In TV personnel moves, Howard Kurtz reports CNN has dumped its American Morning anchors Miles O'Brien and Soledad O'Brien (not related or married) for former Dan Rather heir apparent John Roberts and former Fox & Friends regular Kiran Chetry. (The Post also reported CNN anchor Paula Zahn is calling it quits on her 20-year marriage.)
Jim Benson in Broadcasting & Cable magazine reports that Rosie O'Donnell is saying she will decide in May whether to stay with ABC's crew on "The View" or cash in: "word comes that she is in negotiations about a potentially rich overall studio deal," and her asking price is "believed to be $40 million annually." He adds: "With O'Donnell's View contract ending in June, and recent boycott threats against Disney and ABC over her Sept. 11 conspiracy theories, rumors about her future plans are flying."
For her part, Rosie said she and her lesbian partner Kelli Carpenter and adopted kids will "take a family vote in May. We are going to decide then."
Benson wrote, "Studios must weigh whether the onetime 'Queen of Nice' will continue to gain strong ratings out of almost daily controversy if she goes solo. Says one doubtful industry executive, 'Horseradish tastes better when it's mixed than when it's alone.'"















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Heh heh heh. There's nothin
April 4, 2007 - 07:36 ET by sarcasmoHeh heh heh. There's nothin' like watching a sushi-newbie try to wolf-down a marble-sized ball of wasabi in one bite...
JMR
Interesting that she is going
April 4, 2007 - 07:43 ET by HelenSInteresting that she is going to try to give the impression that whatever happens, it will have been her idea/choice. If she was fired or her contract not offered for renewal, she'd manage to make it look like that's what she and her chickadees wanted all along.
Obi-Wan: But you cannot c
April 4, 2007 - 07:48 ET by Jack BauerObi-Wan: But you cannot control it. This is a dangerous time for you Kiran, when you will be tempted by the Dark Side of the Force.
Darth Vader: No. I am your father, Kiran.
Oh yeah, her own show, a wh
April 4, 2007 - 07:56 ET by motherbeltOh yeah, her own show, a whole hour of unfiltered Rosie the O again; this time with a political bent. She could end the show with a "Special Comment" thing, a la Keith Olbermann, entitled "Rosie Rants."
As Jon Lovitz says: "Yeah, that's the ticket!"
Fox screwed up by firing Kiran
April 4, 2007 - 07:59 ET by blackrain4xmasHer agent blew it. They should have paid her what she wanted. Now they've lost a really good personality to their competition, and they're stuck searching for Barbie Dolls instead of keeping an attractive person with a FAST and accurate mind on their channel.
Sad.
CNN cashes in
Yeah, but does anyone know
April 4, 2007 - 08:03 ET by sarcasmoYeah, but does anyone know what she was asking? (I agree she's pretty -- hell, Kiran's even attractive when she's pregnant!)
JMR
40 million??? What the hell f
April 4, 2007 - 09:16 ET by USA4freedom40 million??? What the hell for? To look pretty, no. To add smart comments, no. To heighten the groups IQ, no. Then to maybe give her own show. She goes on national TV to complain that the Bush Whitehouse has stifled her ability to talk. That this great contry killed 3,000 of its own citizens to get oil? It rigged it so that the British would be captured to start a war? It really is turning in to America INC. The country be dammed, we want ratings or run our agenda. Shame on you ABC, and CNN, and well… all the rest. I watch so little television now. I read books… not the news papers.
America is best described by one word, freedom... Dwight D. Eisenhower
For her part, Rosie said sh
April 4, 2007 - 09:23 ET by CrimsonfistedTranslation from ABC: You have caused us too many headaches. You are outtahere. You can leave gracefully, or be publicly humiliated.
That is my read on why she would even SUGGEST she is "deciding" to stay or leave, otherwise, she would be her same, bullying self, claiming she is right and you cannot tell HER what to say, and that she is NOT leaving because the wingnuts got their panties in a bunch.
She did indeed cross a line, and this is it. Prediction: She is going to wind up on talk radio, on the Jane Fonda network.
WhatAMaroon
She will going to FAIL as a h
April 4, 2007 - 10:05 ET by Senior ChiefShe will going to FAIL as a host by herself. When she's gone, Baba W and ABC should put Ann Coulter there, and yea, they can also remove Hasselbeck too. You want ratings, that's the formula. A conservative in a leftoid audience. If ABC has guts and Baba has ba**s, they'll take this recommendation.
Even though I'm the Caringwhi
April 4, 2007 - 10:26 ET by CaringwhiteguyEven though I'm the Caringwhiteguy, please allow me a couple of dirty old man comments. 1) from the link Tim has provided to the Zahn story it's pretty obvious that Paula has moved from someone with an extended forehead to someone with a fuller weave. (maybe it's just a better comb-over). Let that be a lesson to all limousine liberal guys looking for a trophy wife. 2) the Kiran for Soledad swap is a sight for sore eyes. Kiran's physical assets recovered from childbirth much better than Soledad and Kiran's mental assets would be far superior even if she weighed 290. 3) as for John and Miles, ask someone who cares. 4) the morning swap won't do CNN's ratings a damn bit of good unless they start reporting news rather than liberal pablum (Kiran "acted" pretty conservative over at Fox. Was that for real?)
Rosie's fingers look like corndogs
April 4, 2007 - 10:32 ET by Gasbag McGeeWhen the ABC execs finally decide to veto her "family" vote and cut her off, Rosie is much better suited to be on HBO or even some Pay-Per-View special. That way people would have to actually pay more to be insulted by her lack of intelligence, scruples, self-control, morality, attractiveness, perspective, etc.
O'Donnell
April 4, 2007 - 10:49 ET by pocomocoWOW! My heart is all aflutter. I woke up this morning, got onto NewsBusters, and what to my wonderous eyes did appear?
“CNN Anchors Dumped, Rosie Looking to Ditch 'View' for Syndicated Riches
There is a GOD in Heaven, and all appears, once again, to be ‘right’ with the world.
I had predicted that, for obvious reasons, Disney would not fire “The Queen of Obscene’. But, because her 911 tirade could effect Disney’s bottom line, a different dynamic is now at play, and a gentle hint from Disney may have come her way.
As for the team of O’Brien & O’Brien, their ‘song and dance’ rants, often appearing in NB, will be a welcome demise. As for Roberts, he seems to have more gravitas than the current on-air, news challenged, rip and read dolts. Let us wait and see if, in time, the Dark Side has a greater lore than his gravitas.
It is obscene to tell the truth?
April 4, 2007 - 12:22 ET by Lilac CottonUm, who told you that it is Wrong To Be Right and Wrong to tell the TRUTH?
Bias is in the eye of the infidels.
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Aww, ain't you all cute and c
April 4, 2007 - 12:48 ET by Roger the ShrubberAww, ain't you all cute and cuddly?
Newsbuster, can I take this little critter home? I'll hug it and pet it and love it and feed it and hug it and pet it and love it and feed it...
Feed it C4 Roger, and you can
April 4, 2007 - 12:53 ET by bassndudeFeed it C4 Roger, and you can take it home.
Save a SeAL, club a liberal!!
Hey, lay off, Roger! I saw
April 4, 2007 - 12:54 ET by RJHey, lay off, Roger! I saw the moonbat first!
Lilac, its psychotic moonbats
April 4, 2007 - 13:18 ET by BEGRUNTLilac, its psychotic moonbats like you that will ensure the demise of the demoRATS.
Oh, goody! A new troll to p
April 4, 2007 - 13:37 ET by Dave ROh, goody! A new troll to play with! Not only that, but a real-live, Jew-hating follower of a "religion" founded by a lying, murdering pedophile, and no doubt stuck-in-the-7th-century to boot.
Blown up any children lately, you cowardly, lying backwards-ass camel-jockey wanna-be?
This republic will not survive the continued neglect of its people.- Neal Boortz.
i almost feel sorry for them.
April 4, 2007 - 11:13 ET by buddyci almost feel sorry for them. they were such good and loyal agents of the dnc. they did all they were asked and more. is there no gratitude at the dnc?
i almost feel sorry for them.
April 4, 2007 - 11:14 ET by buddyci almost feel sorry for them. they were such good and loyal agents of the dnc. they did all they were asked and more. is there no gratitude at the dnc?
Wonderful. Simply wonderful
April 4, 2007 - 17:21 ET by Trix RabbitWonderful. Simply wonderful. I say that Baba Wawa cans Rosie O'Dumbass and hires Bongo, the syphiltic laboratory chimpanzee. Not only would the chimp prove to be far more intelligent, articulate, mentally stable, and audience friendly than O'Dumbass, but Baba would save a bundle of money by paying the chimp in bananas.
Liberal: a power worshipper without power. George Orwell