Rosie O'Donnell Beats Oprah Winfrey on Her Own Network

But neither had huge ratings

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On the tails of a $15 million media blitz to hype OWN’s new fall lineup, Oprah Winfrey’s network premiered two new offerings Monday night: Rosie O’Donnell’s talk show, The Rosie Show, followed by Winfrey’s self-help series, Oprah’s Lifeclass. Despite this being the Oprah Winfrey Network, it was O’Donnell’s show—not Winfrey’s—that reeled in the most viewers.

At 8 p.m. on Monday, according to Reuters, 497,000 viewers tuned into see The Rosie Show with guest Russell Brand. But many of them picked up the remote at 9 p.m.,

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