NBC will do anything to get Rosie
NBC will do anything to get Rosie
#1NBC will do anything to get Rosie
Posted: 6/7/07 at 12:34pm
"Look out, ABC -- NBC wants Rosie O'Donnell in a bad way.
New programming chief Ben Silverman is telling friends he will do anything to get O'Donnell onto the network, and not just in daytime. Silverman is talking to O'Donnell about hosting a prime-time game show he has up his sleeve as well as a daytime hour a la "The View."
O'Donnell, meanwhile, is sitting pretty. Her final ratings on "The View" skyrocketed the show to unprecedented success. Barbara Walters will have quite a gap to fill over the summer as she looks for replacements."
NBC Exec Says He Will Do Anything to Get Rosie O'Donnell
"Smart! And into all those exotic mystiques -- The Kama Sutra and Chinese techniques. I hear she knows more than seventy-five. Call me tomorrow if you're still alive!"
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#2re: NBC will do anything to get Rosie
Posted: 6/7/07 at 1:45pmPrime Time Game Show? Ick! I thought they wanted Rosie for an Ed Sullivan Style variety show! She'd be great at that. 3 or 4 guests a week, live performances, some chat. Comedians, singers, specialty acts and every week Rosie joins her guests for a themed medley of songs.
#2re: NBC will do anything to get Rosie
Posted: 6/7/07 at 1:48pmOh no, Joe, please, please, we've all been punished enough without Rosie butchering a medley every week.
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cheezedoodle
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#3re: NBC will do anything to get Rosie
Posted: 6/7/07 at 1:49pmYeah - that made me throw up a little in my mouth.
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mejusthavingfun
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#4re: NBC will do anything to get Rosie
Posted: 6/7/07 at 2:45pm
Two shows killed Martha....
Rosie should just do the price is right.
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Broadway Legend Joined: 2/9/04
#5re: NBC will do anything to get Rosie
Posted: 6/7/07 at 2:50pmPrime time would turn Donald Trump into a pop culture seer.
"Impossible is just a big word thrown around by small men who find it easier to live in the world they've been given than to explore the power they have to change it. Impossible is not a fact. It's an opinion. Impossible is not a declaration. It's a dare. Impossible is potential. Impossible is temporary. Impossible is nothing.”
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#6re: NBC will do anything to get Rosie
Posted: 6/7/07 at 2:51pmmejusthavingfun, Martha who? What two shows are you referring to?
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#7re: NBC will do anything to get Rosie
Posted: 6/7/07 at 2:57pm
Martha Stewart, she did an Apprentice and the daytime thing. The Apprentice was cancelled I think and that daytime thing tanks daily in ratings.
Anyways,,, I wonder what "anything" means. She could ask GE (NBC's parent company) to pull out of the War as a defense contractor.
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#8re: NBC will do anything to get Rosie
Posted: 6/7/07 at 2:58pmOoh Rosie O'Donnell's "The Apprentice"! "Fifteen ambitious contestants battle to become Rosie O'Donnell's apprentice, competing in tasks like performing foot rubs or fetching Diet Cokes and Ring Dings, hoping not to hear Rosie's signature kiss off "Liars get cancer!" "
#9re: NBC will do anything to get Rosie
Posted: 6/7/07 at 3:02pmI love your variety show/talk show idea, Joe.
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#10re: NBC will do anything to get Rosie
Posted: 6/7/07 at 3:31pmThe losers of any challenges get pelted by Koosh balls for 20 minutes straight.
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