People hate rosie
When I saw the first commercial, I thought it was a joke. I see Rosie in a feather boa with a small harem of gay men (not that there is anything wrong with that) talking about a new variety show she is going to star in. To me the idea of Rosie O’Donnell in a prime time variety show is confusing for a wide variety of reasons, but the one that sticks out in my mind is this: Everyone Hates Rosie.
How does NBC not know this? Don’t they have focus groups? If they do have focus groups, who is in these groups and what are they asking them? Did they ask the simplest question? “Do you hate Rosie?” because I guarantee that at least 1/3 of the people in any single group hate her. This isn’t a question of whether you would watch her show or if you like variety shows. NBC couldn’t get it through their heads that a sizeable of people find Rosie objectionable on face value.
Don’t confuse the issue either, this isn’t about gay women hosting shows. People LOVE Ellen. Why? Because Ellen is funny. Ellen doesn’t make every single minute about her show a chance to ramble on about herself. It’s not about politics or gender or race. People just hate Rosie. Whoever gets paid at NBC to say things like “wait a minute Bob…..I see a flaw in our plan. I think we might be looking at a problem. It seems people FUCKING HATE Rosie. Maybe we should look at someone different.”
NBC should look at hiring Captain Obvious.
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