Rosie O'Donnell's days of polluting television screens from coast to coast may be numbered, at least that's what the controversial comedienne told readers of her blog in recent days.
Her variety show Wednesday evening was such a flop that she not only believes it won't be picked up for additional installments, but she is also thinking "maybe just me on tv is done."
Could it be all those prayers NewsBusters readers made on Thanksgiving Day?
According to People.com, maybe (h/t NBer Rush Fan):
In her signature online shorthand, O'Donnell writes: "there will b no more. no ratings. bad reviews. yet still – a thrill 4 me."
On Saturday, Rosie answered a few readers with a bit more finality:
Pk Writes:
5 million is alot of people!! just wanted to let u know I LOVED it. Liza's entrance was so magical!!
thanks doll
it is a lot of people
but not enough 4 a pick up [...]me Writes:
I think the world is spoiled with your beautiful photos/movie/blog creativity. I think TV in general is just not as entertaining or personal. I think the show not doing well is just proof TV is done.
maybe just me on tv is done
From your lips to God's ears, Rosie!
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I'll let Donald Trump Speak for me
November 30, 2008 - 00:32 ET by PopularTechDonald Trump on Rosie
LMAO!
Censored Global Warming Videos
PT... Ah yes, those
November 30, 2008 - 00:52 ET by bigtimerPT...
Ah yes, those memories...I remember all of this quite well here regarding Donald vs Rosie with Justin's blog posts/threads...lol.
Great link...although like I said back then, Trump isn't one of my favs either...but he holds nothing back whatsoever...as Noel would say...delicious.
"America isn't the problem...America is the solution." ~ Rush Limbaugh
End-stage BDS??
November 30, 2008 - 00:38 ET by JPR1Who more typifyes the disorder?
Olberman, Moore, Sheehan, Sarandon, Striesand, Baldwin, Penn.....?
Who more typifyes the
November 30, 2008 - 16:13 ET by SavagefanWho more typifyes the disorder?
Olberman, Moore, Sheehan, Sarandon, Striesand, Baldwin, Penn.....?
That's a tough one. All the people you mentioned are very loony as far as I'm concerned. However, I can't stand Keith Olbermann. He's a big joke. He is one of the most arrogant left-wing loons, if not the most arrogant one.
...and another one bites
November 30, 2008 - 00:39 ET by bigtimer...and another one bites the dust!
Like I said earlier to RF...Oh, my heart... be still.
Nice to see some good news with people and their viewing choices for a change.
"America isn't the problem...America is the solution." ~ Rush Limbaugh
She never was...
November 30, 2008 - 00:40 ET by Warner Todd HustonShe never was funny, she never could act. She was famous for being famous. Let's hope she fades away forever.
Warner
November 30, 2008 - 01:09 ET by Rush FanI'll second that hope! On second thought, I'll third it also!
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The Republican party is doomed to political failure until it returns to it's conservative roots and values.
I thought she was really
November 30, 2008 - 11:21 ET by andophiroxiaI thought she was really cool when she came out, because she showed this really nice and funny persona.
Then she came out and I thought "Oh well" and expected more of the Rosie I got accustomed to.
Then she got hateful and mean. Not only that, but the crap that came out of her mouth was the stupidest, rationalizing, unreasonable spew that I had ever heard. (I think it was the first wave of celebrities that believed in truthing.) There is one thing expressing differing political views, and there is spouting.The fact that she dressed up her kids as terrorists/"freedom fighters" in bandoliers with ammo on them (she's anti-gun) was the icing on the cake for me.
She has been spouting and that's what has redefined 'differing political views' as. I can't stand her for that now.
“You have enemies? Good. That means you’ve stood up for something, sometime in your life.” ~ Winston Churchill
Bye bye, Ro-Ro
November 30, 2008 - 12:53 ET by northoneSee, ya, Rosie! Don't let the door hit your fat gluteus maximus on your way out!
Noel - Thank You
November 30, 2008 - 03:24 ET by Rush Fanfor the h/t and thank you for your work at NewsBusters.
Wow! Just had to reedit and add this comment: We NewsBusters bloggers are not alone. The comments at the Live Feed reflect a similar dissatisfaction with O'Donnell and her injecting politics into a "variety" show. Some of the commenters are not fans of NBC's left-wing bias as well.
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"There is no longer a media in this country. There is simply an established propaganda arm for the Democrat Party and any and all who relate to it in any way, elected and unelected." ~ Rush Limbaugh
Good!!!
November 30, 2008 - 01:23 ET by RESTLESS 1That this troll has made a dent to where I knoew her name is a travesty. She has no talent. No intellect. NOTHING to offer aside from her own lame opinion, which is a dime a dozen. Every lefty believes as she does. It's just that the country is not that far left.
"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
"maybe just me on tv is done"
November 30, 2008 - 03:57 ET by Michael30What, is she pulling a Richard Nixon now?
So, we won't have Rosie "to kick around anymore."
What a shame...
Poor Tokyo Rosie, Americans never understood her genius of attacking her own country during a time of distress. Yet now we were supposed to forget all of that bile and love her mastery of theatre...
Kinda like saying people don't enjoy a rusty chainsaw that kicks back on you all the time, yet can't even cut a branch on a tree when needed.
Mike
Rosie, we don't even care
November 30, 2008 - 06:48 ET by motherbeltRosie, we don't even care if you go away mad......just go away.
I do give her credit for taking in those kids....I think she should just take care of them.
Has a variety show been
November 30, 2008 - 08:32 ET by suzycreamcheeseHas a variety show been successful since the Mandrell sisters had one back in the early eighties? I don't watch much TV so I don't know if anyone has been brave enough to try the variety format since then. It seems like variety shows are a dead breed...or should be.
It boggles my mind that after The View any producer would invest one thin dime on anything attached to Rosie's name. Hollywood is not very bright; I have a feeling this won't be the last we have to endure of Rosie O.
Not a Chance
November 30, 2008 - 09:02 ET by Kuso JijiThis blimp is too much of an attention whore to realize its time to stick a fork in it.
It's official...
November 30, 2008 - 09:56 ET by jcheneyRosie has officially become the female version of Michael Moore.
maybe just me on tv is done...
November 30, 2008 - 10:21 ET by Roger the ShrubberInsert fat joke about crushing a poor, defenseless television set here.
you mean like *Rosie ON
November 30, 2008 - 10:26 ET by sherylsimsyou mean like *Rosie ON tv*? (Fat joke, crushing tv...) Ok, not that funny, but it is still early here.
Oh Puleeze!
November 30, 2008 - 10:48 ET by mizflame98She's just whoring for sympathy. I believe that she claimed to have given up on TV when she was fired from The View as well. She'll be back. Like a bad case of hemorrhoids.
P.S.
Is it me or does that picture of her at the top of the story look like a Weekend at Bernies moment? She looks like a fur-clad corpse proped up on stage while a bunch of gay men dance around her effigy.
Perfect Demotivator for the Obama Administration
http://www.despair.com/government.html
See.... There really is a God!
November 30, 2008 - 11:28 ET by northoneRosie done with TV? That should lay to rest any doubts that prayers are not answered!
"Rosie done with TV? "
November 30, 2008 - 12:08 ET by RackieTV is a full 'o crap medium so it's ironic that a full 'o crap personality would not be welcome there.
Well, there is always politics.
More like mainstream TV
November 30, 2008 - 12:10 ET by NL207More like mainstream TV audiences are done with Rosie, and three cheers for that.
So, Rosie's going to quit
November 30, 2008 - 13:06 ET by Chris NormanSo, Rosie's going to quit television and what, focus on her real talent of writing?
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November 30, 2008 - 20:27 ET by dahliatraversand what, focus on her real talent of writing?
No, on her real talents of metallurgy and building design.
Anchors away
November 30, 2008 - 14:21 ET by pocomocoNow, O'Donnell can go to her fallback position for making a paycheck by restarting her lesbian cruises.
Rosie O’Donnell’s live, one hour variety show is a hit.
November 30, 2008 - 15:15 ET by 1611LilacLadyThis is but just one of the reasons why I rarely check FNC website. Guess this provesyou can fool some of the people, huh?
Roger Friedman says the following on his Fox celebrity page.
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,458766,00.html
Friday November 28, 2008
Roger Friedman
FOX News
Liza Almost Didn’t Make It
If it looked half as good on screen as it did Wednesday night in the Little Shubert Theater, then Rosie O’Donnell’s live, one hour variety show is a hit.
Looking at it later on tape, even Rosie was relieved. Maybe it was because Liza Minnelli nearly didn’t come through.
and . .
So now: Rosie and crew wait for NBC’s Ben Silverman to green light a season of shows. The good news: everyone involved has already signed five year contracts. I say, put them on every Sunday at 8pm, or after football, from February through the end of theater season in May, and watch Rosie take over New York!
If you can handle your gag reflex, read the rest of it at the url given.
What suckers out there are
November 30, 2008 - 19:32 ET by RR GOPWhat suckers out there are still willing to bank roll her sorry self? Just amazes me that these media moguls or whatever they call themselves have so much money they can waste on these yahoos including Couric, Olbermann, Matthews, and lousy TV shows.
Why don't they just drop a few million on an Al Franken TV show and prove the fantastic wealth they apparently have like the Indians of old who would burn all their possessions to show how wealthy they were?
Please, keep screwing up and losing money so that you will all go away and get non-Communists on your staffs who will develop and write good shows and do real journalism. Haven't you all had enough yet?
One of the 24% who thinks George W. Bush was a great President. One of the 89% who wants to bring back the stock and pillory.
She's a cow.
November 30, 2008 - 22:11 ET by moovovaShe's a cow.