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Rosie's Variety Show Flops...BIG Time!
NewsBusters.org - Exposing Liberal Media Bias —
... 5 million viewers tuned in for the 8 p.m. premiere of "Rosie Live," with the program earning a 1.2 preliminary adults 18-49 rating. The telecast matched ABC's recently canceled "Pushing Daisies" as the night's lowest-rated program on a major broadcast network. [...] Critics were not kind. The NY Times described it as "hokey comedy with an enemies list." TV Guide called it a "ghastly ego trip." And the LA Times asked, "Rosie, what on earth were you thinking?" What indeed? ...
Quotes of the day
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Quotes of the day posted at 9:30 pm on November 27, 2008 by Allahpundit Send to a Friend | Share on Facebook | printer-friendly “Ms. O’Donnell can be very funny, but she didn’t try very hard Wednesday night.” *“The low point? There were so many .” *“There’s a notion that the climate is right for the genre to make a comeback. I guess we now know what not to do , thanks to Rosie.” *“Rosie, Rosie, what on earth were you thinking ?”
Rosie O’Donnell’s Variety Show Flops With Critics And In Ratings
The Moderate Voice —
... For instance, the Los Angeles’ Times review is a classic for those who love to read devastating reviews, dripping with disdain and shock: ...
So everyone hated Rosie O'Donnell's attempt at bringing back the old-fashioned variety show.
Althouse —
... Grace and Bill O'Reilly.... Ms. O'Donnell's self-referential swats at detractors were light, but they clashed with the context, lending a hard, contemporary edge to what was intended to be a corny, heartfelt homage to variety shows of yesteryear, like "The Sonny and Cher Comedy Hour" and "The Carol Burnett Show."...It's not easy to be the brilliant Ms. Burnett, and you should never, never underestimate what constitutes the greatness that is Cher. From the L.A. Times: For weeks now NBC has seduced and tantalized with the promise ...
Did Rosie Kill TV Variety Shows Forever?
GayPatriot —
... audience Wednesday night, tying for the evening’s lowest-rated program.
“There’s a notion that the climate is right for the genre to make a comeback,” emailed one executive at a rival network. “I guess we now know what not to do, thanks to Rosie.”
Critics were not kind. The NY Times described it as “hokey comedy with an enemies list.” TV Guide called it a “ghastly ego trip.” And the LA Times asked, “Rosie, what on earth were you thinking?”
Yikers.
I guess I will ...
