(Dec. 1) - NBC had high hopes for ‘Rosie Live,’ her variety special airing the night before Thanksgiving. But the show tanked, tying for the evening’s lowest-rated program.

Rosie ODonnell Snapshots

Rosie O’Donnell, right, does a high-five with co-host Meredith Vieira after her interview on the NBC “Today” television, in New York Monday Nov. 24, 2008. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)

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Rosie O’Donnell is interviewed on the NBC “Today” television show, in New York Monday Nov. 24, 2008. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)

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Rosie O’Donnell, right, is interviewed on the NBC “Today” television show by co-host Meredith Vieira, in New York Monday Nov. 24, 2008. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)

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Rosie O’Donnell, right, is interviewed on the NBC “Today” television show by co-host Meredith Vieira, in New York, Monday, Nov. 24, 2008. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)

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Rosie O’Donnell, right, is interviewed on the NBC “Today” television show by co-host Meredith Vieira, in New York Monday Nov. 24, 2008. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)

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Rosie O’Donnell, right, is interviewed on the NBC “Today” television show by co-host Meredith Vieira, in New York, Monday, Nov. 24, 2008. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)

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Rosie O’Donnell is interviewed on the NBC “Today” television show, in New York Monday Nov. 24, 2008. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)

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Rosie O’Donnell, right, does a high-five with co-host Meredith Vieira after her interview on the NBC “Today” television, in New York Monday Nov. 24, 2008. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)

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** FILE ** In this April 24, 2008 file photo, Rosie O’Donnell arrives at the premiere of the documentary film “I Am Because We Are” in New York. Rosie O’Donnell says she saw a teenager at a Detroit restaurant and thought he had a face that belonged in pictures. Now, 17-year-old Philip Johnson has the lead role in “America,” a Lifetime network movie with O’Donnell and Ruby Dee that is set for broadcast Feb. 28. (AP Photo/Peter Kramer, file)

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** FILE ** In this April 24, 2008 file photo, Rosie O’Donnell arrives at the premiere of the documentary film “I Am Because We Are” in New York. Rosie O’Donnell says she saw a teenager at a Detroit restaurant and thought he had a face that belonged in pictures. Now, 17-year-old Philip Johnson has the lead role in “America,” a Lifetime network movie with O’Donnell and Ruby Dee that is set for broadcast Feb. 28. (AP Photo/Peter Kramer, file)

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Rosie O’Donnell responded to cancellation rumors via her blog. O’Donnell resorts to using haiku to tell her fans that her show is officially over. In short, there will be no more variety shows in her future, even though she had a blast performing.

In her blog, O’Donnell writes:

“There will b no more

yet still - a thrill 4 me.” (sic)

5 million viewers tuned in for the program, according to The Hollywood Reporter’s James Hibberd, with the program earning a 1.2 preliminary adults 18-49 rating.

According to THR, NBC had high hopes for the special and planned to expand the program into a series should viewers re-embrace the decades-old variety format. Other networks, too, were watching closely since several are developing variety shows of their own.

“There’s a notion that the climate is right for the genre to make a comeback,” emailed one executive at a rival network. “I guess we now know what not to do, thanks to Rosie.”