Rosie O'Donnell: July 2008 Archives

Rosie is talks for prime-time variety show...

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,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,rosie27.jpgThis would be so absolutely cool: EW.com is reporting exclusively that Rosie O'Donnell is in talks with NBC to return to television with her own weekly primetime variety show.

Let's hope these talks don't blow up the way Rosie's talks with MSNBC did last year when she was oh-so-close to signing a deal for a nightly show. This sounds like a better fit anyway for Rosie.

NBC, which seems really bone-headed for pushing Jay Leno out of the nightly 11:35 p.m. slot next year, is said to be courting Leno for a similar gig but there is a strong possiblity that Jay will defect to ABC.

EW adds that CBS is also interested in Rosie. However this shakes out, it would be great to have Rosie back on TV without having to share a screen with the insufferable, untalented and not-very-interesting Elisabeth Hasslebeck with whom she so memorably clashed on "The View.:

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