{"id":658596,"date":"2026-08-27T12:11:53","date_gmt":"2026-08-27T12:11:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/?p=658596"},"modified":"2026-08-27T12:11:53","modified_gmt":"2026-08-27T12:11:53","slug":"tv-magic-variety-cheers-for-rosie-odonnell-comeback-following-kimmel-fill-in","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/?p=658596","title":{"rendered":"\u2018TV magic\u2019: Variety cheers for Rosie O\u2019Donnell comeback following Kimmel fill-in"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Does the collective anti-Trump narrative need a familiar face to give it a fresh push before midterms? Some certainly think so.<\/p>\n

Rosie O\u2019Donnell brought her tired brand of Trump Derangement Syndrome to the \u201cJimmy Kimmel Live!\u201d show as a fill-in host.<\/p>\n

Kimmel, who is equally seemingly possessed with deranged thoughts of President Trump 24\/7, has been on sabbatical, but the show has kept its relentless drumbeat of doom and gloom and personal insults aimed at the White House alive with several temporary hosts.<\/p>\n

O\u2019Donnell, who self-deported to Ireland, has made a comeback of sorts as Kimmel\u2019s fill-in, and has some at Variety Magazine rooting for more.<\/p>\n

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Rosie O\u2019Donnell uses her opening monologue on Jimmy Kimmel Live to take shots repeatedly at President Trump.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf you thought the president hated Jimmy Kimmel Live when it was hosted by Jimmy Kimmel, buckle up people.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cA lot has changed since the 90s. Back then we had a\u2026 pic.twitter.com\/txIQnpDmsx<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Reggie B. (@reggiebblue) August 18, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

\u201cThe comedian and Donald Trump antagonist just spent a week filling in for Jimmy Kimmel, and the results were TV magic,\u201d Daniel D\u2019Addario wrote. \u201cOver four nights, O\u2019Donnell \u2026 proved that she may yet have another act, and it may be on one of television\u2019s grandest \u2014 diminished, but still grandest \u2014 stages.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Rosie O\u2019Donnell just spent a week filling in for Jimmy Kimmel, and the results were TV magic.<\/p>\n

Over four nights, O\u2019Donnell, the 1990s talk show host whose two stints on \u201cThe View\u201d both fizzled out, proved that she may yet have another act, and it may be on one of television\u2019s\u2026 pic.twitter.com\/RgDzMZtRvv<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Variety (@Variety) August 24, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

The responses to Variety\u2019s column, and the \u201cTV magic\u201d claim, drew some pretty hilarious and hard-hitting responses on X:<\/p>\n

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Joan Rivers shattered that particular glass ceiling.<\/p>\n

\u2014 Rick Engstaedt \"\ud83c\udff3\ufe0f\u200d\ud83c\udf08\"\"\u270a\" #ProtectTransKids (@RickEngstaedt) August 24, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

There\u2019s that.<\/p>\n

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One thing we all gotta give Rosie credit for is that she has shitting on Trump for 20 years compared to the average TDS leftie who has only been doing it for 10 years.<\/p>\n

\u2014 The Captain (@The43rdcaptain) August 24, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

If ripping Trump is the purpose and point for the host, then sure, O\u2019Donnell has plenty of experience.<\/p>\n

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Great, let\u2019s pump out an old relic from the 90s, except this time fueled by lesbian rage and TDS.<\/p>\n

Has winner written all over it.<\/p>\n

\u2014 EM71212 (@em71212) August 24, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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Haven\u2019t we all had enough of this? It\u2019s not entertainment and the ratings show that.<\/p>\n

\u2014 JRo (@Loislane6045) August 24, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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It was a complete disaster<\/p>\n

\u2014 Vince Langman (@LangmanVince) August 24, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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I think \u201cTV Magic\u201d is a generous term. \"\ud83d\ude02\"<\/p>\n

\u2014 Mickey (@MickeyTAM11) August 24, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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Does the collective anti-Trump narrative need a familiar face to give it a fresh push before midterms? Some certainly think so. Rosie O\u2019Donnell brought her tired brand of Trump Derangement Syndrome to the \u201cJimmy Kimmel Live!\u201d show as a fill-in host. Kimmel, who is equally seemingly possessed with deranged thoughts of President Trump 24\/7, has… Continue reading \u2018TV magic\u2019: Variety cheers for Rosie O\u2019Donnell comeback following Kimmel fill-in<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":658597,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"initial","rop_publish_now_accounts":[],"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","footnotes":""},"categories":[17,22,13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-658596","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-border-security","category-immigration","category-immigration-reform","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/658596","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=658596"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/658596\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/658597"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=658596"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=658596"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=658596"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}