NBC's Rosie O’Donnell variety show disappoints (Ratings Disaster Score For G/E!)

The Feed ^ | 11-27-2008

[swmobuffalo]

“Ellen is just as insane as Rosie”

Possibly. But Ellen isn’t nearly as toxic as Rosie and does have a decent show. I don’t watch it but once in a great while and for a talk show it’s pretty good.

[Eric in the Ozarks]

Pig Night.

[Nea Wood]

Why would America tune out on an ugly no talent lesbo heirloom hog pretending to have talent and a sense of humor sprinkled with Hate America/Christians and married heterosexual hate talk? (Sarcasm off!)

Not only her, but Kathy Griffin (who recently made outrageous, blasphemous comments about Christ,) Clay Aiken, (who recently announced that he's gay and a father by sperm donation,) and Alec Baldwin! How could the network suits possibly be so stupid as to think that Mr. and Mrs. America would tune in to see these people?!

[muawiyah]

It would have to include a sifting of the ashes however ~ just to make sure she was no longer with us.

[MarkL]

Gee, a big part of this wouldn't have been because of the sheer number of people Rosie alienated since she became the "mean" Rosie that we remember from "The View."

Had she done the show while she was the "nice" Rosie, from her days as a talk show host and before the baseball movie, she was quite popular with just about everyone. Had the show aired back then, I'm sure that she would have done better.

Mark

[Eric in the Ozarks]

Just what I want to watch after a great TG dinner; a noxious, nasty-faced bulldyke.

[Ole Okie]

And the time is ripe for a variety comeback.

Yeah, they've run the reality shows, the "comedy" shows, the "don't you want to be a millionaire, really?" shows into the ground.

Rosie Gay O'Donut is about as far from a competent and acceptable variety show host as east is from west.

[hattend]

Segments included Kathy Griffin impersonating Nancy Grace, Alec Baldwin hitting Conan O'Brian with a pie, O'Donnell singing "City Lights" with Liza Minnelli and Jane Krakowski doing a striptease while showing images of product placement.

Yep, sounds just like the old Carol Burnett/Jackie Gleason/Ed Sullivan shows. Real "A" listers, family oriented entertainment. /sarc

[dennisw]

Ellen is gay and does well on TV
Rosie is just a big fat turnoff plus has a rep for being unhinged

[hattend]

Who is Jane Krakowski anyway?

[Ditter]

Why would any network think that The Rosie O’Donnel Show would draw people in? She wasn't funny when she did stand up, I know because we watched her on the Comedy Channel. Then she went down hill from there.

[6323cd]

Cute; and a bit saucy in spots for 1961!

Yes, ABC destroyed most of Ernie's video tapes by taping over his shows.

[CharacterCounts]

And the time is ripe for a variety comeback.

Variety worked great in the good old days when television was just for entertainment. Today, television takes itself much too seriously. It will be impossible to come up with a variety show that will not become preachy. Consider, this current attempt. Why would a network that wanted to focus on entertainment select a divisive personality like Rosie O for its M.C?

This is why Americans tune this stuff out. When they want to be preached to, they go to church.

[My Favorite Headache]

LOL I just got home and read through about 100 of them...classic keepers for sure.

[TigersEye]

The only good thing about Rosie being on TV is that I get to turn her off. Happy Thanksgiving TE!

Happy Thanksgiving to you too, pandy. How did Rosie get on your TV in the first place and have you informed that family member that they will not be getting any dessert?

[pandoraou812]

Shaking my head....Rosie is never on my tv...but if I see her I get to turn her off & that is a good thing IMO.

[MosesKnows]

Critics were not kind

Perhaps Rosie should have waited for the "Fairness Doctrine" to become adopted.

[bigjoesaddle]

The telecast matched ABC’s recently canceled “Pushing Daisies” as the night's lowest-rated program on a major broadcast network.

Dang it...I like that show.

[Hot Tabasco]

mere 5 million viewers tuned in

How do they know this??????????