"
data-check-event-based-preview=""
data-is-vertical-video-embed="false"
data-network-id=""
data-publish-date="2018-07-30T22:20:16Z"
data-video-section="us"
data-canonical-url="https://www.cnn.com/videos/us/2018/07/30/lebron-james-school-ohio-trump-dividing-us-sot-vpx.cnn"
data-branding-key=""
data-video-slug="lebron james school ohio trump dividing us sot vpx"
data-first-publish-slug="lebron james school ohio trump dividing us sot vpx"
data-video-tags="athletes,basketball,continents and regions,donald trump,lebron james,midwestern united states,nba,north america,ohio,political figures - us,sports and recreation,sports figures,sports organizations and teams,the americas,united states"
data-details="">
"
data-check-event-based-preview=""
data-is-vertical-video-embed="false"
data-network-id=""
data-publish-date="2018-07-14T15:07:45Z"
data-video-section="politics"
data-canonical-url="https://www.cnn.com/videos/politics/2018/07/14/comedian-pranks-politicians-walsh-sot-smerconish-vpx.cnn"
data-branding-key=""
data-video-slug="comedian pranks politicians walsh sot smerconish vpx"
data-first-publish-slug="comedian pranks politicians walsh sot smerconish vpx"
data-video-tags="arts and entertainment,comedians and comedy,government and public administration,michael smerconish,politics,us congress,us house of representatives,celebrities,sacha baron cohen"
data-details="">
"
data-check-event-based-preview=""
data-is-vertical-video-embed="false"
data-network-id=""
data-publish-date="2018-08-21T12:35:29Z"
data-video-section="politics"
data-canonical-url="https://www.cnn.com/videos/politics/2018/08/21/reality-check-musicians-music-politics-relationship-avlon-new-day-vpx.cnn"
data-branding-key=""
data-video-slug="reality check musicians music politics relationship avlon new day vpx"
data-first-publish-slug="reality check musicians music politics relationship avlon new day vpx"
data-video-tags="government and public administration,john avlon,misc people,political events,political rallies,politics"
data-details="">
"
data-check-event-based-preview=""
data-is-vertical-video-embed="false"
data-network-id=""
data-publish-date="2018-05-30T19:25:33Z"
data-video-section="politics"
data-canonical-url="https://www.cnn.com/videos/politics/2018/05/30/kim-kardashian-white-house-prison-reform-sot.hln"
data-branding-key=""
data-video-slug="kim kardashian white house prison reform sot"
data-first-publish-slug="kim kardashian white house prison reform sot"
data-video-tags="business figures,celebrities,crime, law enforcement and corrections,government and public administration,government bodies and offices,jared kushner,kim kardashian,prison reform,prisons and jails,us federal government,white house,donald trump,political figures - us"
data-details="">
"
data-check-event-based-preview=""
data-is-vertical-video-embed="false"
data-network-id=""
data-publish-date="2018-04-27T19:39:45Z"
data-video-section="politics"
data-canonical-url="https://www.cnn.com/videos/politics/2018/04/27/chance-the-rapper-kanye-west-twitter-nr.cnn"
data-branding-key=""
data-video-slug="chance the rapper kanye west twitter nr"
data-first-publish-slug="chance the rapper kanye west twitter nr"
data-video-tags="arts and entertainment,celebrities,chance the rapper,chicago,donald trump,government and public administration,government bodies and offices,illinois,kanye west,midwestern united states,music,north america,political figures - us,rap and hip-hop music,united states,us federal government,white house"
data-details="">
"
data-check-event-based-preview=""
data-is-vertical-video-embed="false"
data-network-id=""
data-publish-date="2018-04-16T21:33:08Z"
data-video-section="politics"
data-canonical-url="https://www.cnn.com/videos/politics/2018/04/16/sam-waterston-rod-rosenstein-firing-protest-orig-cs.cnn"
data-branding-key=""
data-video-slug="Sam Waterston Rod Rosenstein firing protest orig cs"
data-first-publish-slug="Sam Waterston Rod Rosenstein firing protest orig cs"
data-video-tags="arts and entertainment,celebrities,celebrity and pop culture,crime, law enforcement and corrections,criminal law,eastern europe,europe,government and public administration,investigations,law and legal system,political figures - us,politics,protests and demonstrations,rod rosenstein,russia,russia meddling investigation,sam waterston"
data-details="">
"
data-check-event-based-preview=""
data-is-vertical-video-embed="false"
data-network-id=""
data-publish-date="2018-04-04T14:52:12Z"
data-video-section="us"
data-canonical-url="https://www.cnn.com/videos/us/2018/04/04/lesser-known-facts-about-cynthia-nixon-orig-ma.cnn"
data-branding-key=""
data-video-slug="lesser known facts about cynthia nixon ORIG MA"
data-first-publish-slug="lesser known facts about cynthia nixon ORIG MA"
data-video-tags="arts and entertainment,celebrities,celebrity and pop culture,cynthia nixon,elections and campaigns,government and public administration,government bodies and offices,governors,gubernatorial races,new york (state),new york city,north america,northeastern united states,politics,state elections,united states"
data-details="">
"
data-check-event-based-preview=""
data-is-vertical-video-embed="false"
data-network-id=""
data-publish-date="2018-03-28T01:52:57Z"
data-video-section="politics"
data-canonical-url="https://www.cnn.com/videos/politics/2018/03/28/caroline-sunshine-white-house-orig-llr.cnn"
data-branding-key=""
data-video-slug="caroline sunshine white house orig llr"
data-first-publish-slug="caroline sunshine white house orig llr"
data-video-tags="arts and entertainment,celebrity and pop culture,companies,government and public administration,government bodies and offices,us federal government,walt disney company,white house"
data-details="">
"
data-check-event-based-preview=""
data-is-vertical-video-embed="false"
data-network-id=""
data-publish-date="2017-12-02T19:34:33Z"
data-video-section="politics"
data-canonical-url="https://www.cnn.com/videos/politics/2017/12/02/tom-hanks-talks-politics-with-axelrod-nr-sot.cnn"
data-branding-key=""
data-video-slug="tom hanks talks politics with axelrod nr sot"
data-first-publish-slug="tom hanks talks politics with axelrod nr sot"
data-video-tags="arts and entertainment,celebrities,celebrity and pop culture,david axelrod,donald trump,government and public administration,government bodies and offices,political figures - us,tom hanks,us federal government,white house"
data-details="">
"
data-check-event-based-preview=""
data-is-vertical-video-embed="false"
data-network-id=""
data-publish-date="2018-02-23T08:23:30Z"
data-video-section="business"
data-canonical-url="https://www.cnn.com/videos/cnnmoney/2018/02/23/oprah-jimmy-kimmel-trump-tweet-presidential-run-orig-gs.cnn"
data-branding-key=""
data-video-slug="oprah jimmy kimmel trump tweet presidential run orig gs"
data-first-publish-slug="oprah jimmy kimmel trump tweet presidential run orig gs"
data-video-tags="2020 presidential election,arts and entertainment,celebrities,donald trump,elections and campaigns,government and public administration,government bodies and offices,late night television,oprah winfrey,political candidates,political figures - us,politics,television programming,us federal elections,us federal government,us presidential elections,white house"
data-details="">
"
data-check-event-based-preview=""
data-is-vertical-video-embed="false"
data-network-id=""
data-publish-date="2018-02-27T01:06:23Z"
data-video-section="politics"
data-canonical-url="https://www.cnn.com/videos/politics/2018/02/27/stacey-dash-congress-clueless-star-zw-orig.cnn"
data-branding-key=""
data-video-slug="stacey dash congress clueless star zw orig"
data-first-publish-slug="stacey dash congress clueless star zw orig"
data-video-tags="celebrities,elections and campaigns,government and public administration,politics,stacey dash,us congress,us federal elections,us house elections,us house of representatives"
data-details="">
After posting gangbuster ratings for the reboot of her late 20th-century sitcom, Roseanne Barr received a call from President Donald Trump on Wednesday.
The White House declined to provide any additional details about the call, which occurred on a day when the President had no public events.
But Trump himself chose to recount the conversation Thursday at the tail end of a nearly hour-long speech at a union facility outside Cleveland.
“Look at Roseanne – look at her ratings,” Trump told the crowd, which had gathered to hear Trump deliver what was billed as an infrastructure speech but sounded instead closer to a political rally.
He said he first took a phone call Wednesday from the producer of his “Apprentice” series Mark Burnett, who asked whether he’d seen Roseanne’s ratings.
“They were unbelievable,” Trump said. “Over 18 million people. And it was about us.”
Trump said the mainstream media hadn’t yet “figured it out yet.”
Trump has historically been highly attuned to television ratings, including his own as the host of NBC’s “The Apprentice.”
A vocal Trump supporter, Barr’s revived “Roseanne” has been viewed as the latest chapter in the culture wars. It premiered Tuesday on ABC to a whopping 18.2 million viewers.
Barr on Thursday shared that she and Trump had spoken about TV ratings and that Trump had called to congratulate her.
“They said, ‘Hold please for the President of the United States of America’ and that was about the most exciting thing ever. It was just very sweet of him to congratulate us,” she said Thursday morning during an interview on ABC News’ “Good Morning America.”
“We just kind of had a private conversation,” she said. “But you know, we talked about a lot of things. He’s just happy for me. I’ve known him for many years and he’s done a lot of nice things for me over the years. So, it was just a friendly conversation about work, and you know, television and ratings.”
“Roseanne” originally ran on the network from 1988 to 1997. It portrays the fictional blue-collar Conner family, who live in Illinois. In real life, Barr is also a vocal Trump supporter, though she lives on a macadamia nut farm in Hawaii and not in Illinois.
CNN’s Veronica Stracqualursi contributed to this report.
