ROSIE LIVE! Airs Tonight on NBC

NBC's hotly anticipated new variety special "ROSIE LIVE!" starring multiple Emmy® Award winning actress / comedienne Rosie O'Donnell airs tonight at 8pm.

The special will broadcast live from the Little Shubert Theater, in New York, and is believed to be the kickoff for a 2009 regular series.

Scheduled guests for "ROSIE LIVE!" will be legendary performer Liza Minnelli, Clay Aiken, Harry Connick,Jr., queen of the "D-List" Kathy Griffin, Alec Baldwin and Jane Krakowski of NBC's "30 ROCK", Grammy® Award winner Alanis Morissette, and red hot recording artist NE-YO.

On "ROSIE LIVE!", O'Donnell will bring back the grand tradition of the variety show format to television, like such iconic series as "The Carol Burnett Show" and "The Ed Sullivan Show," while including brand-new elements for a new generation of fans. The special will feature a topical monologue, musical production numbers, hilarious comedy sketches and a giant primetime giveaway for the studio audience    

"Rosie Live" is produced by Universal Media Studios in association with KidRo Productions. O'Donnell and David Friedman ("Last Call with Carson Daly") are the executive producers.