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Inside Rosie's 'Hellhole' OWN Show

Evann Gastaldo — Mon, 19 Mar 2012 10:55:33 CDT

Oprah Winfrey herself made the call to cancel Rosie O'Donnell's talk show on OWN , Ramin Setoodeh reveals in an extensive Daily Beast piece that goes behind the scenes. Setoodeh talked to staffers on the show and discovered problems on both sides: O'Donnell was a less-than-easygoing boss ("It was such a...

Oprah Cancels Rosie

Mark Russell — Sat, 17 Mar 2012 05:24:49 CDT

The struggles continue at Oprah Winfrey's cable channel OWN, as Rosie O'Donnell's talk show was canceled yesterday after just one season, reports E! Online . The Rosie Show started last October, with Russell Brand as the main guest and 497,000 viewers. It steadily declined after that, pulling in just 204,...

Rosie Stands Up for View Gals After O'Reilly Walkout

Evann Gastaldo — Sun, 17 Oct 2010 11:38:27 CDT

Rosie O'Donnell may have some problems with her former View co-hosts, but she's on their side when it comes to the recent Bill O'Reilly blow-up. O'Donnell doesn't seem to fault Joy Behar and Whoopi Goldberg for walking off on O'Reilly : She said on her radio show, "Why would you book...

Rosie O'Donnell Heads Back to Daytime TV

Mary Papenfuss — Fri, 06 Aug 2010 06:10:00 CDT

Rosie O'Donnell's getting ready to kick some ass again on daytime TV, this time on the Oprah Winfrey Network. O'Donnell's six-year Emmy-award-winning stint hosting the Rosie O'Donnell Show was followed by a rocky role on The View . The daily, hour-long talk show will be based in New York, where O'Donnell...

RIP, Daytime Talk Shows

Kevin Spak — Wed, 02 Jun 2010 10:08:45 CDT

Why did Tyra Banks pull the plug on The Tyra Banks Show even though its ratings were still steady? Probably because she sensed that daytime talk shows in the confessional Oprah-inspired mold are dead, writes Jessica Grose of Slate . Fifteen years ago, daytime TV was full of these shows, from...

Kathie Lee, Cohort Ditch Makeup on Today

John Johnson — Thu, 13 May 2010 12:05:00 CDT

Kathie Lee Gifford and Today co-host Hoda Kotb offered viewers a rare sight this morning: They went without makeup on the fourth hour of the show. Rosie O'Donnell—the impetus for this after cracking jokes about Gifford's looks—joined them via Skype from her Sirius show. "It's a nice idea,...

The Most Influential Gay Americans

M. Morris — Sun, 18 Apr 2010 05:16:58 CDT

Ellen DeGeneres and Barney Frank have switched places atop Out magazine's annual list of the most influential gay Americans, but the talk show host and American Idol judge probably isn't gloating about her win—she's that nice. To see the top five, check out the slideshow above. To see who...

The Race to Be the Next Oprah

Kevin Spak — Mon, 29 Mar 2010 14:45:00 CDT

\With Oprah leaving her show in the all-too-near future, people have been clamoring to find the heir to her daytime throne. The Boston Globe offers a few outside-the-box suggestions.

Unexpected People With Roses Named After Them

M. Morris — Sun, 14 Feb 2010 08:00:08 CST

Valentine's Day makes people think of roses. And when you think of roses, you think of ... George Burns, naturally. Maybe not, but the late comedian does have a variety of rose named after him. Mental Floss tracks down nine—actually, eight—more celebrities who've lent their names to the flower:...