{
  "id": 1492388,
  "title": "Rosie O’Donnell Was ‘Surprised’ by Jimmy Kimmel’s Guest-Hosting Offer and Believes a David Ellison-Run CNN Would Be ‘Tragic’",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/17/rosie-odonnell-was-surprised-by-jimmy-kimmels-guest-hosting-offer-and",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-08-17T14:00:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Variety",
    "slug": "variety",
    "url": "https://variety.com/2026/tv/news/rosie-o-donnell-jimmy-kimmel-host-surprise-david-ellison-bari-weiss-cbs-news-cnn-1236835778/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Rosie O’Donnell is finally back behind the talk-show desk. Yes, the former host of “The Rosie O’Donnell Show” and “The View” will be serving as guest host of “Jimmy Kimmel Live” the week of Aug. 17 while Kimmel is on vacation (as part of his summer rotation). He said he’d tapped O’Donnell for the stint […]",
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  "coverage": {
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}