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Tvs new reality. the one-hour special premiers tonight at 10:00 eastern. its hosted by cnns senior media correspondent joining us now. okay. 10:00. people will be treated to what? what will they see in this reality show? >> you know, we have tried to take a step back and think about prime time is changed by donald trump. think about the bush years or the obama years. you didnt hear the presidents name come up all the time in sitcoms or dramas but you do now. the plot lines make you think about t...

>> look at roseanne. >> with a shocking plot twist. >> cancelled. >> he really is everywhere. bri brian, you talked to these tv producers. why are they putting so much trump? >> working him in. >> yeah. >> i think it is interesting how he permeated even prime time tv, when youre not watching cnn, trying to get away from the news. >> hes still there. >> different from the clinton or bush or obama years. thats because in part he is a reality star. some of the show runners and producers may not lik...

Youre going to catch it. >> maybe we could get people to watch thinking that would happen, knowing it would never happen. >> suffering sappho! >> you know, its a shame. an image like this is completely wasted on us. >> i remember the network calling every other week saying, can will just fall in love with grace? and the creators were like, well, thats weird, hes gay. gay people dont do that. thats why theyre gay. >> why wasnt i your girlfriend, queer bait? >> "will and grace" was the first time ...

And thats what i finally did. >> we used to say ellen opened the door and we knocked it down. ♪ i love my mister ♪ tell me lazy tell me so ♪ tell me im crazy maybe i know ♪ ♪ cant help loving that man of mine ♪ >> take it, jack! >> and pas de bouree, pas de bouree, im gay! >> "will & grace" was a great show in sort of helping a mainstream straight community connect to the gay community. >> i think i can fix this thing with your landlord but might get a little ugly. >> play hardball, ...

I was -- i belong with everybody else. and thats what i finally did. >> we used to say ellen opened the door and we knocked it down. ♪ i love my mister ♪ tell me lazy tell me so ♪ tell me im crazy maybe i know ♪ ♪ cant help loving that man of mine ♪ >> take it, jack! >> and pas de bouree, pas de bouree, im gay! >> "will & grace" was a great show in sort of helping a mainstream straight community connect to the gay community. >> i think i can fix this thing with your landlord but it m...

Based on the fact that we had two gay men on it. >> give it to me! >> but if we could make believe that will and grace would get together. >> will, i told you, you live with a hetero long enough, youre going to catch it. >> maybe we could get people to watch thinking that would happen, knowing it would never happen. >> suffering sappho! >> you know, its a shame. an image like this is completely wasted on us. >> i remember the network calling every other week saying, can will just fall in love wi...

Watch thinking that would happen, knowing it would never happen. >> suffering sappho! >> you know, its a shame. an image like this is completely wasted on us. >> i remember the network calling every other week saying, can will just fall in love with grace? and the creators were like, well, thats weird, hes gay. gay people dont do that. thats why theyre gay. >> why wasnt i your girlfriend, queer bait? >> "will and grace" was the first time you saw characters on television that made gay normal. yo...

♪ tell me lazy tell me so ♪ tell me im crazy maybe i know ♪ ♪ cant help loving that man of mine ♪ >> take it, jack! >> and pas de bouree, pas de bouree, im gay! >> "will & grace" was a great show in sort of helping a mainstream straight community connect to the gay community. >> i think i can fix this thing with your landlord but might get a little ugly. >> play hardball, baby. throw low and inside. hes crowding the plate and weve got to -- >> grace, sports, youre losing me. >> i figur...

18 million viewers? because hes taking it. >> no. who knew what was going to be said on the show. to say you see, because they were talking about this in a positive way on the show, thats why the show popular. that would suggest that people had a script before to go see the show. theyre building an audience of x, y or z after three episodes. but to say on the first episode they said things that were pro trump that thats the reason that the show did well, doesnt kind of make sense. >> yeah. >> yo...

Its not that they overtly dislike conservatives but basically, people are drawn to different kinds of businesses. liberals, by and large, not entirely, are drawn to the sitcom business. in that business, because of that bubble i just spoke about, they just think bashing trump is funny. i watched the first episode of "will & grace" when it came back. every ten seconds, there was a cheap attack on president bush. i think they dont do this show for america, they do it for their liberal talents that...