see if the show's audience continues to grow, a quick programming note for the White House staff: Roseanne airs on Tuesdays at 8 P.M. Fox & Friends is on nine hours later, at 6 A.M.

Mattie Kahn Mattie Kahn is a writer who lives in New York.

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