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NBC’s attempt to revive the variety show genre hit a serious snag last week as “Rosie Live” drew a small audience on Thanksgiving Eve. Preliminary Nielsen estimates show that the Rosie O’Donnell-hosted spec, featuring celebrity guests, musical acts and comedy skits involving the likes of Alec Baldwin, Harry Connick Jr. and Liza Minnelli, settled for about 5 million viewers. In the 18-49 demo, it matched ABC’s “Pushing Daisies” as the night’s lowest-rated program on the major nets (1.2 rating/4 share), coming in below what the struggling “Knight Rider” has been averaging in recent weeks. NBC can’t be pleased with the...

In unprecedented swift action, NBC dropped Rosie O’Donnell’s new variety show after only one night. “There are a lot of things to be thankful for today, and one of them is that NBC viewers won’t have to look at Rosie anymore,” Jeff Zucker, president and CEO of NBC Universal, said Thursday while preparing for a Thanksgiving feast of tofu, bean sprouts, and salmon spaghetti carbonara. Zucker hinted he was considering asking President George W. Bush if it was legal to incarcerate O’Donnell in Gitmo on charges of terrorizing an audience.

Rosie O'Donnell's Wednesday night special on NBC, "Rosie Live," was supposed to be a tribute to the variety shows of the 1970s, but she added a Nixonian twist: Christmas songs, tap-dancing twins and an enemies list. Ms. Her opening monologue was a riff about her weight, focused on her Spanx support garments, which she described as "onesies for chubby fortysomethings."

November 27, 2008 NBC's Rosie O’Donnell variety show disappoints Rosie O'Donnell gave NBC a real turkey. The network's attempt to revive the primetime variety show failed to draw an audience Wednesday night, tying for the evening’s lowest-rated program. A mere 5 million viewers tuned in for the 8 p.m. premiere of “Rosie Live,” with the program earning a 1.2 preliminary adults 18-49 rating. The telecast matched ABC’s recently canceled “Pushing Daisies” as the night's lowest-rated program on a major broadcast network. NBC had high hopes for the special and planned to expand the program into a series should viewers re-embrace...

Two words: Dancing food. “Rosie Live” ended with dancing food. There’s nothing else to say, really except perhaps, Liza Minnelli. “Rosie Live” opened with a little song and dance from Liza Minnelli, who rose to the stage, as if from the grave, to sing a duet with O’Donnell, in a luminous white suit, complete with fetching Broadway hat. Liza, we love you, we will always love you, but there is no shame in retirement. In between we were treated to Harry Connick Jr. in a Santa hat, Conan O’Brien taking a pie in the face, and Jane Krakowski singing about...

Rosie O'Donnell, right, does a high-five with co-host Meredith Vieira after her interview on the NBC 'Today' television, in New York Monday Nov. 24, 2008.

Rosie O’Donnell has defended herself against critics who were angry she did not get involved in the battle against California’s Proposition 8, which set out to eliminate the right of same sex couples to marry. “This is nothing new for me,” Rosie told reporters on Wednesday, according to the Los Angeles Times. “When I got married, it was an act of civil disobedience as much as it was a love story. There is not any person in the country who doesn’t know I’m for gay marriage.” The star was criticized by some anti-Prop.8 groups for not lending her voice or...

NEW YORK, NY -- Rosie O’Donnell has taken aim at Republican vice presidential hopeful Sarah Palin, comparing her to a former co-worker and questioning the Alaskan Governor’s decision to run for office in light of her recent family issues. In a host of responses to questions from readers on her “Ask Ro” blog, the vocal star compared the candidate to her former “View” co-panelist, conservative Elisabeth Hasselbeck. “sarah p - elisabeth h / identical cousins,” O’Donnell reportedly blogged on Saturday. “women who hunt in high heels / gives one pause.” When asked if she believes “Palin is genuine,” by reader...

(Sept. 10) - Buried curiously deep in the lowercase crevasses of her latest poem-blog entry, Rosie O'Donnell offered her reaction and assessment of the recent fiery exchange on "The View" over John McCain's choice in a running mate. sarah p - elisabeth h identical cousins women who hunt in high heels gives one pause Why would O'Donnell call GOP VP candidate Sarah Palin and Elisabeth Hasselbeck "identical cousins ... who hunt in high heels"?

Rosie O'Donnell appeared on the May 5 "Today" show in its fourth hour, claiming that many have confused her "passion for rage" much in the same way as they've misunderstood Rev. Jeremiah Wright. Indeed, claimed the former "The View" co-host, Obama's former pastor "made sense to me." O'Donnell also defended Wright's conspiracy theory view on AIDS...

What happens to women who have shunned men and consequently shot themselves in the... not foot... well... let's just say they don't get any love. Man haters have cooked their own gooses. But they don't cook either. Oops. Hmmmm. Man haters have cleaned their own clocks. Oh Darn. They don't clean. Okay. Let's try again. Apparently the housekeeping analogies don't work with this subject. Man haters have shot their... nope. That doesn't work. Let's just say that man hating women are S. O. L. Does that work? Man hating women have created so much inner hated for the traditional and...

Rosie O'Donnell Blames Bush for Staph Infection Photo of Ken Shepherd. By Ken Shepherd | February 5, 2008 - 13:54 ET Greg Pollowitz of NRO's Media Blog already beat me to the punch, but it bears repeating on NewsBusters. The only fresh angle I can bring to this is that, to my recollection, this is the first time Rosie O'Donnell has attempted an original blog post in prose. For the occasion she blamed President Bush for a nasty staph infection back in 2000. I'm sure given enough time and inspiration from Joni Mitchell's greatest hits she can re-work her post...

Laugh all you want at George Lakoff’s advice for the Democrats to win by framing the debate and altering the vocabulary. Language is a key battleground in culture wars, and as soon as you step into your opponent’s frame of reference and start identifying bad weather as climate change, illiteracy as public education, and freedom as desperate need of care and supervision, you may lose not just the debate but the war, the culture, and your very way of life. A recent humorous discussion about PeopleSpeak™ at the People’s Cube prompted me to take a more serious look (to the...

Apparently, America's greatest patriot was on Loonwaffle/Trooferville's favorite radio show today with the King Nutbar himself, although I'm not sure if anyone grabbed audio. If you want to listen to the rebroadcast stream, go here. I don't feel like it. Have fun.

PLOCNIK, Serbia (Reuters) - If the figurines found in an ancient European settlement are any guide, women have been dressing to impress for at least 7,500 years. Recent excavations at the site -- part of the Vinca culture which was Europe's biggest prehistoric civilisation -- point to a metropolis with a great degree of sophistication and a taste for art and fashion, archaeologists say. In the Neolithic settlement in a valley nestled between rivers, mountains and forests in what is now southern Serbia, men rushed around a smoking furnace melting metal for tools. An ox pulled a load of ore,...

NEW YORK (Hollywood Reporter) - It's no go for Rosie. A possible deal for a one-hour MSNBC talk show hosted by Rosie O'Donnell has collapsed, the comedian said on her Web site late Wednesday. "We were close to a deal almost done," O'Donnell wrote on her blog (http://www.rosie.com). Negotiations continued late into Wednesday, but it was clear by evening that there would be no deal and no show. "My career as a pundit is over b4 it began," O'Donnell wrote......."

Rosie O’Donnell in Talks to Join MSNBC By JACQUES STEINBERG and BILL CARTER Rosie O’Donnell, who abruptly left “The View” on ABC last spring after drawing attention and ratings for her opinions on everything from the Iraq war to her co-hosts, is in serious discussions to return to television atop a new soapbox: a prime-time show on the cable news channel MSNBC, according to executives on both sides of the negotiations who have been briefed directly. Under one scenario, Ms. O’Donnell would be given the 9 p.m. slot each weeknight on MSNBC, where she would go head-to-head with two heavyweights...

The first F bomb of the evening came early, followed rapidly by the first insult of President Bush, which, not surprisingly, incorporated the second F bomb. This was not the end of the swearing, but then, this was not your usual book fair speaker. This was Rosie O'Donnell. Or, as she is known to the patient fans without tickets waiting outside in the standby line, just plain Rosie. O'Donnell kicked off the 24th edition of the Miami Book Fair International Sunday night at Miami Dade College, and the audience was smaller than usual on past opening nights. A rough count...

Sure, Rosie O'Donnell's a 9-11 conspiracy nut. But she's also a big-time liberal and ardent Republican critic. That makes her our 9-11 conspiracy nut. So let's not dwell on her lunacy. That seemed to be Mika Brzezinski's operative logic on today's "Morning Joe." During the opening 6 AM schmoozefest, talk turned to the confrontation between Rosie and an "O'Reilly Factor" staffer [identified by NewsBuster Ian Schwartz as likely being producer Jesse Watters] that recently occured at an O'Donnell book-signing. Rosie had apparently declined to return phone calls from the "Factor" inviting her on, so Bill dispatched a producer to offer...

Obesity is more dangerous than smoking and will dramatically shorten the lives of millions, a landmark study has found. While smoking reduces life by an average of ten years, the research says being seriously overweight can cut life expectancy by as much as 13 years. The Foresight report, written by 250 leading scientists, says Britain's obesity crisis is so severe that it would take at least 30 years to reverse. If current trends continue, by 2050 about 60 per cent of men, 50 per cent of women and 25 per cent of children in the UK will be clinically obese...

First Barry Manilow, Now Whoopi Goldberg Hassle The View's Hasselbeck over Conservative/Pro-Life Views Goldberg, who is said to have had at least 6 abortions, says, "Americans ought to 'revere' women, who have had abortions By Peter J. Smith NEW YORK, October 4, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) - Once again the pro-life views of Elisabeth Hasselbeck, the only conservative woman on ABC's "The View," have landed her in trouble after a heated exchange with Whoopi Goldberg, Rosie O'Donnell's replacement, on Wednesday's program edition. Hasselbeck noted her opinion that presidential Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton's proposal to give $5,000 for a new birth could help...

My name is Mike Metzger, MikeyMetz for short, co-founder of 9/11 Truth UAlbany. I will not go on about my past accomplishments in the "truth" movement, but I invite you to check out the official site and our stuff on GoogleVideo if you're that interested in my background. I figure the best way to start this all out is by reposting a Facebook note that explains my "sudden change of heart" to anyone who was interested. Change of Heart? I might be thinking too much of myself, but I'm sure some of you are already jumping to conclusions over my...

A Grammy Award winning singer/songwriter has scrapped a scheduled appearance on Barbara Walter's "The View" because he doesn't want to be seen on the same stage as Elizabeth Hasselbeck. Barry Manilow told TMZ.com that he "strongly disagrees" with Hasselbeck's views and that she is "dangerous and offensive." This is the first time in the brief history of the show that a celebrity guest has demanded that one of the co-hosts be sidelined before a cameo appearance is made. Manilow, who has been on the show before – he even gave Hasselbeck a hug once – scrapped the visit because, he...

Rosie O’Donnell used to break her own limbs with either a baseball bat or a wooden hanger when she was a child. This revelation, as well as many about her experiences on "The View" last year, is contained in a new book she’s written due shortly called “Celebrity Detox.” This personal memory, so shocking, is almost thrown toward the end of what is better described as a long essay than a short memoir. [snip] She broke her own bones, she recalls, “my hands and fingers usually. No one knew. It was a secret.” She used a Mets baseball bat she...

<p>It was inevitable: As the events of Sept. 11, 2001, fade into history, a disturbing number of conspiracy theories are gaining a toehold in our collective consciousness.</p> <p>As people who lived through that day and who now must make sense of what it means to live in a post-9/11 universe, we owe a commitment to the truth, both to those who perished and to ourselves.</p>

While watching TV, I saw a Sudafed PE commercial that had a womam blowing her nose, which caused her head to blow up like a balloon. Have you seen it? Is it just me, or does she look more like Rosie O'Donnell with each expansion of her skull?

Despite earlier reports that Rosie O’Donnell declined the opportunity to host the Price Is Right because she didn’t want to uproot her family from New York City to L.A., the truth is that CBS turned her down. “They thought I was too controversial to host the game show,” O’Donnell said on her R Family Vacations cruise from New York to the Bahamas. “I just wanted to ‘gay it up.’” So what did O’Donnell propose? For starters, she wanted to get rid of Barker’s beauties in favor of a chorus line of Broadway hunks, confetti, musical bumpers and a much-needed set...

Just because she doesn't have her 'View' platform doesn't mean Rosie O'Donnell is going to stop taking shots at her enemies whenever she can. O'Donnell took aim at both Donald Trump and Elisabeth Hasselbeck again during a gay-themed cruise, and pictures of O'Donnell's antics made their way to Us Weekly. In the photos, O'Donnell is seen with a large picture of Hasselbeck -- with devil horns, a mustache and a tail drawn over it. O'Donnell goes on to tell the crowd that Hasselbeck's "only f-ing credit was 'Survivor,'" taking a shot at her former co-host's resume.

The utter joke that is Rosie marches on. She says she wasn't hired to replace Bob Barker because of her line about spaying and neutering Republicans.

Picture of Rosie's daughter Vivi wearing an ammo belt is causing quite a stir on her site.

A leitmotif of the banter of "Morning Joe" on MSNBC is the eponymous Joe Scarborough's teasing of newsreader-cum-co-host Mika Brzezinski over her fancy upbringing as the daughter of former Carter NSA Zbigniew Brzezinski. Defending herself against the elitist charge this morning, Mika twice referred to herself as having grown up among "Polish hillbillies." But when it came to commenting on popular culture, Brzezinski condescended to both Rosie O'Donnell and average Americans in a way worthy of the most high-brow of snobs. At 6:57 am EDT, Scarborough made reference to retiring game show host Bob Barker's recommendation for his replacement. MSNBC...

Bob Barker endorsed his friend Rosie O'Donnell as a possible successor on "The Price Is Right," although the newly retired host isn't sure CBS wants a woman to take over the game show. "I believe they're going to have a meeting with Rosie," Barker said backstage Friday night at the Daytime Emmy Awards, where he won his 19th trophy. "She knows the show," he said. "There's no doubt in my mind she could do the show. Now, whether they want a lady host, I don't know. I've never heard that discussed. As far as I know, they've only auditioned men."...

(AP) LOS ANGELES -- Bob Barker endorsed his friend Rosie O'Donnell as a possible successor on "The Price Is Right," although the newly retired host isn't sure CBS wants a woman to take over the game show. "I believe they're going to have a meeting with Rosie," Barker said backstage Friday night at the Daytime Emmy Awards, where he won his 19th trophy. "She knows the show," he said. "There's no doubt in my mind she could do the show. Now, whether they want a lady host, I don't know. I've never heard that discussed. As far as I know,...

<p>Look out, ABC -- NBC wants Rosie O'Donnell in a bad way. New programming chief Ben Silverman is telling friends he will do anything to get O'Donnell onto the network, and not just in daytime. Silverman is talking to O'Donnell about hosting a prime-time game show he has up his sleeve as well as a daytime hour a la "The View." O'Donnell, meanwhile, is sitting pretty. Her final ratings on "The View" skyrocketed the show to unprecedented success. Barbara Walters will have quite a gap to fill over the summer as she looks for replacements. It's not like O'Donnell is going into semi-retirement while Silverman prepares his offer. On Monday, Rosie will give friends a sneak peek "hard hat" look at the new arts center she's building on West 45th Street named for a teacher who inspired her love of Broadway. The building, bought for her For All Kids and Rosie's Broadway Kids foundations, will open officially this fall. The facility is set to contain two dance studios, a music studio, practice rooms, a library, study café, changing rooms, administrative offices and a rooftop terrace. The New York City Department of Cultural Affairs will assist in the funding. Circle your calendars for Nov. 19. That's the day Rosie and Kelli Carpenter will host a 10th anniversary gala for O'Donnell's charities and the completion of the building. Who knows? If Silverman has anything to say about it, Rosie may already be back on the air by then.</p>

Remarkably there appear to be a growing number of people having trouble identifying who the “real terrorists” are. Here is a hint to help them. The real terrorists are the ones intentionally targeting innocent women and children, beheading as many Americans (and Jews) as they can get their hands on, and strapping bombs to their own small kids’ bodies sending them out to blow themselves up for the cause. Many of those confused about who the real terrorists are belong to the old “blame America” crowd, which has been given new life through the anti-war movement. Rosie O’Donnell recently made...

Michael Ramirez has something to say about Hogzilla and Rosie O'Donnell right here.

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NEW YORK - Rosie O'Donnell has fought her last fight at `The View.' ABC said Friday she won't be back on the show following her angry confrontation with co-host Elisabeth Hasselbeck on Wednesday. ADVERTISEMENT O'Donnell asked for, and received, an early exit from her contract. She was due to leave "The View" in mid-June. "Rosie contributed to one of our most exciting and successful years at `The View,'" show creator Barbara Walters said. "I am most appreciative. Our close and affectionate relationship will not change." In a statement, O'Donnell said she was grateful. "It's been an amazing year and I...

Rosie O'Donnell and Joy Behar too; Spewing dissent to the fans of The View Theories and conspiracies all day long; Compared to the facts, they're usually wrong One seems crazy, the other just nuts; Blaming all on Bush, 'cause they hate his guts "Impeach him!" they shout, "Arrest Cheney too"; Drawing support from the fans of The View "This war is illegal, too many are dead!"; Their eyes glare crazy, their faces burn red Meanwhile, sitting patiently, there on the right; Our sweet young Elisabeth, oh what a sight With child and glowing, a mother to be; Her eyes wide...

Rosie O'Donnell will not be on ABC's popular talk show Thursday after a big blow up with Elisabeth Hasselbeck about the war in Iraq on "The View." ABC reported O'Donnell is taking the day off because of her wife's birthday. Nevertheless, many are likely to speculate that O'Donnell's decision to take the day off may be connected to the argument with Hasselbeck. On Wednesday's show a conversation started by Joy Behar dealing with getting Al Gore to run for president ended in a heated argument about the war in Iraq, and Behar wasn't even involved. Rosie O'Donnell called Elisabeth Hasselbeck...

When it comes to anti-war politics, Rosie O'Donnell is one bedfellow Chris Matthews would gladly do without. The MSNBC host made that crystal clear on this afternoon's Hardball. Matthews played a clip of O'Donnell's recent slanging match in which she unmistakably intimated to Elizabeth Hasselbeck that US troops are terrorists, responsible for 655,000 civilian deaths in Iraq [itself a grossly exaggerated figure in any case]. MSNBC HOST CHRIS MATTHEWS: While I generally sympathize with her point of view, her skepticism about this war, I do have a problem with her suggestion that we're the terrorists, which is clearly what the...

The May 17 edition of "The View" featured Rosie equating the United States with the terrorists, and Joy announcing her support for a Republican...but not what you may think. Token non-liberal Elisabeth Hasselbeck strongly made her case for how evil terrorists are and Rosie scuffed, "I don’t think you should use the word terrorist." Hasselbeck then noted a murderer is a murderer and asked what we should call terrorists "sweet peas?"Rosie, in interrogating the non-liberal co-hosts, implied that the United States are the real terrorists. O’DONNELL: I haven't -- I just want to say something. 655,000 Iraqi civilians are dead....

NORMALLY I do not watch "The View", however my Democrat Brother watches it continuously, and I can't help but notice it on as I go through the living room on my way to the kitchen. This morning's outrage by Rosie was that she was quite inferring that our nation was acting as the terrorist nation in Iraq and the question she asked of one of the other panelists (I think Hasselbeck?) in defense of her point of view was: "If someone invaded your country and killed 655 thousand citizens, wouldn't you say they were terrorist?". I didn't bother to watch...

War is the most horrible stage in human relations. That is why most leaders defer to it only as a last resort. Now, good people might disagree as to when war should finally be triggered, but that is the debate that takes place within most modern social structures. The Iraq war began only after a series of events, or lack thereof, took place. Calls for the President’s and Vice-President’s respective impeachments are ludicrous. There is an historical record in this, perhaps more than most, that belies such poppycock. ... ...In 1965, President Lyndon Johnson instigated (and I mean that in...

Conspiracy: Unless the feds had something to do with it, the theory held by Rosie and others that the Twin Towers were brought down by the Bush administration just crashed and burned on a California freeway. In recent discussions on the jaundiced "View" and her Web site, conspiracy theorist Rosie O'Donnell opined that the 9/11 collapse of the Twin Towers, as well as 7 World Trade Center, marked "the first time in history that fire has ever melted steel." This, she said, is "physically impossible." Well, not exactly. Fire only has to weaken a structure already weakened by, say, a...

Republican Rudy Giuliani once derided Hollywood in his Senate bid against Hillary Rodham Clinton. Today, as he pursues the presidency, he's collecting checks from actors Adam Sandler and Kelsey Grammer, and Paramount studio chief Brad Grey. The entertainment industry has always been a wealth of cash for political candidates—a whopping $27.5 million in the 2004 election cycle—and Democrats traditionally have been the top draw. In the last election, $7 out of every $10 from the industry went to Democrats, according to the Center for Responsive Politics. Yet, the latest campaign finance reports show Republicans making some inroads, not only with...

Call her Rosie Inc. If Rosie O'Donnell was a business pitch right now, she'd be a win-win. The opinionated diva who quit her job as co-host of "The View" last week is a TV maestro who could mean big bucks for the next studio that signs her up, TV industry experts say. "She's the only talent I've ever worked with who thinks like a producer," said a former co-worker. As early as last winter, O'Donnell began holding talks with at least one major studio about producing a new talk show, according to industry sources. On her personal Web site Rosie...

 Check out this revealing account in yesterday’s New York Post of an appearance by crass lesbian Rosie O’Donnell to a group of VIP women in New York City. The story here is not Rosie’s mouth — the Big Apple’s sewers are cleaner than that – but the lack of outrage from the assembled powerful women despite the presence of a group of high-achieving high school girls in the room. But why are we surprised: after all, most of these women probably endorse the “Vagina Monologues,” a vulgar feminist play that has women discussing their private parts on stage as part of their assault on...

With Rosie O'Donnell on her way out of "The View," could Joy Behar be seeking to establish herself as the show's dominant voice of vulgarity? Commenting on a videotape of President Bush doing an impromptu dance with a West African troupe on the occasion of Malaria Awareness Day, with the First Lady in attendance, Behar said the following: THE VIEW CO-HOST JOY BEHAR: Laura looks like she's starting to drink. Did you see her? She's like stoned. View video here.Note that while Mrs. Bush isn't visible in the clip shown here, the First Lady was indeed in attendance and Behar...

In the wake of yesterday's announcement that Rosie O'Donnell will be departing "The View," the folks at "Today" had some fun this morning with the notion that Meredith Vieira, the "View" regular who Rosie replaced there, might return to the ABC gabfest. As Vieira began a tease, in "Today's" opening, for an upcoming segment on the parting of ways at "The View," weatherman Al Roker shouted from off-camera "are you going to go back?" Vieira went with the flow, announcing tongue-in-cheek: "So yes, I'll be leaving the 'Today' show to rejoin my friends at 'The View.' Sayanora." That's when co-host...