Rosie O'Donnell Will Not Host MSNBC Talk-Show

Rosie O'Donnell will not host an MSNBC primetime talk show, as announced by Variety today.  

Though news of the TV deal had first been mentioned by the entertainment news source earlier this week, in Rosie.com/blog post entitled The show that never was, O'Donnell writes: "We were close to a deal. Almost done...I let is slip in Miami. Causing panic on the studio end."

The program was originally slated to air weeknights at 9PM (EST) and would "likely focus on current events and would premiere just in time for O'Donnell to sound-off on the upcoming presidential election."

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 established the "Rosie's For All Kids Foundation," in 1997 which has raised more than $56 million and awarded more than $22 million dollars in grants to over 1,400 child-related non-profit organizations to benefit low-income families across the country.  In 2003, O'Donnell established "Rosie's Broadway Kids," a program that provides instruction in musical theater to the public school children of New York.

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 called Celebrity Detox with Warner books. Additionally, The Gallery at New World Stages is currently presenting "Solace" the art of Rosie O'Donnell on exhibition through December 2.