Rosie Vows, "There Will B No More" Variety Shows

Saturday, November 29, 2008
Last updated 1:51 p.m. PT

By MATT MITOVICH
TV GUIDE

Christmas has come early. Just days after her  Rosie Live!  turned up DOA in the Nielsens (as well as in countless critics and viewers' notebooks), Rosie O'Donnell has written off her NBC variety show as a one-trick pony.

Ro wrote in her blog,  "there will b no more,"  responding to one fan's inquiry as to the possibility of follow-up variety shows in 2009. Alluding to "no ratings" and "bad reviews" as factors in her decision, O'Donnell maintains that the experiment was "still a thrill 4 me."

Elsewhere in her reader forum, O'Donnell acknowledged that "a live show has risks" and said, "i am happy 2 have had the opportunity."

Rosie Live!  mustered a mere five million viewers in its Thanksgiving Eve broadcast — falling shy of even  Knight Rider's worst performance to date in the time slot.