Sorry, Rosie
Pat Sajak ·
March 17, 2012 at 4:59am
I've had some experience with cancelled talk shows, so my sympathies go to Rosie O'Donnell, whose Chicago-based program was dropped by Oprah Winfrey's new network (OWN) after just a few months. I know how tough it is to mount a new talk show, and I understand the disappointment Rosie and her staff must feel. The network is part of the Discovery group, which usually puts its first three letters on its networks, as in DISHEALTH (for Discovery Health) and DISKIDS (for Discovery Kids). But, in Oprah's case, they made an exception, probably because it would have been listed as DISOWN.
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Jan '11
Re: Sorry, Rosie
They certainly DISOWNed Rosie.
May '10
Re: Sorry, Rosie
You got me, Pat. For a moment there I thought this was going to be a serious post. Glad I read all of the way to the end!
Mar '11
Re: Sorry, Rosie
Rosie's pretty solid in the talk show format and I've seen her work blue... Perhaps a Rosie talk show would be best suited for the DISCUSS network?
Jun '10
Re: Sorry, Rosie
I can't understand why. It was such a new concept: talking to celebrities about funny and embarrassing situations.
The Rosie Show: Russell Brand
www.youtube.com/watch?v=y1jgG-ZbiMk
Dec '11
Re: Sorry, Rosie
Thanks for the compassion. There are real people who are going to be out of work. When people are down we truly make a lasting impression for the good or the bad on them.
Show business must be tough because you lose your job because people don't love the "product" that is you.
Edited on March 17, 2012 at 8:35amJun '10
Re: Sorry, Rosie
10 cent cup of coffee: Thanks for the compassion. There are real people who are going to be out of work. When people are down we truly make a lasting impression for the good or the bad.
Show business must be tough because you lose your job because people don't love the "product" that is you. · 1 hour ago
Anybody that went into the TV production business (on either side of the camera) for job security was seriously misinformed. You better love it, or it won't be worth the heartaches.
Jul '10
Re: Sorry, Rosie
That was a beautiful setup.
May '10
Re: Sorry, Rosie
It's just not Rosie. All of OWN is failing. Oprah used to be viewed as above it all until she revealed herself to be just another political hack liberal for Obama. That endorsement hurt her wider appeal. Pinning her hopes on Rosie didn't help.
Sep '10
Re: Sorry, Rosie
Rosie has defiled her brand. She became beloved by being sickeningly sweet and fawning and admitted she wasn't smart enough to talk politics (she really did; I wish I could call up the tape from way back then). She got great guests, gave her audience lots of stuff, chatted comfortably with them, and overall was very entertaining. All that changed once she came out as a lesbian. She certainly didn't come out as gay, as in happy. She came out as silly and half-crazed with anger issues. All that's left now are character parts, if she can get them.
Mar '12
Re: Sorry, Rosie
Gotta love it when the free market works as intended.
Dec '11
Re: Sorry, Rosie
Last sentence was priceless.
Aug '10
Re: Sorry, Rosie
Thought Rosie was very good with that John Goodman fella as her husband,forgot name of the show.
Who's Oprah ? Was she in like one movie ? What's the big deal.
Ohcuorg
Apr '11
Re: Sorry, Rosie
I agree with Leslie, Rosie was loved and admired by a large swath of Middle America (mostly women) but then her success seemed to fuel the negative side of her character. I don't think most people were turned off by her coming out as a lesbian; I think people were turned off by her in-your-face obnoxious style. Ellen has done well and probably filled the void Rosie left.
Sep '10
Re: Sorry, Rosie
My thoughts exactly, Liberty.
Feb '12
Re: Sorry, Rosie
I am not sorry to hear she is gone. She insulted Christians with glee while excusing radical Muslims. And she was a 9/11 truther.
Mar '11
Re: Sorry, Rosie
They'd love her on the View, but there's probably a law of physics that forbids that much bitter in one place.
Apr '11
Re: Sorry, Rosie
A Rosie is a Rosie is a Rosie.
That which they call "The Rosie Show" by any other name would still smell.
Apr '11
Re: Sorry, Rosie
One would think with Oprah's pull, she could have the pick of the litter. She chose litter.
May '10
Re: Sorry, Rosie
Reminds me of the funniest thing I saw in the media in 2008. It was a front page picture announcing the Oprah endorsement of Obama, with the large font word "Omentum" splashed across the page.
For those who don't connect: the omentum is a structure within the abdomen in which abdominal fat tends to collect. The usage of the "coined" word in connection with a celeb who has publicly struggled with her weight was bizarre; attenuated only by the obscurity, to most readers, of the fact that it is an actual word.
You can see the actual cover shot here.
Edited on March 19, 2012 at 1:40amMay '10
Re: Sorry, Rosie
DISHEALTH sounds a perfect alternate name for Obamacare. Odd name for a network. In fact putting DIS at the beginning of words seems ill advised in general.