“The View” is back for another season.
04.08.2022 - 01:51 / variety.com
Elizabeth Wagmeister Senior CorrespondentSunny Hostin is staying put at the most dramatic table on television.Hostin has inked a multiyear, multimillion-dollar deal to continue as co-host on “The View,” Variety has exclusively learned. The renewal deal will take Hostin through Season 28 of the ABC daytime show, which she currently co-hosts with Whoopi Goldberg, Joy Behar and Sara Haines — all of whom will be returning next season.ABC declined to comment on Hostin’s deal.As Variety previously reported, “The View” is expected to cast former Trump staffer Alyssa Farah Griffin as a co-host next season, which begins in September, filling the conservative seat on the panel that has been vacant ever since Meghan McCain left the show in 2021.
Insiders say Farah Griffin’s official announcement is imminent. (This week, “The View” has been teasing a new co-host announcement in on-air promos.) Hostin has been a co-host on “The View” since 2016.
With her new deal at “The View,” Hostin will continue to appear in special projects for ABC, such as “Soul of a Nation,” and provide commentary on shows like “20/20,” “Good Morning America” and “Nightline.”A lawyer, author, journalist and television personality, Hostin joined ABC News as a legal correspondent and analyst in 2016, a few months before she was named co-host on “The View.” Prior to ABC, her television career began with frequent appearances on Court TV, Fox News and CNN. Last year, she launched her own media company, Sunny Hostin Productions, which is focused on social justice issues and inclusive storytelling.By locking in Hostin, “The View” is firming up the majority of its lineup for the foreseeable future — particularly, through the next election cycle with many of its hosts
.“The View” is back for another season.
Even though Meghan McCain has been off The View for months, Joy Behar just can’t help but keep their epic feud going!
The start of the end. Meghan McCain revealed the moment when she realized she was ready to leave The View — and Joy Behar played a big role in the decision.
Joy Behar has been on for nearly its entire quarter-century run, and the celebrated TV personality is opening up about the reason she's stayed with the program for as long as she has.The 79-year-old veteran TV personality sat down with ET's Rachel Smith to talk about the show's new co-host, Alyssa Farah Griffin, and she joked about what keeps her coming back to the show each season.«Money,» Behar says with a laugh. «And also geography.
Joy Behar is welcoming a new conservative voice to with open arms! On Thursday, ABC announced that Alyssa Farah Griffin, a former White House director of strategic communications during President Donald Trump's administration, will be joining the show as a permanent co-host — to the delight of Behar. The 79-year-old veteran TV personality shares with ET's Rachel Smith why she thinks Farah Griffin's time on will run a little «smoother» than that of Meghan McCain, who was a conservative voice on the show when she co-hosted for four seasons, leaving last year.«Alyssa has got a whole different personality. I think it will be smoother, frankly,» Behar admits to ET.
. Still, there was an intimidation factor during her time as a regular guest co-host this past season, and two of her fellow panelists stood out.The 33-year-old revealed to ET's Rachel Smith that debating Joy Behar and Sunny Hostin came with its own set of challenges. For starters, Behar is known for not pulling any punches, especially when it comes to her own convictions.
“The View” is adding two new faces to its panel — faces that will be familiar to the show’s viewers.
The View will announce not one, but TWO new co-hosts, one year after the departure of Meghan McCain.
Ana Navarro and Alyssa Farah Griffin will be named permanent co-hosts of The View, with an announcement expected on the show on Thursday.
Elizabeth Wagmeister Senior Correspondent“The View” is adding two new co-hosts: former Trump staffer, Alyssa Farah Griffin, as well as longtime contributor to the show, Ana Navarro, who Variety has learned has signed a multi-year deal as a permanent co-host, though she won’t appear every day on the show.The announcement is expected to come on today’s episode of “The View.”Both women are Republicans and will add conservative commentary to the daytime talk show, though their political brands are vastly different, despite their same party affiliation.Navarro and Farah Griffin will join moderator Whoopi Goldberg, Joy Behar, Sunny Hostin and Sara Haines, resulting in six co-hosts for Season 26.Navarro — a fan-favorite on “The View” who identifies as a Republican, but is a staunch critic of former President Donald Trump — has appeared as a weekly guest host on the show, but never officially had a permanent spot at the Hot Topics table until now. Over the years, Variety has reported that she had been in discussions to join “The View,” but a full-time deal never materialized.
expected to go to Alyssa Farah Griffin). Navarro has often filled in when Whoopi Goldberg, Joy Behar, Sara Haines or Sunny Hostin is out.
Tiffany Cross and comedian Wanda Sykes — have already slammed the network for reportedly hiring Griffin.Who will be the next co-host of @TheView? The wait is finally over! Find out only on @TheView this THURSDAY at 11e|10c|p on ABC! pic.twitter.com/xvLHqgin2ZBorn in Los Angeles on June 15, 1989, Griffin is the daughter of two journalists. Her father, Joseph Farah, was the executive news editor at the Los Angeles Herald Examiner, then an editor at Northern California’s the Sacramento Union.Her father is of Syrian and Lebanese descent.
expected to name CNN political commentator and former Trump White House staffer Alyssa Farah Griffin as a new co-host for the upcoming season, filling a seat that has been vacant since Meghan McCain exited a year ago.Prior to her time on “The View” and CNN, Farah Griffin served as press secretary for Vice President Mike Pence and Special Assistant to Trump from October 2017 to September 2019. In 2019, she became the Press Secretary for the United States Department of Defense, which she worked as until 2020.
Elisabeth Hasselbeck returned to “The View” on Wednesday, Aug. 3 as the daytime talk show marks its 25th season on the air.
“pray for me” as she steps back into the embattled liberal lion’s den. Hasselbeck was “The View’s” OG conservative co-host during her 10-year tenure on the program, clashing with her co-stars and transforming the daytime show into a pop culture juggernaut. And while her return is currently being billed as “temporary,” fans are already calling for the Nashville-based blonde to be permanently reinstalled in the conservative seat that she singlehandedly created. It’s no secret that “The View” producers have been struggling to find the right Republican to fill said seat after it was vacated by self-proclaimed “mountain mama” Meghan McCain last year. Ratings have been sagging without a right-leaning co-host, compounded by embarrassing missteps from Goldberg and Behar — and Hasselbeck could help bring back eyeballs.‘Hasselbeck walked so Candace Cameron Buré could run so Alyssa Farrah Griffin could fly.’ABC will officially name the new conservative co-host on Thursday, one day after Hasselbeck’s return — and her team is only fueling rumors that she could be a contender. “This is the same woman who threw herself into the middle of the Australian Outback [on “Survivor”], survived 10 years at “The View,” and then joined the Fox News Team,” Hasselbeck’s rep told The Post. “I would say nothing is off the table when it comes to her taking on new adventures.”Meanwhile, an ABC spokesperson refused to be drawn on whether execs are looking to bring back the blonde on a full-time basis.
She’s back, y’all!!
Whoopi Goldberg is apologizing to a group she criticized.
expressing sorrow over Klondike's latest announcement that they would discontinue the beloved Choco Taco after 40 years on the market.MORE: Michael Strahan talks missed opportunity with The View appearanceAs stars such as Jenna Bush Hager and Chrissy Teigen bid farewell to the ice-cream snack, the hosts over at The View are the latest public figures to express their disappointment over the news.Sara Haines specifically had some choice words after the announcement, which she shared with fans as she and her co-stars enjoyed the iconic Choco Taco.WATCH: Joy Behar criticized over Ukraine invasion remarksMORE: ABC 'hires Alyssa Farah Griffin as new co-host of The View'Recalling the moment she found out it would no longer be available, she said: "They dropped it into my newsfeed like it meant nothing to them."As her co-stars giggled over her farewell speech, she joked: "Then I proceeded to have to handle the trauma of that announcement by myself."Sara continued her hilarious rant, saying: "Slowly I have met so many friends as we comfort and grieve together over the loss of Choco Taco."A post shared by The View (@theviewabc)Sara's hilarious ode to the Choco TacoThe host further continued her impassioned ode to the Choco Taco by praising the original creator of the dessert. She said: "The inventor of the Choco Taco recognized that to have a cone is imperfect, we've all eaten it.
Joey Behar recalled her 2013 firing from “The View” and said she was actually “glad” it happened.
Joey Behar recalled her 2013 firing from and said she was actually «glad» it happened.The 79-year-old comedian and co-panelist of ABC's long-running daytime talk show opened up about the experience in a new interview with magazine, and she was unapologetic about the ordeal. «I was glad to be fired,» she tells . «I basically was sick of the show at that point for some reason, I don't even remember why.»At that point in her career, Behar's career in television also included her own HLN talk show,, which was canceled after two years in 2011.