Rosie on Kimmel.

[d.anders]

What a terrific week for late night TV. Rosie O'Donnell knocked it out of the park. Her audience share was 4 times Kimmel's. I think 6.3 million watched night # 1. I thought she did an excellent job. She's very talented.

[+ FrankR]

I give her kudos - she has done well so far.  She pulls in Guillermo as well, which is smart; so it is not all about her or the White House.  It is one thing to do it for a few days…it is a different animal to do it for weeks on end and keep it fresh.

[Rod Hagen]

I'm not especially her fan, and she did a great job this week. She was a good choice.  Lucky her, having Irish Grandparents and being able to live in Ireland.  I have a friend who moved there as well.  

[d.anders]

3 hours ago, FrankR said:

it is a different animal to do it for weeks on end and keep it fresh

She had her own very successful talk show for 6 seasons on NBC. Granted it was "daytime," but experience is experience. She was offered supposedly $100 million not to end that show, but she had already made $100 million, and she wanted to be with her children. It was her decision to end her show. Quite remarkable.

3 hours ago, FrankR said:

She pulls in Guillermo as well, which is smart

My partner worked with her early on. He said Rosie was a very generous person.

[TonyDown]

She's a great host, a natural.   Loved her guests last night, Nick Offerman and Megan Mullally.  They talked about Ice Boy!, the musical that finished a record breaking run at the Goodman Theater in Chicago.  Perhaps if anyone saw it they might post on the theater threads.

 

[BuffaloKyle]

I watched a little bit of her celeb interviews. I loved watching her talk show when it was on.

P.S. I'm gonna grab my popcorn and see how long it takes this thread to go off the rails 

Edited Friday at 09:38 PM by BuffaloKyle

[mike carey]

2 hours ago, BuffaloKyle said:

I watched a little bit of her celeb interviews. I loved watching her talk show when it was on.

P.S. I'm gonna grab my popcorn and see how long it takes this thread to go off the rails 

Noted!!!

LOL

[Rod Hagen]

Oh, that's another thing.  I felt so old watching her week.  Had no idea who any of the guests were except for the woman from Hacks.  Josh Gadd?  No idea.  Nick Oferman?  No idea.  The guy she was drooling over, no idea.   The women guests?  Not a clue.

[d.anders]

3 hours ago, Rod Hagen said:

I felt so old watching her week.  Had no idea who any of the guests were except for the woman from Hacks.  Josh Gadd?  No idea.  Nick Oferman?  No idea.  The guy she was drooling over, no idea.

Wow, you shocked me. Her name is Jean Smart. Josh Gadd has been around for a long time. He was a working actor before he starred in The Book of Mormom, with Andrew Rannells. His resume is packed. Nick Offerman has also worked a very long time. He superbly played a paranoid gay man in The Last of Us. His resume, too, is packed. And my boyfriend, Sydney James Harcourt, played Rum Tum Tugger in Cats: The Jellicle Ball. He was a sexy cat who oftentimes stole the show. I was happy to see that Rosie was smitten by him, too. I did not know he was gay until I saw his interview with Rosie. I suspect we'll be seeing more of him.

(edit) I put this link in the Jellicle Ball thread. Sydney James Harcourt recently posed for Playgirl: https://playgirl.com/entertainment/sydney-james-harcourt-has-nerve/

Edited Saturday at 06:04 PM by d.anders

[Rod Hagen]

2 hours ago, d.anders said:

Wow, you shocked me. Her name is Jean Smart. Josh Gadd has been around for a long time.

Jean Smart is extraordinary, I just have a hard time remembering her name. 

Apologies, Rosie's guest was not Josh Gadd, it was someone else with a similar name whom she admired and I was unfamiliar. 

[d.anders]

17 hours ago, Rod Hagen said:

Rosie's guest was not Josh Gadd

That's funny. I saw Josh Gadd somewhere recently (looking extremely overweight), and thought it was with Rosie. See, I'm old. You meant Richard Gadd, and you certainly must know him. He won some Emmy's for creating Baby Reindeer, and he created and starred in HBO's Half Man, which I think has its own thread here.

As for the women, Hannah Waddingham is quite famous. I haven't seen her in anything, but she's been on so many award shows, it's kinda hard not to know who she is. I remember Ana Gasteyer from SNL. I always thought she was very talented and funny. She can also sing/belt. She was in Wicked for a while. I haven't seen Abbott Elementary, but I've also seen Janelle James on awards shows. I did not know Ashley McBride or Shawn Hatosy.

The Grammy Awards usually make me feel old. I don't know most of the singers under 30.

[Rod Hagen]

I tend to avoid things like Glee and Wicked and Abbot Elementary.  All that positivity.  No, I have not seen Baby Reindeer.  I remember it being mentioned here and there.  I read the description online, it sounds like trauma-porn, like that book I stopped reading 15 years ago, A Little Life, or I Shall Destroy You.  Richard Gadd certainly is sexy.  Oh, yes I know Hannah Waddingham , I liked her as a guest.  She's super sexy too.  She's great.  Also:  Oh, yes, now I recognize Ana Gasteyer.  I admired her on SNL.    Thank you.  

[samhexum]

On 8/22/2026 at 10:20 AM, Rod Hagen said:

Nick Oferman?  No idea. 

Would you know him by his legal name (Mr. Megan Mullally)?

On 8/22/2026 at 10:20 AM, Rod Hagen said:

Oh, that's another thing.  I felt so old watching her week.  Had no idea who any of the guests 

I have no idea who Rosie is.

[Rod Hagen]

22 hours ago, samhexum said:

Would you know him by his legal name (Mr. Megan Mullally)?

I have no idea who Rosie is.

Honestly, no I don't know who she is either.  Sorry.

[Mark_fl]

47 minutes ago, Rod Hagen said:

Honestly, no I don't know who she is either.  Sorry.

You are quite fortunate. 

[samhexum]

1 hour ago, Rod Hagen said:

Honestly, no I don't know who she is either.  Sorry.

you never watched Will & Grace?  BREEDER!

[Mark_fl]

6 minutes ago, samhexum said:

you never watched Will & Grace?  BREEDER!

He might have just blocked her out. She was great in League of Their Own, but personally she makes my skin crawl.

[samhexum]

10 minutes ago, Mark_fl said:

She was great in League of Their Own, but personally she makes my skin crawl.

And she says the nicest things about you!