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Four months ago, Rosie O’Donnell, who hosted the syndicated The Rosie O’Donnell Show and did a stint on ABC’s The View, teamed with syndication veterans Dick Robertson and Scott Carlin for a new syndicated daytime talk show. Now they have found a buyer, Oprah Winfrey’s upstart cable network OWN, a co-venture with Discovery Communications. Interesting move by Winfrey, who once competed with O’Donnell for the title of daytime talk show queen at the height of The Rosie O’Donnell Show in the late 1990s.
O’Donnell is a polarizing figure with strong political views and aggressive style who had previously indicated that she planned to stay true to herself on her new show. So giving her a daily talker on OWN, a network built on the premise of inspiring women and helping them better their lives, is somewhat surprising. But the description of the new show supplied by OWN seems to indicate that there will be more of the 1990s “queen of nice” bubbly persona than the darker, more controversial O’Donnell we’ve seen in the final stage of her daytime talk show, on The View as well as on her radio show on Sirius XM.
“Fans can anticipate a fun, uplifting show with Ms. O’Donnell’s playful and energetic style,” OWN said of the hourlong daily show, which will be based in New York. It is slated to premiere in 2011.
“Rosie is an undeniable talent who has captivated TV audiences for nearly 20 years,” said Oprah Winfrey. “She’s a true original, who brings her authentic voice, dynamic energy and pure passion to everything she does.”
“It’s an honor and a privilege to work with Oprah Winfrey on her network,” said Rosie O’Donnell. “I’m excited to be back on daytime television.”
O’Donnell earned six consecutive Daytime Emmys for Outstanding Talk Show Host during her years on The Rosie O’Donnell Show. In 2006, O’Donnell replaced Meredith Vieira as co-host of The View where she sparked a series of feuds with Donald Trump and co-hosts Elisabeth Hasslebeck and Barbara Walters, among others, which drew wide attention and helped the show spike in the ratings by 27%. Her stint there came to an abrupt end when she couldn’t come to an agreement on a new contract.
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“One of the most successful talk show hosts of the past 15 years”
I stopped reading after that. She is mean to her staff and is an all around fraud.
She has no class
Absolutely correct.. as terrible as Joy Behar both of which are left wing liberal socialist (my opinion) and as Anonymous below stated NO CLASS. Enough of my time wasted on this insignificant individual.
I’m so glad Rosie’s back! She always put on good shows and I can’t wait to start watching them!
By good shows shows… do you mean giving stuff away for free?
This is, indeed, an interesting move by OWN. Does this mean Rosie will exit her Sirius program “Rosie Radio,” that’s quickly generating a cult status? I’d love to know how OWN will deal with the notoriously political and widely outspoken Rosie. The OWN brand appears pretty wholesome and “mommy-geared”; Rosie defies those conventions. If it doesn’t go well with Rosie at OWN, all I can say is, well, I feel sorry for Christina Norman.
If OWN is picking up the show, then I guess it’s NOT going to be syndicated after all?
If that’s the case, it’s a VERY savvy move by Winfrey… for if Rosie’s show isn’t in the syndicated marketplace, it can’t steal revenue away from the other HARPO shows already in syndication. If it succeeds on OWN, everyone wins. If it fails on OWN, no one will notice.
My thoughts exactly. How can a show claim its first-run syndication when it was officially bought by a cable network?
Actually, I am “Rosied Out”, but picking up
Rosie by OWN stops her syndication deals,
and if she fails, like my staff thinks, who
will notice, and if she succeeds, OWN is not
in competition with her.
It is a win-win for Oprah!
OH BOY!! More of her wacko 9/11 theorys. Fat, ugly, stupid and nutz, I hope the show is live, cause I bet she’ll blow her brains out of national telivision.
“Rosie is an undeniable talent.” I’m going to go ahead and deny that. Rosie is a talentless, hideous slob of a human being.
Yea, I guess you have a much better record of spotting talent and know the business better than Oprah, huh? For all you Rosie bashers–look in the mirror. Where you see fat, ugly, slob etc., millions of others see/hear an independent, brave, and unique voice. When you have your own long-term successful career you can judge. Until then, as Rosie would say, “Zip it.”
If Rosie would “zip it” more often, maybe she wouldn’t be as much of a slob. But she’d still be talentless and hideous.
Fantastic! There has never been a better host on daytime – truthful, funny and relatable. Can’t wait to have Rosie back on tv where she belongs. Oprah and Rosie. Puts OWN on the map in a big way.
It sounds to me like those who say the vile and ignorant comments about Rosie seem to be the vile and ignorant people! Rosie is brilliant and loving and funny and way more soft than you think. I am blessed with the capability of really reading a person and Rosie has everything a show needs to succeed. Oprah aint no fool!
Can’t wait!
Rosie O’Donnell is damaged goods at a time the country is growing weary of entertainers who use their celebrity status as a soapbox to espouse their political agendas. I never considered her “the queen of nice.” I always felt there was an underlying nastiness behind her television facade. I have friends who had the misfortune to share the same living quarters with Ms. O’Donnell and one of her domestic partners in a certain gay New England town—they didn’t have kind words to say…she’s a beast.
I just threw up A LOT in my mouth. This is such a bad idea, I can smell the stench already. Rosie, don’t go away mad, just go away. I can see all of the HD subscribers canceling now.
Anyone want to bet on how long the show lasts before Rosie has another breakdown like she did on The View and walks off?
This is the person who said” terrorists are moms and dads, too.”
Rosie is just a mean lady.
Rosie, Please stop she is a hate machine. Cann’t she just retire?
Make this insanity stop.
Oh, that’s rich. Because the press release says Rosie will be ‘fun and uplifting’, we’re all supposed to believe it? Right. A mean-spirited creep who attacks anyone who doesn’t agree with her, says we should be nice to terrorists because ‘they’re mothers and fathers too’ and just loves Helen “Get the hell out of Palestine” Thomas is going to be a ‘bubbly persona’? Yeah, right.
Why doesn’t Rosie’s press release also tell us she’s going to be thin, blonde and have great legs? I mean, if you’re going to lie, why be timid about it?
Successful? Please! She was an average actress at best (notice I didn;t say actor). And she was simply a mean-spirited talk-show host.
At least OWN will be a smaller audience and is likely to disappear after 5 years anyway.
Rosie, go back to your vitriolic web rants.
I can’t wait. She’s an incredible talent and has more integrity in her little finger than most media figures have in their whole body. She’s fantastic.
Smart move by Oprah. Rosie won’t win and Oprah can’t lose.
Will we be given any more scholarly dissertations on the impossibility of steel burning?
Guess Dick Robertson and Scott Carlin couldn’t get a broadcast deal
Sorry, but I believe that this show will not get on the air unless Rosie is replacing Dr. Phil. Reportedly, Discovery Communications and Oprah have spent 75% of the budget on OWN, and the network is over one year away from launch.
Actually she will get on the air on Oprahs Own Network. Dr Phil is on a competely different network as are the other shows that Oprah has created.
This is the dumbest move I have ever seen. She is a big no talent at this point and angry. Can’t wait to read the books her kids write about her when they are older and she is meaner. The OWN exec on this show will get her own show….Rosie Caused my Breakdown will be the name of it….and it will air on Discovery Health because OWN will be out of business.
How is she “hateful” and “mean” ?? Because she has a strong opinion and has the nerve to be female and not care if men find her attractive or not? The squawking men on cable news aren’t bashed as mean and hateful, and some say truly hateful things. She’s one of the most genuinely philanthropic people and speaks authentically even if it’s to her own detriment. How many of you would have the nerve to speak your beliefs even if it hurt your career or bank account. Rosie doesn’t need Oprah, but these days it seems Oprah needs Rosie.
People like and dislike Rosie because she has a strong point of view and doesn’t suck up to everyone she interviews and conduct the traditional softball interviews which are so boring. That is why people remember her as a talk show host. For better or worse, she gets ratings and says things people remember…
OPRAH IS A SMART WOMAN. I LOVE HER AND GETTING ROSIE ON YOUR OWN NETWORK IS A SMART MOVE. SHE LEFT HER TALK SHOW WHEN SHE WAS ON TOP AND YOU WILL SEE HER GET BIG, BIG RATINGS. THERE MAY BE SOME WHO DISLIKE HER, BUT SHE IS OUTSPOKEN AND COURGEOUS ABOUT HER FEELINGS AND BELIEFS. MORE POWER TO ROSIE!!! SHE WILL DEFINITELY BE AN ASSET TO THE OWN NETWORK. CAN’T WAIT TO SEE HER.
Just hearing the name Rosie turns my stomache. She is in the same class as Martha Stewart and Brangelina, phony. The real problem is that with all her success she has not grown. She still spews the same kind of vile she started with back when. I am no prude and have had my hayday but I never talked in such crude, rude, ignorant manner. If she would get just a little class and show herself to be a person that actually has a concience I might be able to tolerate her name at least.