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The president's son congratulated the comedian on her show's massive return while also criticizing late-night hosts for their political leanings.

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00:00Donald Trump Jr. is praising ABC's Roseanne reboot after it debuted to stellar ratings

00:05and overperformed in middle America. This episode is brought to you by The Americans.

00:09The final season premieres tonight at 10 p.m. on FX. The president's son took to Twitter

00:14on Wednesday to celebrate the success of Roseanne Barr's rebooted sitcom. In the

00:19latest version of the show, Barr's character is a supporter of President Donald Trump.

00:23In a tweet quoting the numbers from the sitcom's premiere, Trump Jr. wrote,

00:26Barr, who is outspoken on social media, has come under fire for some recent statements.

00:40In deleted posts, she has criticized Parkland teens and is often voiced support for President Trump,

00:45who she has said she voted for, which is often seen as a rarity in Hollywood.

00:49Trump Jr.'s tweet not only praised the comedian's ratings, but also criticized the current crop

00:54of late-night hosts, whose politics heavily skew left and who Trump Jr. has openly taken issue

00:59with on social media in the past. The Roseanne reboot premiere came in as the highest-rated

01:04regularly scheduled scripted show for the last few seasons and the highest-rated sitcom broadcast

01:09in over three years. But not so surprisingly, New York and Los Angeles were not the markets

01:15where the show was the most dominant. According to Nielsen Media's metered market ratings,

01:19Roseanne scored the highest in Tulsa, Oklahoma. The country's No. 62 market, with just over

01:25500,000 TV-watching households, outperformed the national average by 60 percent, with an average

01:3219.0 overnight rating. And the market with the highest percentage of TV-watching households

01:37tuned into Roseanne was also in Central Time. An impressive 29 percent of Kansas City's

01:42Tuesday TV audience was watching Roseanne. Across all of Nielsen's metered markets,

01:47Roseanne averaged a robust 11.9 rating among households and 20 percent share of the audience.

01:53Other over-performing markets include Cincinnati, No. 2, Pittsburgh, No. 4, and Chicago, No. 5.

02:00The latter, TV's No. 3 market with nearly 3.5 million TV-watching households,

02:05helped Roseanne considerably. The iconic sitcom is set in Illinois, so read into that what you will.

02:11For much more on the Roseanne reboot, head to THR.com and let us know if you tuned into the premiere

02:15in the comments. Until next time, for The Hollywood Reporter News, I'm Tiffany Taylor.