Entertainment | 10/08/2008 7:50 am
Rosie O'Donnell's New Variety Show to Air Next Month

Rosie O’Donnell is coming back to TV.
The former fleeting “View” moderator will do a variety show on NBC. The Chicago Sun-Times reports that her first show will air November 26 as a special. If the ratings are good, the network may expand it to a weekly series.
But don’t expect Rosie to get all fired up over politics and the GOP. NBC has a deal with her to keep the topics light and entertaining – and not in a catfighting sort of way.
The program reportedly will feature celebrity guests, comedy sketches, music acts and prize giveaways. O’Donnell will executive produce the NBC show with David Friedman, who also produced “Last Call with Carson Daly.”
"We want to show people that variety can be done in a new and inventive way for 2008," said Craig Plestis, NBC Entertainment’s executive vice president for alternative programming, development and specials. "We hope to do it in ways you haven’t seen before. It’s going to be the YouTube of variety shows."























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