Why is the easily unhinged Tatiana Del Toro an ideal wild-card candidate for American Idol? Why is Rosie O'Donnell back from the dead of Rosie Live? And, setting aside a suspicious tweet, why is Heroes (probably) not going anywhere? The answers—and more questions—in this week's TV ratings pop quiz: 1. Del Toro? Really? Really. Idol's cooling; Del Toro's a crier; reality-show tears—the latest Nielsen numbers show, are hot. The Bachelor season closer was a Kleenex advertisement—and a franchise-record draw (estimated 17 million viewers for the postfinale special). The Girls Next Door season finale was a soppy mess—and E!'s most-watched fare since The Anna Nicole...
- 3/4/2009
- E! Online
In our annual Visibility Awards, we formally recognize the people who have positively or negatively impacted lesbian and bi visibility in American entertainment during the year. (See previous years here: 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004).
From Best Movie to Worst Song to Lesbian/Bi Woman of the Year, these awards recognize the television shows, movies, music, books and people who entertained, inspired, or disappointed us in 2008.
In previous years, the winners have been editorially chosen by the AfterEllen.com staff (note: winners do not necessarily represent any individual staff member's preference). This year, we opened up some of the categories for nominations, posted the finalists, and thousands of you voted. We've designated those categories with this symbol:
We've also included more international people, shows and movies this year, a reflection of the increasing awareness of lesbian and bisexual visibility around the world made possible by the internet.
Now on to the best and worst of...
From Best Movie to Worst Song to Lesbian/Bi Woman of the Year, these awards recognize the television shows, movies, music, books and people who entertained, inspired, or disappointed us in 2008.
In previous years, the winners have been editorially chosen by the AfterEllen.com staff (note: winners do not necessarily represent any individual staff member's preference). This year, we opened up some of the categories for nominations, posted the finalists, and thousands of you voted. We've designated those categories with this symbol:
We've also included more international people, shows and movies this year, a reflection of the increasing awareness of lesbian and bisexual visibility around the world made possible by the internet.
Now on to the best and worst of...
- 12/18/2008
- by sarahwarn
- AfterEllen.com
Last year in our annual overview of the Year in Television, Malinda Lo wrote, “Though there is still plenty of room for improvement — particularly on broadcast TV — the low points of 2007 do not contradict the fact that lesbian/bi representation on TV this past year has increased and improved significantly.”
Clearly, a lot can change in a year.
Though 2008 comes to a close with word of possible new queer female characters on the horizon in the coming year, the prospects for lesbians and bisexual women on television over the last twelve months have been somewhat grim.
This has been particularly true for lesbians, whose numbers on scripted network television have now dwindled to zero.
While portrayals of lesbian characters on Grey’s Anatomy and Cashmere Mafia (both on ABC) showed initial promise, it wasn’t long before their storylines turned sour and came to a screeching halt, due to either...
Clearly, a lot can change in a year.
Though 2008 comes to a close with word of possible new queer female characters on the horizon in the coming year, the prospects for lesbians and bisexual women on television over the last twelve months have been somewhat grim.
This has been particularly true for lesbians, whose numbers on scripted network television have now dwindled to zero.
While portrayals of lesbian characters on Grey’s Anatomy and Cashmere Mafia (both on ABC) showed initial promise, it wasn’t long before their storylines turned sour and came to a screeching halt, due to either...
- 12/17/2008
- by afterellenstaff
- AfterEllen.com
A week ago, on Thanksgiving Eve, Rosie O'Donnell dug up the grave of olde-tyme TV variety shows hoping to reanimate the long-dead corpse of the genre lying within. The only problem was Nick Lachey & Jessica Simpson had already done just that back in 2004 with Nick & Jessica's Make It Stop Hour, so all that was left in the coffin was the faint scent of decay and a few stray fingernails. Nevertheless, Rosie gathered these items, baked them into a pie to throw into Conan O'Brien's face, and went ahead with her variety special Rosie Live! on NBC. I didn't see Rosie Live!, but by all accounts it was like pouring quick-dry cement directly onto meninges of the American public, and NBC has done all that it can to scrub evidence of the show's existence from the Internet. There is just one...
- 12/3/2008
- avclub.com
American television host, Rosie O'Donnell, hints the end of NBC's variety show "Rosie Live". It has been reported that the multiple talent host has made a statement in her blog stating the "Rosie Live" will not be continued after receiving a poor rating.
In the blog message, Rosie who is also best known as a comedian actress, singer, and author, answered one of the questions about the show with her signature online shorthand, saying "There will b no more. no ratings. bad reviews. yet still a thrill 4 me." The message came out two days after the show was aired on November 26, and received only 5 million viewers. In the meantime, there is no official confirmation from the NBC network about possible cancellation of "Rosie Live".
"Rosie Live" is Rosie O'Donnell's first gig after departing from ABC's "The View". On the premiere, the show presents some outstanding names, such as Liza Minelli,...
In the blog message, Rosie who is also best known as a comedian actress, singer, and author, answered one of the questions about the show with her signature online shorthand, saying "There will b no more. no ratings. bad reviews. yet still a thrill 4 me." The message came out two days after the show was aired on November 26, and received only 5 million viewers. In the meantime, there is no official confirmation from the NBC network about possible cancellation of "Rosie Live".
"Rosie Live" is Rosie O'Donnell's first gig after departing from ABC's "The View". On the premiere, the show presents some outstanding names, such as Liza Minelli,...
- 12/1/2008
- by AceShowbiz.com
- Aceshowbiz
Rosie O'Donnell explains why she won't be attempting more variety shows after debuting her "Rosie Live" program last week on NBC. In response to a question on her blog about whether she plans more "Rosie Live" in 2009, the former co-host of "The View" simply writes: "There will b no more. No ratings, bad reviews. yet still - a thrill 4 me." Ratings estimates showed her NBC special was watched by just 5 million people last Wednesday, a night dominated by ABC newswoman and "The View" co-creator Barbara Walter's interview with Barack and Michelle Obama.
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- 11/30/2008
- by TheInsider
- TheInsider.com
Rosie Live!</i>" style="margin:0 5px 5px" />Christmas has come early. Just days after her Rosie Live! turned up Doa in the Nielsens (as well as in countless critics and viewers' notebooks), Rosie O'Donnell has written off her NBC variety show as a one-trick pony. Ro wrote in her blog, "there will b no more," responding to one fan's inquiry as to the possibility of follow-up variety shows in 2009. Alluding to "no ratings" and "bad reviews" ...
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- 11/29/2008
- by Matt Mitovich
- TVGuide - Breaking News
Rosie Live will live no more. Rosie O'Donnell writes on her blog that her NBC variety show – her first TV gig since leaving The View – won't being continuing. In her signature online shorthand, O'Donnell writes: "there will b no more. no ratings. bad reviews. yet still – a thrill 4 me." The Wednesday night show attracted just 5 million viewers, down even from the previous week's low-rated Knight Rider. The night was dominated by an ABC televised interview with Barack and Michelle Obama by O'Donnell's View nemesis Barbara Walters.
- 11/29/2008
- by Mike Fleeman
- PEOPLE.com
A TV buff like Rosie O'Donnell knows the Nielsen score: Rosie Live ain't living on. On her website Friday, O'Donnell wrote, in her usual undercase, shorthand style, that "there will b no more" variety specials. Rosie Live, broadcast, yes, live on NBC on Wednesday, was billed not only as O'Donnell's return to TV after her public divorce from The View, but as TV's return to the random-guest-star ways of the variety genre. You know the line about how you can't go home again to The Carol Burnett Show…? Rosie Live, featuring appearances by Alanis Morissette, Alec Baldwin, Clay Aiken, Ne-Yo and—sure, why not?—Liza Minnelli, was watched by only about...
- 11/29/2008
- E! Online
Actress/TV presenter Rosie O'Donnell has had her variety show Rosie Live scrapped after its preview on Wednesday received poor ratings.
The programme was aired by U.S. TV network NBC to determine whether there was a market for the show.
But Rosie Live pulled in just 5 million viewers and garnered scathing reviews - prompting O'Donnell to admit her show was a failure.
She writes on her blog, "there will b no more. no ratings. bad reviews. yet still - a thrill 4 me."...
The programme was aired by U.S. TV network NBC to determine whether there was a market for the show.
But Rosie Live pulled in just 5 million viewers and garnered scathing reviews - prompting O'Donnell to admit her show was a failure.
She writes on her blog, "there will b no more. no ratings. bad reviews. yet still - a thrill 4 me."...
- 11/29/2008
- WENN
It's a pity that with so many talented people trying to get a break in show business, the TV networks keep throwing life preservers to stars who specialize in forming circular firing squads when it comes to their careers. The latest case: Rosie O'Donnell, the once-popular chat show host/actress, whose career veered off course several years ago due to her incessant political diatribes, capped off by her perpetuation of the lunatic theory that the Bush administration orchestrated the 9/11 terror attacks. O'Donnell fancies herself as a deep thinker and can't resist lecturing her audience about how they should vote, eat. raise their kids and think. These traits turned audiences against her and she was ultimately let go from her prominent spot as one of the hosts on the popular TV show The View. For reasons known only to God, NBC decided this divisive person was just the right choice to...
- 11/28/2008
- by nospam@example.com (Cinema Retro)
- Cinemaretro.com
Rosie O'Donnell didn't go head-to-head with foe Barbara Walters Wednesday night. Which was a good thing. For O'Donnell. The comic had trouble enough drawing a crowd for Rosie Live. The NBC variety special was watched by only about 5 million, per Nielsen estimates, worse than Knight Rider, the network's usual 8-9 p.m. occupant. In the 10 p.m. hour, Walters scored 11.5 million for her ABC interview special with President-elect Barack Obama. CBS' CSI: NY (12.2 million) was Wednesday's most watched show. Last night, CBS' CSI (10.6 million) won the Thanksgiving battle of the repeats. ABC's Grey's Anatomy was its typically weak rerun self, averaging 5.5 million for a...
- 11/28/2008
- E! Online
Looks like people weren’t interested in watching Rosie O'Donnell last night, as Rosie Live wound up being a major network flop! The program, which last night on Thanksgiving, drew in more bad reviews than viewers. Only 5 million tuned in. And you can probably bet that at least half of those people were only half-conscious in a turkey-induced coma. Here are some of the reviews. John Mayer may want to re-think his plans to host his own variety show next year, because it seems the whole country is in agreement that we don’t need...
- 11/28/2008
- Hollyscoop.com
Rosie O'Donnell has been making headlines with her latest comments about the Barbara Walters and "The View," but the real reason behind Rosie's many public appearances is that she's promoting her all-new variety show, "Rosie Live," airing November 26 on NBC. So now we want to know, do you think Rosie can reinvent the variety show, that were once so popular in the '70s? Write your comments below and then watch "The Insider" on TV tonight to see if your answer makes the show!
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- 11/24/2008
- by TheInsider
- TheInsider.com
"The Insider" has latest... Rosie O'Donnell has been making headlines with her latest comments about the Barbara Walters and "The View," but the real reason behind Rosie's many public appearances is that she's promoting her all-new variety show, "Rosie Live," airing November 26 on NBC. So now we want to know, do you think Rosie can reinvent the variety shows that were once so popular in the '70s? Write your comments below and then watch "The Insider" on TV tonight to see if your answer makes the show!
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- 11/24/2008
- by TheInsider
- TheInsider.com
Photo courtesy: NBC
Rosie O’Donnell grew up with variety shows, so it’s only fitting that she take a stab at bringing back the genre with her Rosie Live special, which airs on NBC next Wednesday at 8/7c.
The ever-candid Rosie took a break from rehearsals in New York City to talk about the show and the possibility for more.
Why is this the right time to bring the genre back to prime time television? “I think the fact that we’re doing it live and variety shows were a big hit in the 70s when the economy was in the crapper and gasoline was scarce and people’s beliefs in the political system was shaken…it’s the right time, I think,” Rosie explained.
“When I did my first daytime show, the climate was right then, as well. At the time when I grew up, when you thought...
Rosie O’Donnell grew up with variety shows, so it’s only fitting that she take a stab at bringing back the genre with her Rosie Live special, which airs on NBC next Wednesday at 8/7c.
The ever-candid Rosie took a break from rehearsals in New York City to talk about the show and the possibility for more.
Why is this the right time to bring the genre back to prime time television? “I think the fact that we’re doing it live and variety shows were a big hit in the 70s when the economy was in the crapper and gasoline was scarce and people’s beliefs in the political system was shaken…it’s the right time, I think,” Rosie explained.
“When I did my first daytime show, the climate was right then, as well. At the time when I grew up, when you thought...
- 11/24/2008
- by dennis
- AfterEllen.com
Barbara Walters is a hypocrite for telling Rosie O'Donnell to keep her big mouth shut, while her co-panelist on "The View," Joy Behar, is allowed to keep ripping on Star Jones.
O'Donnell, who left the show in May 2007, told reporters Wednesday that Walters "wanted everyone to believe and think and act [as if the women on 'The View'] get along and are really good friends. And you know, that's just not the reality."
Walters responded by taking co-hosts Behar and Whoopi Goldberg to dinner at...
O'Donnell, who left the show in May 2007, told reporters Wednesday that Walters "wanted everyone to believe and think and act [as if the women on 'The View'] get along and are really good friends. And you know, that's just not the reality."
Walters responded by taking co-hosts Behar and Whoopi Goldberg to dinner at...
- 11/22/2008
- NYPost.com
Rosie O'Donnell says not to expect any politics or arguing on her upcoming variety show, Rosie Live. O'Donnell says she talked about contentious issues on The View because it was part of her job. But on her variety show, set to air on NBC at 8 pm/Et on the night before Thanksgiving, her only job is "to give people an hour to forget about their troubles," she says.
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- 11/19/2008
- by Tim Molloy
- TVGuide - Breaking News
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