Rosie O’Donnell To Stay Another Year and Ruin ABC

Barbara Walters isn’t getting rid of her fr-enemy, Rosie O’Donnell, this year. ABC insiders say, "Rosie is going to get her own show – but it’s too late to do a show for September 2007, so she will re-up for one more year at The View and then do her own show that debuts in September 2008." ABC is very keen on keeping O’Donnell at the network. "She revived a 10-year-old show that was on its last legs," said one insider. O’Donnell has added 75,000 viewers a week since she joined the coffee klatch last September, keeping audiences enthralled after getting into feuds with Donald Trump, Walters and others. There is one catch to O’Donnell staying at ABC, however. "She wants [’The View’ executive producer] Bill Geddie out. They hate each other. She’ll stay if he leaves," said our source. A rep for O’Donnell said, "Nothing has been decided regarding her plans." Abbie Schiller, a rep for "The View" and ABC, said, "There is not one detail of this that is accurate."

If Rosie hates Bill Geddie then he is a good man, and should stay. Do the opposite of what Rosie says, and more success will follow. Is there anyone left for Rosie to attack to get herself more attention? Rosie needs to go now. If ABC keeps her they will suffer the same fate as NBC (layoffs, downsizing, slumping profits, etc.).