O'Donnell to replace Vieira on 'The View'

[AwakeAtLast]

Apr 27, 9:29 PM EDT

O'Donnell to replace Vieira on 'The View'

By DAVID BAUDER
AP Television Writer

NEW YORK (AP) -- Rosie O'Donnell is expected to make a surprise return to daytime television by taking over exiting Meredith Vieira's slot on the talk show "The View."

O'Donnell's appointment was reported Thursday by the newsmagazine "Extra." It was confirmed by a person close to the show who spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity because "The View" wanted to make the announcement on Friday's show.

ABC officials declined comment on the report on Thursday.

Dubbed "The Queen of Nice" when her syndicated talk show went on the air in 1996 and became an instant hit, O'Donnell won six Daytime Emmy Awards in six years as best talk-show host. She left the show to help raise four children with her partner, Kelli Carpenter O'Donnell.

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[AlCzervik]

1. Wow!! that freeper girl host must be having a shit!!!

[AwakeAtLast]

4. Let's hope

;)

I have a feeling ole Rosie will be quite the formidable opponent in any debate. Can't wait to watch!

:hi:

[AlCzervik]

5. now i will watch, i avoid the view at all cost, the freeper girl and i

cannot stand Star Jones.

[Longhorn]

19. Same here but it was Vieira that I couldn't stand the most.

Then again, I haven't watched it since Jones went through her wedding and everything. I can imagine that was pretty insufferable, even if she is a Democrat. ;)

[KamaAina]

7. As will FReeper-type Patricia Heaton who had been rumored to be

the frontrunner.

Schadenfreude all around! BWAHAHAHAHAHAHA!

[TheDebbieDee]

18. I'm glad they going with Rosie over Patricia Heaton.......

Heaton and her political views SUCK!

[bliss_eternal]

25. SO GLAD

no Patricia Heaton!

I can't even begin to talk about how much I dislike that woman and her inability to tolerate views that don't reflect her own.

This goes along with my theory that she won't be working much now that Everybody Loves Raymond has ended. I heard she was quite difficult on set. No one in Hollywood is going to be in a hurry to work with someone like her... She should have thought of that before she jumped on the Schiavo bandwagon, among other right wing issues I've seen her spout off about.

[LostinVA]

27. giggle

Patricia Heaton can go have some more plastic surgery and another kid to make her Freeper heart happy....

[targetpractice]

14. Hmm. Popcorn in the morning.

I don't think I can afford the calories.

[SpiralHawk]

2. Welcome back, Rosie !

You will be a much-needed blast of verve, good sense, and wit into the befouled broadcast airs of America.

[Broken_Hero]

17. I second that!...:) n/t

[driver8]

3. Not that I watched the show before, but I can certainly say with

confidence that I will NEVER watch that show, now.

I would rather jam needles into my eyes then listen to Rosie O'Donnell for one second.

[ScreamingMeemie]

6. Thank you. Regardless of my views on gun control, the way she

treated Tom Selleck when he was on her show was horrifying. He was there under the auspices of talking about a project he was working on and she launched into a grandstanding tirade. I used to enjoy her show, until that day.

[partylessinOhio]

8. Oh, widdle Tom couldn't take the heat from a woman!

Too bad. He's a class A jerk! Forget about it!

He is just another very hateful Repug toting a gun.

:nopity:

[ScreamingMeemie]

12. I don't like it when anyone traps a person. Whatever the cause.

It was disingenuous on her part. I can't stand Tom Selleck, but I can't stand what she did even more.

[6000eliot]

20. Are you kidding?

It was NOT a surprise. She talked about what she was going to do for two weeks before he appeared. I think the ambush was the other way around. Tom Selleck is a right-wing tool, and I wouldn't piss on him if he was on fire.

[JI7]

21. Tom Selleck is a moron

the unfairness of it was having someone so stupid as Selleck on to DEBATE an issue.

[ScreamingMeemie]

34. Do you get the point that it was her behavior that was disgusting?

Tom is an ass...and so is Rosie, IMO.

[samsingh]

24. worry about the fact that repugs

have trapped democracy.

[ScreamingMeemie]

32. That has nothing to do with the conversation at hand.

I don't care for her.

[samsingh]

23. it wasn't Selleck she was mad at, but the NRA

and how cold they are to the misery that guns cause.

[LostinVA]

28. She apologized on air and to him personally

And he said it was forgotten.

[ScreamingMeemie]

33. Which is wonderful. I still don't like that kind of behavior, which is

just my opinion. What I'm trying to say is that I will still not watch the View. No one on there makes it worth it for me.

[Placebo]

9. Great to see Rosie back on TV in some form.

[juajen]

10. That's great!

I love Rosie. I will return to "The View".

[Cha]

11. I'm shocked! I didn't think

abc would go for someone like Rosie O'Donnell..when I saw "O'Donnell" I thought it was nora.

[realFedUp]

13. surprising choice for ABC, but good one for viewers. nt

[BattyDem]

15. That's great!

:bounce:

I love Rosie! I'm glad The View is finally getting someone that can handle that RW hack, Elisabeth! Her holier-than-thou attitude really pisses me off, but Rosie should be able to keep her in line - or at least counter-act the RW crap. :evilgrin:

[951-Riverside]

16. Star Jones's ass is grass!

[JI7]

22. i wish this show would get cancelled

but i am glad Meredith got the Today Show job instead of that one that married the Bush Administration whore .

[LostinVA]

26. Yay!!!

A gay, liberal voice! Joy will be happy! And "Survivor: Outback" Freeper Elizabeth will be freaking! Hahaha!!!

[LostinVA]

29. Rosie's documentary on HBO about the gay family cruise

is very good... for anyone who gets HBO.

[Beware the Beast Man]

31. Even Howard Stern praised that special.

And he was never the biggest Rosie fan. In fact, he said he had a whole new respect for her just before he launched a tirade against the religious right and their gay adoption bans.

[noonwitch]

35. At least Howard understands where the real threat to our freedom lies

After all, he like lesbians if they are pretty and he thinks that he could get a threesome out of it. I think he'd even settle for the pretty lesbians to come onto his show and talk about a potential threesome.

[Beware the Beast Man]

30. I liker her better now that she's out.

She seems a lot more geniuine.

[philosophie_en_rose]

36. Clash of the Egos. (Didn't O'Donnell trash Star Jones in the media?)

I don't know O'Donnell will adjust from having her own show to being stuck with Star Jones and Elisabeth Hasselbeck. I think she'd be sort of fun with Joy Behar and Barbara Walters, but Star and Elisabeth are annoying as hell.

Rosie O'Donnell is like the anti-Star Jones. Her comments that Star should just be honest about whatever the hell she did to lose weight were right on, in my opinion. Pilates my ass. (And no, I don't think it matters if she had surgery, but why lie? Pilates doesn't cause dozens of pounds to come off in just a few months).

[bigwillq]

37. Better to have Rosie than Ms. Heaton.

I am not a huge Rosie fan but I can't stand Patricia Heaton. :puke:

[dr.strangelove]

38. Good for Rosie

I love all that she has done for the GLB community. I hope she keeps it up and uses that soapbox to offset the crap that Star Jones and Elizabeth Hasselback spew.

[applegrove]

39. That sounds really interesting. And good for the view. They really

have a mix! Plus O'Donnell replaces the long term mommy/married role Viera did so well.