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ROSIE THROWS IN THE TOWEL
Monday, December 1 2008
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Rosie O'Donnell's attempt to breathe life back to the mordant television variety format has failed, something that she has acknowledged on her website. "There will be [sic) no more" variety specials, she said. Her special last Wednesday drew only about five million viewers, fewer than those who watched the ratings-challenged Knight Rider, which the special preempted. It also drew a flood of derogatory notices from critics. Rosie herself summed up: "No ratings/bad reviews/yet still -- a thrill for me." The failure of the special was regarded as a coup de grâce to last-place NBC, coming as it did on the final night of the November sweeps.
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