Late-Night Talk Shows in the Dark After Writers' Strike

Poehler: Don't you collect ad revenue from your Web site?

RAT: Amy, how many times do I have to explain this! Does a magazine collect revenue for putting ads in their magazine? It's irrelevant! No one's making any money, Amy. No one! If we were, trust me, the writers would be the first people to get a check.

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You think media critic Howard Kurtz got knicker-knotted over NBC News anchor Brian Williams hosting "Saturday Night Live"? Wait till he gets word Rosie O'Donnell is in talks about headlining a show on NBC's cable news channel MSNBC.

Yes, O'Donnell is in some serious negotiations to anchor a prime-time show on MSNBC, possibly going mano a mano with CNN's "Larry King Live," according to an NBC exec who asked not to be named because the deal has not been announced. O'Donnell tossed out hints about the new show Sunday night at a book-signing in Miami; the comments were then posted on the Web site Lyingonthebeach.com. That site reported, citing Rosie as its source, the show was a done deal and an announcement would be made next week. It also reported Rosie played coy with the audience, telling them the show would be in the same time slot as "the guy with the suspenders and the long, long face."

The NBC exec, on the other hand, said the two parties remain far apart on some important points.

NBC has been trying to snap up Rosie since she exited ABC's daytime talker "The View" last spring; they've reportedly pitched the idea of her hosting a game show, and NBC Universal's Co-Chairman Ben Silverman told reporters in July that Donald Trump asked him to invite Rosie onto the next edition of "The Apprentice."