Rosie O'Donnell's Nip/Tuck Character Gets Spin-Off

Looks like the Queen of Nice is becoming the Queen of All Media.

Rosie O'Donnell, whose presence on The View has boosted ratings for the morning yakety-yak show, has announced that she'll be shooting a pilot for a new nighttime series about Dawn Budge, the lottery winner she played on Nip/Tuck. (In that episode, she paid hunky surgeon Julian McMahon $100,000 to service her.)

The producers of that show - including creator Ryan Murphy (Running with Scissors) - were so taken with their guest star that they immediately made a deal to give Rosie her own show.

Expectations are high for the Dawn Budge pilot - so much so that it's rumored Nicole Kidman wants to make her American TV debut as a guest star.