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“Roseanne,” Helford went on, represents the Conner family, and a “full cross-section of values and beliefs. Everybody in the family has a different take on things. And we wanted to get that debate going in a very honest way, in a very real way. So whether you’re pro-Trump, or anti-Trump or pro-Jill Stein, or wherever we’re going tonight, it was really about getting that dialogue going in an honest way.”

There’s no agenda on anyone’s part, Helford said, adding that the show is attempting “to get honest feelings out there, within a family that’s relateable.”