Report: Rosie Eyeing (Officially) Solo Talk Show
Accepting for the purpose of this story that The View is technically a group effort, there is talk that Rosie O'Donnell will take her first steps toward fronting a solo talker by spring or summer of this year. According to the trade mag TV Week, though O'Donnell's current contract stipulates that she must first entertain offers from a division of Disney if she is itching to return to the name-in-title daytime talk biz, sources say that she already has a handshake deal with Warner Bros. (though the studio denies that any talks have taken place).In light of The View's double-digit ratings gains since Rosie's arrival, insiders tell TV Week that Disney/ABC would fight tooth and nail to hold onto the motormouth, and that its deal with her would actually make it difficult for her to switch teams, as it were.
Accepting for the purpose of this story that
The View is
technically a group effort, there is talk that
Rosie O'Donnell will take her first steps toward fronting a solo talker by spring or summer of this year. According to the trade mag
TV Week, though O'Donnell's current contract stipulates that she must first entertain offers from a division of Disney if she is itching to return to the name-in-title daytime talk biz, sources say that she already has a handshake deal with Warner Bros. (though the studio denies that any talks have taken place).
In light of
The View's double-digit ratings gains since Rosie's arrival, insiders tell
TV Week that Disney/ABC would fight tooth and nail to hold onto the motormouth, and that its deal with her would actually make it difficult for her to switch teams, as it were.