TV: First Promo for ROSIE LIVE on NBC

Rosie O'Donnell is returning to television and reviving the variety genre with her "Rosie Live" Variety Show. BroadwayWorld.com got its hands on the first in a series of promos for the special on NBC.

The special will air live from the Little Shubert Theater, in New York, the night before Thanksgiving, November 26, at 8pm and is believed to be the kickoff for a 2009 regular series.

FoxNews.com is reporting that amongst other guests on the show that Rosie has chosen Kathy Griffin, Jane Krakowski, Alanis Morisette, NeYo and more. There has been no official announcement of guests yet for the show, although rehearsals are said to have begun at the Little Shubert Theater.

The show, which is said to be modeled after popular traditional variety shows like Carol Burnett, Ed Sullivan and Sonny & Cher will include "celebrity guests, musical acts, comedy skits and more." David Friedman is the Executive Producer, along with O'Donnell.

Rosie O'Donnell is a 13-time Emmy Award-winning American comedienne, talk show host, television personality, celebrity blogger, gay rights activist, film, television, and stage actress. She has appeared on Broadway in Fiddler on the Roof and Seussical! She also produced Taboo. Rosie O'Donnell is an often-advocate for New York theatre, featuring Broadway performances on her Emmy Award-winning talk-show "The Rosie O'Donnell Show," which ran 1996 to 2001. She was last seen as a co-host on the tenth season of ABC's "The View. She recently released her second book entitled "Celebrity Detox" with Warner books.