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The NY Daily News’ Richard Huff speculates about Rosie O’Donnell coming to cable news…
However, giving O’Donnell a prime-time talk show on a news channel isn’t such a wacky idea, says Syracuse University popular culture Prof. Robert Thompson.
“If I were MSNBC, I would really be courting her to go up against O’Reilly,” Thompson said. “For so long, they’ve been looking for a different perspective.”
Olbermann is praying for this! It would give him(comparatively) the “newsman” cred he so desperately craves.
Comment by upstate — May 2, 2007 @ 10:07 am
This would certainly give NBC the credibility they desperately need!
Comment by Jim — May 2, 2007 @ 10:08 am
I’m still trying to figure out what FNC is going to use to fill their “news” programming… seeing that Rosie “clips” are played no less than 30 times a day.
Comment by Terance — May 2, 2007 @ 10:14 am
Rosie the Hut will make KO look sane and rational.
Comment by eddiebear — May 2, 2007 @ 10:17 am
Rosie is not going to catch up to Bill O. She is too offensive, especially the 9/11 remarks or the radical christians. We have KO rants, do we need more. If my memory serves me wasn’t it Phil Donohue suppose to kill the ratings at Fox.
Comment by cathy — May 2, 2007 @ 10:25 am
sounds like a silly rumor, given the constant talk from O’Reilly about her. I sincerely doubt MSNBC would dare jeopardize whatever little foothold they have in the ratings by moving Olbermann’s show. If they were to add Rosie to the lineup, I see her replacing Scarborough, or coming after him in some late-night talk show type vehicle.
Comment by Keyser Soze — May 2, 2007 @ 10:31 am
Rosie O’Donnell was the very last guest on the very last Donahue show before it was cancelled. Donahue people will tell you that the ax had been at their throat for months before it dropped, and her appearance was the reason it dropped when it did (as opposed to waiting a day/week/month…it was inevitable, but she helped pick the exact date). Thompson’s dream could never ever happen.
Comment by James — May 2, 2007 @ 10:31 am
If you look at the MS-NBC line up, none of hosts are really “news/journalism” guys. Tucker, Matthews & Scarborough are all pundits, Olbermann is traditional broadcaster who does a pundit-like “news” program. So I think she would not be to out of place there (nor “elevate” the other four to be more “newsy”). They should try her in the morning slot. If FOX really wanted to be “fair & balanced” they should hire her. Don’t know how much “news” would be covered, but the ratings would be pretty big.
BTW: Does anyone else think that FOX may be laying the groundwork to bring IMUS in? I was flipping around the channels and caught Hannity grilling Sharpton on if he would protest an IMUS return. Sharpton said they would “watch” him and not boycott his sponsors. Interesting…
Comment by Obama in 08! — May 2, 2007 @ 11:12 am
I’m no fan of MSNBC but thank God for them this idiot isn’t running their station. Put Rosie up against BOR? Yeah, grand idea.
Comment by ChrisM — May 2, 2007 @ 11:39 am
I think it would be sort of interesting. Oh, I’m not saying I’d watch, I’d just get a kick out of watching everyone here have grand mal seizures. I’m cruel that way.
Comment by Arthur — May 2, 2007 @ 11:44 am
Why not? Since Olbermann, MSNBC has no credibility left anyway.
Comment by spiffo — May 2, 2007 @ 11:51 am
I think I like this idea. At least she’s not a coward like Dobermann and will debate people she doesn’t agree with.
Comment by Lurker — May 2, 2007 @ 12:04 pm
Not MSNBC, look for her to show up on a Time Warner program.
Comment by Cooperite — May 2, 2007 @ 12:05 pm
fnc has bill o’reilly spouting out the mouth…why not rosie. fnc is so obsessed with all she has to say. i see no difference between what she does than what BO does.
Comment by Me — May 2, 2007 @ 12:15 pm
Is there anything I can offer up to the gods as a sacrifice, to stop this?
Comment by cella — May 2, 2007 @ 12:18 pm
“fnc has bill o’reilly spouting out the mouth” I don’t know about this analogy. Rosie rants that the Supreme Court shouldn’t have judges who believe in God ( she calls this separation of church and state ) or Bush blew up Bld 7, and on and on. Bill rants mostly about pedophiles getting off easy, or the far left taking over the country. I don’t think he has promoted loony-right idealogy.
Comment by Jim — May 2, 2007 @ 12:27 pm
Jim: Ignore him and maybe he will go away!
The best vehicle for Rosie is a late-night HBO talk show similar to Bill Maher.
With five libs versus one conservative augmented by a highly-biased audience, Rosie can do what she does best; be a loud-mouthed, ignorant bully!
Comment by Ira — May 2, 2007 @ 12:43 pm
I agree Ira. Her best venue would be something like Maher where they won’t need to edit her so often. She will be free to curse, grab her crotch, as well as a multitude of things that wouldn’t be allowed at MSNBC. I don’t think MSNBC, or cable news for that matter, could handle her.
Jim - How would this give NBC credibility? She is a conspiracy theorist whose hatred for all things republican makes her sound like she is off her meds. I cannot fathom house RoD could possibly give any sort of credibility to anything. Disagree with the Pres./administration/rep’s all you want, but do it in a way that is coherent and logical. She sounds like a lunatic.
Comment by jerziegrl — May 2, 2007 @ 1:05 pm
Does Thompson actually watch cable news? It doesnt appear as if he does.
Comment by Randy — May 2, 2007 @ 1:08 pm
ah..so now we find the real reason for the hatred of rosie. she’s not a bush/republican loyalist. WAKE UP..not everyone agrees with bush and the repubs and those that dont are the sanist people in the world.
Comment by Me — May 2, 2007 @ 1:17 pm
Believe me I am no fan of BO, but Rosie won’t work unless she was on FNC like Geraldo. FNC would be smart to use her as well as I-man and you never know they might just do that. I know one thing she will not work on MSNBC or CnN, NBC, CBS. If people really want to hear her it will be on a cable program. You have to pay for it. I knew Katie(Perky) Couric was not going to do well and I was right about Rosie and Donahue, prove me wrong once again, it will never happen. People are tired of the far left as well as the far right or the snoots or suits that think they are better than everyone or know more. The U.S. does not revolve around New York, Washington or Calf.
Comment by cathy — May 2, 2007 @ 1:28 pm
The best thing for her to do is another syndicated show like her last one.
Comment by Randy — May 2, 2007 @ 1:48 pm
“Jim - How would this give NBC credibility?” jerziegrl - maybe I should have put a little smilie face after this for those who actually thought I was serious.
Comment by Jim — May 2, 2007 @ 1:51 pm
I thought that AFTER I posted it. My bad.
Comment by jerziegrl — May 2, 2007 @ 1:57 pm
The cable news audience is a different group of viewers than the type that is attracted to “The View”. Anyway, Rosie wants 10 million $$$$’s per YEAR. If we are correct and Olbermann did get his 4 million — I would love to see his face if she were hired for millions more!
Comment by Aunt Mary — May 2, 2007 @ 2:19 pm
>>>so now we find the real reason for the hatred of rosie. she’s not a bush/republican loyalist.
Comment by Marty — May 2, 2007 @ 2:21 pm
I think this is a terrific idea. Rosie’s brilliant mind would overwhelm everybody she disagrees with.
Just look at the way she dissected the “truth” about 9/11, and the professional manner she debated with Tom Selleck about guns (while she was the spokesperson for mass gun-selling Walmart), or her brilliant analogy between Iran kidnapping the British soldiers and the Gulf of Tonkin incident.
She’s not only a great commentator, she’s also apparently a physicist, constitutional law expert, and has an encyclopedic knowledge of history.
By all means, MSNBC should hire her right away to give their network credibility. Between her and Olbermann, that could corner the market on true journalism.
Comment by bigred — May 2, 2007 @ 2:22 pm
My comment got eaten, but I’m NOT a Bush/Republican loyalist but I still find Rosie O’Donnell to be an aggravating and obnoxious presence. The less I see of her, the better.
Comment by Marty — May 2, 2007 @ 2:24 pm
I loathe the very sight of her.
Comment by Alison — May 2, 2007 @ 4:31 pm
so…i take this is a conservative website then?
Comment by chaz — May 2, 2007 @ 5:34 pm
please keep that fat pig rosie off tv .I cant stand her!!!!
Comment by michael — May 2, 2007 @ 6:44 pm
Bigred, are you swatting at the monkeys flying out of your butt? LOL.
Comment by Goldfish — May 2, 2007 @ 7:04 pm
so…i take this is a conservative website then?
ICN? I don’t think so…I try to be apolitical. I’m sure I fail miserably in some people’s eyes.
Comment by Spud — May 2, 2007 @ 7:40 pm
If Rosie ends up with a “regular show” on FNC than I know “hell has truly frozen over” and the apocolypse is at hand. Can you imagine BO saying stand by for Hannity & Rosie???
Now that would be a site to behold…
Comment by Rich — May 2, 2007 @ 9:18 pm
Chaz, I don’t know about this being a conservative website, but I do know that OW cronies go anywhere and EVERYWHERE and will do absolutly ANYTHING to slime Olbermann, and no line has not been crossed yet (they already slimed then Rutgers team that got the brunt of ther Imus comment just to get a cheap shot at Olbermann, and used the Virginia Tech dead in order to get yet another cheap shot). Plus, Richard Cox, the idiot that runs OlbermannWatch (OW, for those not familiar with that ackronym) and JohnnyDollar are both the slimiest conservatives around on the internets. Dollar is worse on what he’ll do to “F” up Olby (he’s the one that slimed the VT dead in one OW “Countdown recap”). Cox controversies are spread all over the net, from using OW to jumpstart it’s otherwise comatose Media Bloggers Association, to harrassing people via e-mail for who they don’t agree with him (there was a link I saw that had LONG e-mail exchange, I’ll have to find it again, but there have been some people that report that who don’t agree with him get their e-mail addresses published without permission, which is a HORRIBLE move), and all one needs to say is “karmabites1″ to stir up ALOT of controversy (and who do you think were behind THAT crazy 110% of the way?). Simpily put, Cox and “Dollar” are two slimy people that need to be put into their place. Oh, and they don’t even LOOK at the ratings, assuming that KO is ALWAYS in last place.
But I’m not seeing the Rosie thing happening on MSNBC when their ratings have gotten enomously better now. My take is that CNN might want her to replace Nancy Grace. That is the REAL person, in my mind, that needs to go away.
Comment by darkpower — May 3, 2007 @ 3:54 am
Rosie show to be opposite the B.O. show? Opposite is right!
Comment by Roger C. — May 3, 2007 @ 10:55 am
darkpower: I am not sure where your rant is coming from or why you felt compelled to put it on this thread, but please go back to the KO forum or the other KO fan boards where no real discussions take place, just constant Olbermann fawning. ICN (& Spud) actually provides a forum where people can agree and disagree and are for the most part very civil to each other. Yes there are people who feel strongly about their favorite biased cable show hosts, but is this the place to rant about some goofy anti-olbermann website? You come off as nutty as they are.
Comment by Obama in 08! — May 3, 2007 @ 11:23 am
You come off as nutty as they are
Obama: Agree.
Comment by Ira — May 3, 2007 @ 12:49 pm
35:
It’s Robert Cox.
Comment by eddiebear — May 3, 2007 @ 2:20 pm