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The acid-tongued talk-show host whose dispute with Elizabeth Hasselbeck hastened her departure from ABC's daytime gabfest is reportedly in negotiations to host a prime-time talk show on MSNBC five days a week.
Rosie O'Donnell, who famously clashed with a cohost on The View, is close to being her own boss again.
The acid-tongued talk-show host whose dispute with Elizabeth Hasselbeck hastened her departure from ABC's daytime gabfest is reportedly in negotiations to host a prime-time talk show on MSNBC five days a week.
An NBC executive familiar with the discussions confirmed the two sides had talked but cautioned that ''we're far from a done deal.'' The executive spoke on condition of anonymity because the negotiations were ongoing.
The cable news channel owned by NBC Universal would not officially comment on the discussions. A spokesman for O'Donnell could not be reached for comment.
The reports, which first surfaced in The New York Times, suggested O'Donnell would take over the 9 p.m. slot currently occupied by Live With Dan Abrams. That would put her show in competition with CNN's Larry King Live and Fox News Channel's Hannity & Colmes.
Fox News dominates prime-time ratings for cable news channels, averaging 1.5 million viewers this year, according to Nielsen data. MSNBC is a distant third with 505,000, behind CNN's 755,000.
O'Donnell hosted her own daytime talk show from 1996 to 2002. She also produced a Broadway musical and founded a short-lived namesake magazine before her tempestuous run on The View. Although she was there for less than a year before leaving in May, her boisterous, opinionated style was credited with boosting the show's ratings.
Shortly before joining the multihost show created by Barbara Walters, O'Donnell had blogged that ''it will be hard 4 me 2 not b the boss.'' Now she's set to reclaim center stage as her own. (AP)
