Former “The View” host Rosie O’Donnell is making a return to television via a movie that will be shown on Lifetime this coming Saturday.

The movie, titled “America,” deals with the foster-care system in the U.S. She’ll be playing the role of a therapist for a teenage boy who stayed for a long time in foster care. Aside from acting in the film, O’Donnell co-wrote the script and served as executive producer as well.

According to O’Donnell, she discovered her co-star, 17-year old Philip Johnson while dining at a Detroit restaurant just a few days before film production.

“He was at a table with two uncles, three sisters and a dad. And I would watch him listen to each conversation. I was staring at them so much, finally one of the uncles said “Isn’t that Roseanne Barr?” And I said “Close enough!” O’Donnell said.

It can be remembered that O’Donnell left the daytime gabfest in 2007 after only appearing for a single season. She shared that she barely has time to watch the talk show these days.

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