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Rosie O'Donnell is one of the few celebrities to create a truly successful website, selling advertising, generating free publicity and keeping her fans busy between her gigs. Now the comedian and former TV host is trying to use the site to draw in her longtime obsession, Britney Spears. O'Donnell has admitted "I leave [Spears] stalker-like messages" and said she wants Britney to come live with her; now she's using the "Ask Ro" section of her site to trash the most important people in Britney's life, one by one, in a longshot attempt to lure her into Rosie's waiting arms. She started with Britney's mom and dad, then moved on to Sam Lufti, her recent hanger-on-turned-crutch: more
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On September 5, 2006, Rosie O'Donnell made her debut as the new co-host, and moderator of the show. With the new changes in place, September 2006 brought in record ratings. A total of 3.1 million viewers watched that month, the highest total viewership the program has ever seen. The talk show ... surged 34% in the advertiser-friendly "women aged 18-49" demographic, and sustained its early season success with its best ever November sweeps period.[15] Entertainment Weekly magazine in March 2007 cited The View as doing for daytime TV what the Daily Show has done for nighttime TV in that it offers viewers a show that deals in genuine opinion and not mere fluff.[16]
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Rosie O'Donnell joined The View in September 2006. Rosie joins Joy Behar, Elisabeth Hasselbeck and Barbara Walters on the women's talk show on ABC TV. After a colorful one year stint on The View, Rosie O'Donnell left the program in May 2007, one month before her contract expired.
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Biography: Comedian Rosie O'Donnell moved from standup to television, film, and the Broadway stage before finding widespread success as a talk-show host. She attended Dickinson College and Boston University, then turned to comedy as a career. In 1986, she became a regular on the last season of the network TV sitcom ...Read full biography
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After Meredith Vieira announced she would take over Katie Couric’s spot on “The Today Show" (NBC, 1952- ) after Couric jumped ship to “CBS Evening News†(1962- ), Rosie was named as Vieira’s replacement. Public speculation over who would take the moderator spot flourished in the press, with sitcom star Patricia Heaton and CNN’s Soledad O’Brien ... considered top candidates. On Sept. 5, 2006, Rosie made her official return to daytime TV, sporting a new hairdo and helping to launch season 10 of "The View."
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The New York Post claims that Rosie O'Donnell wanted Barbara Walters out of "The View." Sources claim that Rosie approached ABC about taking over the talk show from top to bottom. Rosie wanted ABC to buy out Babs to keep her happy. Rosie said yesterday on the show that they couldn't come to terms with the length of the new contract, but apparently it had nothing to do with that.
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