She's Ba-ack!

[JayDLewis]

[quote name=\'cmjb13\' post=\'153282\' date=\'May 24 2007, 07:54 AM\']
This is the rumor that will not die.

She never was in serious contention and several Price staffers were mentioning it as well.
[/quote]

As the OP who linked to a couple of articles (including a picture of the ad she took out in one of the trades), it seems pretty clear that Rosie wanting to host Price is not a rumor.

If, on the other hand, this is a prank/scam/goof by Defamer...I will gladly cop to being fooled.

[cmjb13]

[quote name=\'JayDLewis\' post=\'153286\' date=\'May 24 2007, 09:38 AM\']
[quote name=\'cmjb13\' post=\'153282\' date=\'May 24 2007, 07:54 AM\']
This is the rumor that will not die.

She never was in serious contention and several Price staffers were mentioning it as well.
[/quote]

As the OP who linked to a couple of articles (including a picture of the ad she took out in one of the trades), it seems pretty clear that Rosie wanting to host Price is not a rumor.

If, on the other hand, this is a prank/scam/goof by Defamer...I will gladly cop to being fooled.
[/quote]
I can see how one could misunderstand my statement. I should have clarified my statement by saying Rosie having a chance of getting the gig (ie: serious contention) was a rumor. I don't doubt she was interested. But there was no chance she was going to get it, much less an audition.

[Jimmy Owen]

[quote name=\'cmjb13\' post=\'153282\' date=\'May 24 2007, 08:54 AM\']
This is the rumor that will not die.

She never was in serious contention and several Price staffers were mentioning it as well.
[/quote]


It's something that may be beyond the control of the Price staffers.  They probably have a pre-conceived notion of who might be a candidate.  Rosie wasn't available before and her show was gaining in ratings against Price.  I don't think she would have left "The View" unless something like Price became available.  Let's face it, in the demographics that count, Rosie was beating Price.  This is not a rumor, Rosie wants the job.  How much input did the Price staff have in choosing Ricki Lake?  If I were NBC, I'd make a deal with Rosie for an 11am show; be it game or talk, they could make inroads on Price and View.

[uncamark]

[quote name=\'Jimmy Owen\' post=\'153289\' date=\'May 24 2007, 08:45 AM\']
It's something that may be beyond the control of the Price staffers.  They probably have a pre-conceived notion of who might be a candidate.  Rosie wasn't available before and her show was gaining in ratings against Price.  I don't think she would have left "The View" unless something like Price became available.  Let's face it, in the demographics that count, Rosie was beating Price.  This is not a rumor, Rosie wants the job.  How much input did the Price staff have in choosing Ricki Lake?  If I were NBC, I'd make a deal with Rosie for an 11am show; be it game or talk, they could make inroads on Price and View.
[/quote]

NBC's already locked into a fourth hour of "Today" at 11 a.m.  I don't think they can get out of it.

If I were Ritch Colbert at Program Partners, I'd be trying to woo Rosie as much as I can.  I think she'd like the idea of working for a Ma-and-Pa syndicator not part of a media conglomerate and a Rosie show could, along with "Crosswords," do for his company what "Wheel" (and Oprah) did for King World.

[Don Howard]

[quote name=\'TimK2003\' post=\'153224\' date=\'May 23 2007, 06:02 PM\']
Anybody wanna take bets on who does their last show first:  Bob or Rosie?
[/quote]
Rosie's gone now. ABC announced it earlier today. Source: 1010 WINS News Radio

[tpirfan28]

MSNBC link.

Guess I lost the pool.

damn.