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Roseanne Barr has emerged as the top contender to replace Rosie O'Donnell next year on "The View," sources say.
And when she opens her mouth, she makes a sound that only dogs can hear and can stun small animals into a coma at 500 yards. That's real talent baby...

A rep for Barr says she has not been approached.

And we believe every single thing we read in the papers, really we do...

"It's almost like that rumor that spread last month about how she was going to be on 'Desperate Housewives,' " said Barr's spokesperson.

This ladies and gentleman is known in the business as a "Hint".

"She's a piece of work, she's a character, she says what's on her mind and she's funny," said a source with knowledge of ABC's sudden and desperate search to find a new co-host to replace O'Donnell who quit the show last week.
Yes, the eternal question for producers everywhere, how to fill a seat that Rosie once sat in.

"They're missing strong personalities on that show, and that's what they're going to need if they want to keep it going," an ABC staffer close to the situation told the Post.

Starring Joy Behar as "the wallflower".

During an appearance on "Larry King" last week, Roseanne danced around the question of joining the "The View."

Larry King AND Roseanne,live and taking your calls for first half hour, in the second half of the hour, Henry Kissinger and Topo Gigo... Who says standards for television have fallen?

"I'm not looking for the job," she said at one point - and joking at another, "Well, I want $10 million, like Rosie."

But she never said she wouldn't take it if offered.

And Tom Arnold is laughing all the way to the bank.

Since last week's announcement when Rosie said she planned to leave the show in June, several names have surfaced as possible replacements.
Yes, Hello CAA? Can you tell us who is representing "the Medusa"?
Among them are Joan Rivers(What, did she lose her gig as Paris Hiltons little dog?), Whoopi Goldberg(kinda early in the morning for old Whoop, dontcha think?), Kathie Lee Gifford(eh, what? Does the world really need more stories of Cody?) and Connie Chung(I hear a barrel being scraped). Out of all of them, Roseanne seems to be the best fit.

That is the first time in history that the words "best fit" and Roseanne have appeared in the same sentence at the same time.

"It's going to be hard for them to follow Rosie," says an industry insider. "Roseanne could be the only one capable of pulling it off."

Its easy to follow Rosie, just follow the sound of glass breaking and the line of debris in her wake.

Industry insiders have also suggested Bette Midler and D-lister, Kathy Griffin.

Oh those talent agents, they are cut ups arent they?

The job is particularly hard to fill for more reasons than just the difficulty of finding a new, strong personality.

For starters, most women have better things to do with their time than this.

The open chair is the No. 1 seat on the show, requiring a star who can, in effect, be the show's quarterback - moving the discussion along, introducing guests and other duties that a TV neophyte might not be able to pull off believably.

O'Donnell said Wednesday that she's leaving "The View" after one year because she and ABC could not agree on a new deal.

Insiders have said she wanted more control over the show and decided to quit when that was denied.

O'Donnell had replaced former "View" co-host Meredith Vieira. Starr Jones, who also left the show last year, has yet to be replaced.

Say guys, I've got a real simple solution to your problem...

Posted @ April 30, 2007 03:48 PM | Book Reviews