Rosie's Variety Show Flops...BIG Time!

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Here's something to be thankful for: Rosie O'Donnell's variety show flopped BIG TIME Wednesday night.

All together now: Awwwwwww!

As James Hibberd of The Hollywood Reporter wrote Thursday morning, "Rosie O'Donnell gave NBC a real turkey."

According to the numbers, that's an understatement:

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.  [...]

Critics were not kind. The NY Times described it as "hokey comedy with an enemies list." TV Guide called it a "ghastly ego trip." And the LA Times asked, "Rosie, what on earth were you thinking?"

What indeed?

Potentially, Rosie's problem is that nobody's interested in her politics (readers are encouraged to review Tim Graham's earlier piece concerning this matter). Even the New York Times was displeased with Rosie injecting her personal opinions into a variety show:

Lame jokes are part of the holiday variety genre, along with campy production numbers featuring sexy dancers and cute little children. Celebrity score-settling, on the other hand, belongs to the self-obsessed blogging Facebook generation. Ms. O'Donnell, who frequently takes out her frustrations in a video diary on her Web site, would have been better served leaving herself behind and sticking to the classics.

Wow. When Rosie can't please the Times, it's not a good sign!

Maybe if you all say a special prayer as part of your Thanksgiving Grace, this will be the last we see of Ms. O'Donnell.

—Noel Sheppard is the Associate Editor of NewsBusters. Follow him at Facebook and Twitter.


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All together now....

AAAAAAAWWWWWW!

awwwww

*sniff* I think I am getting a little verklempt! 

member of the Conservative Independant Witness Protection Program since Nov. 5, 2008

kata

kata,

Verklempt? Sprechen Sie Yiddish? ns

nien

Sprechen Sie Mike Myers :) 

member of the Conservative Independant Witness Protection Program since Nov. 5, 2008

→ I'm thankful

Was there ever any doubt.

Look for more of the same when they try to forcefeed "fairness" on us.

  • LYDSEXICS UNTIE!

I'm thankful

. . . for DVR. Didn't know she was on . . I was watching that day's The Price Is Right with Drew Carey.

 

Sad about Pushing Daisies,

Sad about Pushing Daisies, its cleverly written and clean.

What? What about Pushing

What? What about Pushing Daisies? My daughter and I watch that one but didn't yet this week (We have it recorded to watch when she comes down tomorow) Did they cancel it? Is it over? Did his father reappear? Did Chuck's aunt find out she was really her mother? Did Olive find love? WHAT???

and who shot JR?

and who shot JR?

Thanks, Ro-Ro

Rosie:

Thank you for the huge helping of turkey on Thanksgiving eve.  Now please, just go away and keep quiet.  No one cares!!

How Does this Happen

I guess I am totally nieve about show business people.  Right Wing, Left Wing, why would anyone be interested in seeing this person in any venue. Why would anybody think there's money to be made off this....this..... person ?

There was one movie she was funny in, that was Exit to Eden circa 1994.  She should have stayed in that type of supporting role, kept her personal life to herself, and lived happily ever after.  I am not interested in her agenda.

 

The best thing about Exit to

The best thing about Exit to Edin was Dana Delaney. http://www.imdb.com/...

Blame it on.........

Let me guess.  No one watched, and it's President Bush's fault!!

Of course it's Bush's fault

See - if George Bush were nicer and not such a war criminal, those terror attacks would not have happened in Mumbai.  Because of Bush, the whole world hates us, doncha know?  George Bush and Dick Cheney planned the whole Mumbai terror attacks so that everyone would be watching Fox News instead of tuning in to watch Rosie O.  

See how that works?  

All is Forgiven!

Maybe Rosie should contact President Bush and ask for a presidential pardon for inflicting this horrific hour upon the American viewers.

poor rosie

Poor Rosie! I stopped paying any attention to that woman when she tried to slam Tom Selleck for being a mamber of the NRA. Remember? Back when she was pretending to be striaght and had a crush on Tom. The woman is nohting but a liar and a fake.

 

 

 

Never under estimate the power of stupid people in large groups.

Too bad...

she didn't include any of her poetry.

Like whipped cream and a cherry on a cowpie.

She finally committed the only Hollywood sin that sticks.

  Poor ratings.

  Maybe now she will finally GO AWAY. 

Sincerely,

a Veteran of a 1000 psychic wars.

you forget the sin of being

you forget the sin of being conservative

Would that Rosie would go away

JWF, would that you were right.  Unfortunately, loonies like Rosie also have access to alternative media.  And famous loonies like Rosie can always get the MSM's attention by saying or doing something outrageous.

Welcome to the era of unity, you racist!

Then How Come

Oliver Stone or Sean Penn never go away?

Change: When the winds of change blow hard enough, the most trivial of things can become deadly projectiles. (On a Poster)

Everything she touches becomes a failure.

She's had a failed talk show

Failed MC gig on Comedy Central

Failed acting career

A failed Magazine

Failed spot on The View

Failed variety show

Failed singing career

Failed Stand-up career...

AND YET SHE STILL GETS HIRED BY THE NETWORKS!!!!

 

 

 

Perfect Demotivator for the Obama Administration

http://www.despair.com/government.html

As though..

.. militant lesbian activists are hard to find?

Alan KEYES 2012 

and the conclusion is.....

Rosie is I-R-R-E-L-E-V-A-N-T-!

Everything she touches becomes a failure.

It's so wonderful to know that God is in control isn't it?

Romans 1:22  Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools 

 

 

And the LA Times asked,

And the LA Times asked, "Rosie, what on earth were you thinking?"

Aw, geez. Please don't anyone ever ask her that...

2+2=

It never occurred to me to use "Rosie" and "thinking" in the same sentence.

If I may be so blunt

This is the ultimate moment of Schadenfreude*.  And if I also may add the following.

 

 

For the record, I am NOT RECOGNIZING BARRACK HUSSEIN OBAMA ODINGA AS
PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES!  I would like to become part of a
secession front!

He might be president of

He might be president of some United States but never mine.

What goes around comes around...

This is bound to happen when you run your mouth as much as she does...what goes around comes around. Everyone is tired her...FINALLY!!

No Market?

Are you telling me there is no market out there for bitter fat dykes who spew poison when their mouth opens?  I'm shocked!

Winston Churchill ~ "Socialism is the philosophy of failure, the creed of ignorance, and the gospel of envy."

Rosie and NBC

Rosie O'Donut and the Nothing But Crap Network go togather like cornbread and brown beans. They both produce one big Fa**.

 Old, Retired and glad of it.

Ok, I didn't watch the show,

Ok, I didn't watch the show, but my Mom was watching it in the other room and I could overhear some of it. Good grief it sounded lame. Honestly, I think I've heard smoother deliveries from the kids at the local elementary schools christmas pagent. I personally dislike her as much as anyone on this forum, but I at least thought she could deliver a decent performance as the host of a show. She sounded completely unprepared.

Rosie and NBC deserve each

Rosie and NBC deserve each other; may they go down the tubes together in marital bliss....

Rosie

Not charming, not witty, not nice. So WTF did she get a variety show for?? Because there are as  many stupid people in America as not?? Or because the TV execs thought so???

Awwwwwww!

Awwwwwww!

"Rosie O'Donnell gave NBC a real turkey." 

-----------------Translation--------------------

"A Turkey gave NBC a real turkey"

---------------------------------------------------------

"Everyone is entitled to be stupid, but some abuse the privilege." ~ Anonymous

Not since the days of

Such bigtime flops as Pink Lady and Jeff and Supertrain, has NBC stunk up the TV joint like this.  Both those shows were in what I consider the biggest year for TV flops, 1979.

 

 

For the record, I am NOT RECOGNIZING BARRACK HUSSEIN OBAMA ODINGA AS
PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES!  I would like to become part of a
secession front!

what completely baffles me is

that rosie o'donnell warrants enough hollywood credit to even be considered for her own show ... and a variety show at that.  she's not talented ... at all.

she's like a fungus that keeps coming back.  hopefully, the ratings will serve as "television tinactin" and will eradicate this pest for good.

 

 

 

I challenge you to a du-el

Is that a young Brian Urlacher in the photo with her? 

When a liberal speaks, the truth is busy elsewhere.

NB changed the photo in this post!

Now my sly wit seems clumsy and ham handed.  Maybe I need some Old Spice. 

When a liberal speaks, the truth is busy elsewhere.

I saw the original photo

I saw the original photo and got a good chuckle from your sly wit, but....  "who's laughing now"? :-)

When asked if he went to war with Iraq  to derail the impeachmen vvote:  “I don’t think any serious person would believe that any President would do such a thing." - President Clinton (Dec 1998).

That shark must have been

That shark must have been wafer-thin for a heifer like Rosie to be able to jump...

Turkey

 "Rosie O'Donnell gave NBC a real turkey."

Nobody wants to stuff THAT turkey! Ewww!

Uncle Gary

"Bri is with Jesus now, we will meet again, just not right now. We love you Bri!"

Y'all keep messing with Rosie

she might decide to moon us. That will block out the sun and usher in a new ice age.

§ Coco..Hehehe

Is it Part 2 of Heroes???

The MOON blocks out the SUN and the Heroes loose ALL their Powers???

Ster.

"People who say they don't care what people think are usually desperate to have people think they don't care what people think." - Carlin.

evenin Ster

Hope you had a really blessed day. I did.

She could be the solution to the global warming problem.

I guess that global warming

I guess that global warming would become a reality then instead of Gores fantisy

Snicker snicker... ha ha...

Snicker snicker... ha ha... oh...cough... snicker...snicker...hahahahaHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH 

"This
liberal would be all about socialize -- uh, uh, would be about
basically taking over and the government running all of your companies."-Maxine Waters 2008

Here's a secular prayer...

Fat, stupid...and she's gay!  Rosie O' Fat Ass go away!

 

What made them think R.O.D would succeed?

This lame attempt to re-introduce the 'variety show genre'.  Let's do the numbers here.  This attempt comes just a year or so after the miserable failure of a variety show which featured Wayne Brady, of 'Whose Line is It Anyway' fame.

Wayne Brady was funny.  He was talented.  He was good-natured.  He wasn't ugly.

Rosie O'D is NOT funny.  She's not talented.  She's a withered, bitter, angry old prune.  She's not good looking.

How could they have thought that putting HER at the head of a variety show was a good idea?

The variety show genre will never be as it was in the days of Carol Burnett.  Let's face it, they WERE the variety show genre.  They were funny, loaded with talent, classy and above all, entertaining.  Rosie O'D is NONE of those things.  There mere thought of putting that miserable excuse for an entertainer in the same category as Carol Burnett, Tim Conway, Harvey Korman etc. causes the mind to rebel.

Good riddance to this pile of bad rubbish.  Hopefully Obama will go down in flames with her.

Anybody Seen Phil Donahue lately?

NBC's new motto:

NBC...Where Careers Go to Die

 

Rosie's audience bigger than The View

Why is it that Rosie gets 5 million viewers at 8 PM and is a flop, but her old boss’s show The View gets 4.5 million at 11 AM and is a multi-year hit? I’d say both shows are flops.

Maybe we should write our cable TV providers and request that NBC be put in a premium tier, so it doesn’t take up space if you just want basic cable. Put the Food Network in its place.

Fat, drunk, and stupid is no

Fat, drunk, and stupid is no way to go through life...

Hey Rog

Good to see you are up early this morning. I want to know what companies were stupid enough to sponsor her show. With the economy the way it is I would think they would like to get the bang for their bucks.  

YOU CAN KEEP "THE CHANGE" PALIN 2012

Christmas

comes early. what a great gift!!!!!!!

Don't forget

She also wants to push an amoral lifestyle down our throats.

 

 

For the record, I am NOT RECOGNIZING BARRACK HUSSEIN OBAMA ODINGA AS
PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES!  I would like to become part of a
secession front!

You really think I'm

You really think I'm stupid?????

Signed,

Fat,Drunk Rosie.

:o)

TOKYO ROSIE...

Back in the old days, when this gasbag was on "The View", I said that Rosie had been toxic. That nobody would care about her & that the people want her to go away. Happy to see that is the case.

NBC deserves what is happening to them, it will take years for them to escape from the black hole they are in now. Since there is a culture of failure that has been rewarded by those in charge, & since those making those decisions are still in charge, the status quo will continue. Same goes for the idiots at GE who oversee everything, no change. Hope that the $139 billion they got from the feds is enough to cover the high wagebills of "talent" like Rosie, BathTubBoy, & the rest of NBC's low rated lineup.

 

 

"...it's still We The People, Right?"  Megadeth 

The variety show tanked?

     I'm flabbergasted!!!  I couldn't even fathom such a thesbian (or is it lesbian) of stage and screen ever putting out something that was sub par to Tennesee Williams or Frances Ford Coppola.  Wonder's never cease.

Perfect Demotivator for the Obama Administration

http://www.despair.com/government.html

Rosie is not a lesbian, she

Rosie is not a lesbian, she is a dyke. I think there is a difference. You can run into lesbians & not know it. The ones I know are generally happy, & look like women, quite often good looking.

Dykes look ugly, they are ugly, are mean, spitefull, vindictive @$$holes. You can spot them from a mile away, & are a total pain in the @$$ to deal with in the workplace because they are generally pissy & unhappy almost all of the time. The human resources department can get a workout when you get a real bad one at your jobsite.

 

"...it's still We The People, Right?"  Megadeth 

 Well, lets hope her

 Well, lets hope her variety show is a one time deal and not a series.

Perfect Demotivator for the Obama Administration

http://www.despair.com/government.html

Aint that the truth

The human resources department can get a workout when you get a real bad one at your jobsite. 

 

I could be wrong, but I am pretty sure the b!tch slap was designed just for them.

 

"Television is a freak show" Bernie Goldberg

ROSIE'S DESTINY

CONSIDERING ROSIE'S PORCINE FEATURES AND

ENORMOUS GIRTH IT IS ONLY FAIR TO CONSIDER

THAT SHE IS POSSIBLY PREPARING HERSELF FOR

ONE DESTINATION: THE SLAUGHTER HOUSE!

"NOBODY PUTS ONE OVER ON FRED C DOBBS"

                                                                    B.TRAVEN

Green or Yellow?

Soylent, that is.

Oh, you can have my share.

Bolton/KEYES 2012 

rosie o'donnell should go to

rosie o'donnell should go to Denny's lie about her birthday and have a few good meals then disappear.

Darn... they cancelled

Darn... they cancelled Pushing Daisies?!  Well, at least buying the series on DVD won't be too expensive now.

 I couldn't even stomach the ads for Rosie's show - so awful.

"Rosie O'Donnell gave NBC a real turkey."

and she did it without Roseanne Cherie Barr, aka Roseanne Barr, aka Roseanne Arnold, aka Roseanne Thomas, aka Roseanne  singing the national anthem.

 

C'mon folks -- give Rosie a

C'mon folks -- give Rosie a BIG hand -- to go with her humungous head, fat ass, and planet-sized ego.

How could a show with more campy, gay dancers than the entire Castro district FLOP in middle-America?

It doesn't make sense! Something queer going on here.

If you can meet with triumph and disaster
And treat those two imposters just the same...
Yours is the earth and all that's in it...

Oh my...poor

Oh my...poor Rosie....who is she going to blame this on this time?

"America isn't the problem...America is the solution." ~ Rush Limbaugh

Rosie is going to blame the

Rosie is going to blame the same person she always does....GWB.

Just like "the one" will blame GWB for all his miserable failures, in the next 4 years

 

Never argue with a liberal idiot. You have to stoop to their level and, they have years of experience perfecting their skill.

AuH... Yep...(I've been

AuH...

Yep...(I've been hoping somebody would say why Bush of course...lol)

Right you are about O along with his Soros/Chicago machine, plus the Clinton wrecking crew doing exactly as you say with a wanting loud speaker via the msm...which they will do with glee.

"America isn't the problem...America is the solution." ~ Rush Limbaugh

blame

blame the Free Market Economy.  When she was the Queen of Nice she gave the public what the market wanted.  Now... well obviously what she is pushing now - is not for public consumption.

member of the Conservative Independant Witness Protection Program since Nov. 5, 2008

Her show failed?

Well, let us see...

9/11 was done by us.

Fire cannot melt steel.

Terrorists are loving parents not to be feared.

Iran is a lovely country that wants nothing but peace. It's the evil U.S. government that is trying to do a "Gulf of Tonkin" incident to make a war with them.

Christians are just as dangerous as Al Queda.

 And her show failed?

Couldn't happen to a nicer person.

Kinda makin' me re-think that whole "karma" thing...

Mike

 

Catch-all Phrase

For people in the entertainment industry there has been a phrase used to keep from hearing their political bent, ''Shut up and sing''.

For Rosie I have altered that phrase - just a tad, ''Just shut up''.

Terrific News - Our Prayers Were Answered

Noel wrote: "Maybe if you all say a special prayer as part of your Thanksgiving Grace, this will be the last we see of Ms. O'Donnell."

People.com is reporting that Rosie O'Donnell has scraped future variety shows:

"Rosie Live will live no more.
Rosie O'Donnell writes on her blog that her NBC variety show – her first TV gig since leaving The View – won't being continuing.
In her signature online shorthand, O'Donnell writes: "there will b no more. no ratings. bad reviews. yet still – a thrill 4 me."

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Beauty may be only skin deep, but some people's ideas are ugly to the bone 

RF... Oh... be still my

RF...

Oh... be still my heart!

"America isn't the problem...America is the solution." ~ Rush Limbaugh

Here's proof that there is a benevolent God...

No more Rosie????

My Christmas wish just came true!!!! 

"...peace is the highest aspiration of the American People. We will negotiate for it, sacrifice for it, we will never surrender for it, now or ever." President Ronald Reagan~ January 20, 1981