[quote name=\'Jimmy Owen\' post=\'153289\' date=\'May 24 2007, 08:45 AM\']
It's something that may be beyond the control of the Price staffers. They probably have a pre-conceived notion of who might be a candidate. Rosie wasn't available before and her show was gaining in ratings against Price. I don't think she would have left "The View" unless something like Price became available. Let's face it, in the demographics that count, Rosie was beating Price. This is not a rumor, Rosie wants the job. How much input did the Price staff have in choosing Ricki Lake? If I were NBC, I'd make a deal with Rosie for an 11am show; be it game or talk, they could make inroads on Price and View.
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NBC's already locked into a fourth hour of "Today" at 11 a.m. I don't think they can get out of it.
If I were Ritch Colbert at Program Partners, I'd be trying to woo Rosie as much as I can. I think she'd like the idea of working for a Ma-and-Pa syndicator not part of a media conglomerate and a Rosie show could, along with "Crosswords," do for his company what "Wheel" (and Oprah) did for King World.