A Rosie 'View' scores in November sweeps

Rosie O'Donnell can't stop generating headlines for herself and ABC's morning chatfest "The View." Whether she's letting a drunken Danny DeVito sit on her lap, fighting with Kelly Ripa about Clay Aiken or getting some Asians angry at her for using the words "ching-chong" when she was pretending to speak Chinese. On Monday, she told everyone to lighten up and get a sense of humor.

That's why I love Rosie (pictured as Betty Ruibble in 1994's "The Flintstones") being on this show: she's at a point in her life where she is confident in herself personally and professionally and she's just not gonna censor her. She's a smart and evolved woman and mother married to the woman she loves and comes out every day and shows us who she is. ROSIE ROCKS!

Anyway, the ratings for "The View" were up by 15 percent during the recent November ratings sweeps period (when ratings are measured in order to set future ad rates) compared to the Nov. 2005 sweeps when the show was moderated by the terrific Meredith Viera (now co-hosting 'The Today Show) and Starr Jones Reynolds who seemed to wear out her welcome somewhat on the show and with the public. The other regular panelists are the very witty and wise Joy Behar and the oh-so-annoying Elizabeth Hasslebeck who almost makes ya miss first-season disaster Debbie Metanopolis!

"The View," produced and created by frequent co-hoist Barbara Walters, is number 4 in daytime ratings and with Rosie, the show has garnered its largest audience ever: 3.4 million viewers. There were rumors that O'Donnell was going to leave the daytime talk show for other projects but Rosie has quashed that speculation: "Don't anybody worry where Rosie's going," O'Donnell said on air recently. "She's right here."