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Ready for the return of Rosie?
The former Queen of Nice, who then sort of transformed into the Duchess of Grouchiness, is returning to TV on Oprah Winfrey’s OWN network on Monday, Oct. 10. The Rosie Show will air weekdays at 7 p.m. on the network, and will cover “current events, spotlight hometown heroes and newsmakers, showcase the arts, celebrate kids and families, as well as feature well-known and upcoming talent.”
UPDATE: O’Donnell took the stage here at the TV critics press tour, and really won over the tough crowd. (Really!) She explained her new show would only have one celebrity per episode, along with a comedy bit and some kind of game. Asked if the show would be controversial and/or tackle a lot of LBGT issues, O’Donnell said her focus was to be fun and entertaining. She did, however, add: “If we were on in last few months, I’m sure we’d have somebody talking with us about the fascination with the Casey Anthony trial when there are many other children tortured and killed every day.”
O’Donnell said she came very close to signing with a broadcast network for a talk show, but NBC’s treatment of Conan O’Brien and her longtime wish to work with Oprah Winfrey swayed her to join OWN. “I was just about to sign a deal with a broadcaster when Oprah got the wind of it,” she said. “We talked for about four hours. She asked [why I wanted to do a show with OWN] and I said, ‘Because it’s you. And you may not get you, but I’m 50 and half my life I’ve gotten her.’ It’s a huge stamp of approval beyond anybody’s dream. It’s almost like being knighted.”
That said, O’Donnell said she doesn’t think of herself as an inspirational figure like Winfrey. “[Nobody is saying], ‘If only I could be Rosie O’Donnell, an overweight lesbian who yells too much.’”
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I’m surprised EW didn’t pick up that item yesterday about Jenny McCarthy leaving OWN. She didn’t like the direction OWN producers were pushing her show! She’s lucky she gets the time of day, IMO. Talk about no talent. I’m also predicting the demise of OWN within 5 years.
They will rename it PWNed!
*crickets*
What an ugly, big, fat slob!
woot woot, so excited, yay ROSIE!!!
LAme
Whye do all the liberal women on TV have to be ugly, big fat slobs!
I loved her on her show back in the day, and I even liked her on The View for the most part. I hope her new show is fun and not so political.
Don’t count on it, the woman is a nut cake.
I’ll mark the date so I can manage to have something more exciting to do such as watching paint dry.
Hilarious!
Ding Ding Ding!! There’s a trainwreck a’comin!!
What took you so long? Can’t wait to see you host a show again. Thanks for all you did for viewers before and thanks for all you can do again.
Simply put, NO, don’t want or need more of that.
Rosie is the perfect poster girl for gays in the military! What would be scarier than that man-hating shrew with an M-16???
HELLO: Sheduling Dept.
Thats too bad about the time. I have watched Jepardy most of my life. Why not the 4PM time slot. I miss Oprah and now there is nothing at 4 but news.
The “Only Wing Nuts” channel is imploding.
This is digging up the dregs you wanted to stay planted forever!
Roe, Can i sing on your “NEW” TV-Show? EX-Singer from ; Jim Bakker Television Show”, and appeared; “On-Air” segment aired 4 times, and PM-Magazine TV. Thanks, check me out om; “Youtube.com”. I am friends with Actor Leslie Jorden “WILL & GRACE” tv.
There’s one reason she be on again. Elections will come nxt yr and need someoneoutspokenlikeher–woppie golbergkindatodeliverpunch lines. Just saaaying.
OMG – cant she just go away and leave us in peace? No one wants to hear what she has to say. God please spare us!!!
I’ll be busy that night, enough hate on TV anyway