O'Donnell to replace Vieira on 'The View'

[Longhorn]

DAVID BAUDER
Associated Press
NEW YORK - 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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[babylonsister]

1. Too bad she wasn't replacing the young rightwinger, but

I might watch occasionally to see Rosie. I like her and her politics!

[Longhorn]

2. I usually can't change the channel fast enough after Ellen

on the days I'm home. I'll give it a try again once Vieira is gone and Rosie is on. However, the main thing that gets on my nerves about that show is the way they talk over one another. Some overlap is to be expected in a show like that but they all refuse to yield and then I can't understand any one person's comments. :shrug:

[babylonsister]

3. I haven't watched in awhile (discovered DemocracyNow at the

same time) but do recall their bickering over each over; kind of defeated the point of their program.

[bliss_eternal]

4. The little princess

as one of my friend's calls her (the young rw-inger). She is hateful isn't she?

I'm just so relieved that the rumours about them filling the spot with Patricia Heaton didn't come to play. That woman is horrid.

[MemphisTiger]

5. I remember seeing an interview with her a few years ago

when her show was going off the air and she was quite full of herself. She's hot but nasty, not in a good way.