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Rosie O'donnell is on the run again - from the View. Many of us knew it, felt it, said it. It as a bad decision to rehire Rosie
O'donnell for the View and was bound to end in disaster. The View has been
driven to desperation lately with the Talk on their heels and somehow felt that
by brining back Rosie who had left the show, under dubious circumstances, would
have brought some needed life-giving infusion to the show. Rosie said a low key
goodbye to The View again, yesterday. Her reason for leaving this time is to
focus on her 5 children after the break up of her second marriage, this one to
Michelle Rounds.
Rosie O'donnell was hired in
September 2014 however, the show has experienced a ratings slide from last
season. The hoped for spike in ratings with a new panel did not happen. We do
know that there were instances of Rosie and Whoopi locking horns on several
issues resulting in what I would describe as a shouting matches this time
around. And if you believe the media reports, Whoopi and Rosie were fighting
over anything seating arrangements even before the show aired.
Rosie's staying power on previous assignments should have provided The
View's hierarchy with clues. She quit her magazine Rosie which was launched in
2000 less than 2 years later due to a dispute over editorial control. She was
first hired as moderator of The View in 2006 creating some famous controversies
resulting in her contract being mutually cancelled the following year . The
show did see a ratings jump in 2007 but this could be due to timing in a heated
pre-election period. Her Rosie talk show on Own had its debut in 2011 but was
cancelled in 2012 for low ratings.
Things to consider before hiring or re-hiring a talk show host. Does he or
she play nice in the sandbox? Are they popular with the viewing audience? Rosie
was named the most Annoying Celebrity of 2007 by PARADE reader's poll. How are
their interpersonal skills? How successful have they been in similar venues?
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