O'Donnell to Replace Vieira on 'The View'...Did our emails help???!!!!

[in_cog_ni_to]

Looks like Rosie will be replacing Viera on The View and NOT Patricia Heaton! Great news!


O'Donnell to Replace Vieira on 'The View'
By DAVID BAUDER, AP Television Writer

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.

It's an important appointment for "The View," which was created by Barbara Walters. Vieira's news background helped make her the solid center of the program on the days Walters didn't appear on air.

[babylonsister]

1. I haven't watched in years, but may now! nt

[in_cog_ni_to]

3. Me either. I never watch that show, but with ROSIE, that may change!

:thumbsup:

[Generator]

2. WOW!

She pulls no punches. IF TRUE-this may PROOF of your nail in the Bush coffin. THEY KNOW she's as anti-war as they come, she's Gay, and she despises Bush. I can't believe it.

[in_cog_ni_to]

4. I know! This is just too good to be true! I cannot believe

they would have debated between Rosie O'Donnell or Patricia Heaton! :crazy:

[faithnotgreed]

5. whew - i thought you meant norah o donnell

wow
can you see rosie duking it out with ms hasselbeck

ive never even seen the show and i hear about it

rosie has a huge heart and a LOT of things to say
if she keeps a fairly even keel (and tom selleck isnt an early guest) she can be wonderfully effective and a perfect antidote to the hard right wing that hasselbeck brings

[snacker]

6. So did I.....

it'll be great to have Rosie back on television. I've missed her...she's never been afraid to voice her opinion.