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Rosie's comedy

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       O'Donnell gets
            six-episode commitment for sketch comedy series.     
 Outtraveler Staff
          
          Apr 19, 2006
          
        
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       Rosie O'Donnell
            will return to TV under the auspices of gay cable
            network Logo. The channel has committed to six
            half-hour episodes of       The Big Gay Show, a
            sketch comedy that       O'Donnell will executive-produce.
            Set to premiere in 2007, the show's       ensemble will
            include Erica Ash, Dion Flynn, Julie Goldman, Stephen
            Guarino, "Gay Pimp" Johnny McGovern, Kate McKinnon, Nicol
            Paone,       and Michael Serrato. Out Married...With
            Children star Amanda Bearse will direct.     
       "Rosie
            O'Donnell's comedic precision and unique bond with the LGBT
            audience will provide an exceptional artistic foundation for
            a cast of       fresh and inventive performers," said MTV
            Networks Music Group       entertainment president and Logo
            president Brian Graden in a statement.       (The
            Advocate)     

        
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