According to Fox News:
Rosie O'Donnell is walking away from "The View" the undisputed winner of what has been a nightmare situation for ABC. Rosie already has had offers from NBC and CBS for daytime shows to counter "The View," sources say.
A top executive from NBC expressed hope that O'Donnell's politically extremist views will help the network gain a wider embrace of the 18-34 year-old, crazy, big mouthed, angry lesbian demographic.
"NBC believes they can work it for mainstream network television," said Bobby Henderson of TV Then & Now magazine. "Right now, only the Bravo network works that demographic."
While NBC may want O'Donnell to help with their declined ratings, executives at CBS foresee a face-saving strategy in hiring the polarizing figure.
"After what we went through with Rather and what were going through now with the Couric ratings slump, the public have lost a bit of faith in us," said a CBS executive. "In the face of all our past mistakes, hiring Rosie O'Donnell would be the smartest thing in the world for us to do."
Due to Katie Couric's poor ratings, some believe that CBS may consider O'Donnell to host the CBS Evening News. An insider at CBS said that the evening news format will change to a half-hour op-ed piece featuring only O'Donnell.
The CBS insider said that "her unsubstantiated conspiracy theories and leftist rhetoric bellowing forth with that angry Fred Flintstone-like demeanor will earn CBS some credibility and send our ratings through the roof."
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