The one-night-only live stream of "The Rosie O’Donnell Show" raised over $600,000 for The Actors Fund. Now, the success of the March 22 fundraiser has O’Donnell considering relaunching her talk show, Variety reports.

The comedian credits the triumph to the current atmosphere the coronavirus pandemic has caused.

“I do think in times like this people crave nostalgia and they crave to feel good,” O’Donnell said. “You put both of those together and somebody like me who wears her heart on her sleeve, it’s a good combination. So I don’t know what will happen. Maybe we’ll keep doing them on the internet or who knows what TV is going to look like when we get through all of this.”

The host told Variety on Monday that she’s had people from major networks reaching out to her for tips.

“You see all the late-night people trying to come up with content now,” she added. “In fact, the people from ‘The Late Show With Stephen Colbert’ called and said, ‘How did you do that?’ How the hell does CBS not know how to do it? It’s an app you could put on your computer and anyone could broadcast from their house. It wasn’t like a big plot I was telling them. It’s an app, just a basic app.”

O’Donnell, whose show featured guests like Patti LuPone, Ben Platt, Kristin Chenoweth, Billy Porter, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Chita Rivera, and Sarah Jessica Parker, even viewed the night’s challenges as a success.

“People stepped up who weren’t just moved by the performances, but the feeling of the whole event,” O’Donnell explained. “Even the little things that didn’t work sort of worked, like the audio dropping out. Poor Adrienne Warren in the bathtub for 10 hours. Someone wrote a review and said that the audio dropping was a running bit that we did. And I was like, “No, it wasn’t. It actually was the audio not working.’”

As mentioned, the show raised money for The Actors Fund, which “provides a safety net for performing arts and entertainment professionals over their lifespan” and is offering support to performers amid the coronavirus crisis. While O'Donnell said she aimed to have actors "take care of their community" during her special, future shows may serve as fundraisers to other causes.

“...my heart breaks like everyone for all the suffering, the nurses on the front line, people who need babysitters and the grocery store workers, the armed forces,” O’Donnell added. “I’m willing to play with what cause it could be [next time] and how we can best get the money to people.”

Overall, “The Flinstones” actress deemed the first night of her return as a good time.

“It was so fun. We raised so much money. I’m so glad it all worked out,” O’Donnell said. “It’s still running on YouTube and so you can watch the whole thing still. People are watching it now and still donating.”

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