The Rosie O'Donnell show stars Rosie O'Donnell and her piano player John McDaniel. Rosie is also the executive producer. It lasts sixty minutes per episode including commercials. It was aired on NBC in syndication from June 10th, 1996, June 27th, 2002. Her show includes bits from Broadway that weren't aired on other programs as well as a variety of popular guests from, typically current, movies and television programs, especially in promotion of a current role.
Rosie included the audience in her introductions proceeding the show and she also always said "Hit It John," instructing her pianist to start the music.
Rosie sometimes got to interview the most famous guests on her program, Guests like, Barbara Walters (as guest host), Barbara Streisand or Tom Selleck. The last episode was on May 22nd, 2002. On the show were Tom Cruise a common occurance and Vanessa Williams who together with John Lithgow did a salute to Broadway.
Writers for the Rosie O'Donnall Show were Larry Amoros and Janette Barber. The directors were Anthony Caleca and Stan Lathan. It ia a talk show in genre. Its filming locations include Rockefeller Center, Manhattan and New York City in New York. Production companies for the show were Kid-Ro Productions, Telepictures Productions and Warner Bros. Television. It was distributed by Warner Bros. Television.
Rosie O'Donnel won a Daytime Emmy Award for almost every year her show was aired and several other members of her crew also won Daytime Emmys for their work. She also won the American Comedy Award in 1997 for the Leading Role in a TV Series either Network, Cable or Syndication.
