The View (tv program)

NEW YORK — Rosie O'Donnell's turbulent tenure on "The View" officially came to an end Friday as ABC announced that the outspoken comedian had asked to be let out of her contract nearly a month early. O'Donnell's abrupt exit from the program comes...

NEW YORK — Four days after Rosie O'Donnell abruptly left "The View," program creator Barbara Walters said she was saddened by her departure but vowed that the ABC daytime talk show would continue to thrive. "It's been quite a week, as all of you...

NEW YORK -- "The View's" table is going to be back at full capacity Monday when comedian Sherri Shepherd pulls up a chair as the daytime show's new co-host. Less than a week after Whoopi Goldberg's debut, the ABC chatfest is set to bring on Shepherd as...

Now that the holidays are over, so is maternity leave for Elisabeth Hasselbeck. "The View" co-host will return to the estrogen-heavy talk show on Monday, Jan. 7, announced ABC. Hasselbeck, the show's conservative voice, had been missing since Oct. 23 to...

Tim Gunn will "make it work" for the second season of his reality show with a new fashion accomplice by his side. Fashion expert, personal stylist and salon/spa owner Gretta Monahan will join the "Project Runway" mentor for the upcoming season of Bravo's...

CBS sits atop the heap among the nominees for the 35th annual Daytime Emmy Awards. The Eye picked up 56 nominations for the awards, including 17 for its soap opera The Young and the Restless," which led all shows. Two of the network's other daytime...

Fox News tough guy Sean Hannity assured us this week he would press Sarah Palin for real answers -- no going easy on the woman who could be the next vice president of the United States. "No topic," Hannity intoned, "is off limits." A couple of nights...

As if Coopie, Wolfie, Dobbsie and CNN's other kazoos weren't funny enough, "the most trusted name in news" now has comedian D.L. Hughley holding down an hour of interviews and sketches before a laugh track-like studio audience on Saturday nights. Hughley...

NEW YORK — Rosie O'Donnell may have bolted from "The View" last month, but the controversy about her role on the program has yet to abate. On the eve of the Daytime Emmys, when the ABC chat fest is up for 10 awards, show creator Barbara Walters...

Often snubbed for a Daytime Emmy in the past, Susan Lucci has been jilted as a nominee this year. Missing along with the "All My Children" veteran is " The View," overlooked as a best talk nominee, though that ABC show's five panelists ( Whoopi Goldberg,...

Patricia Clarkson is sitting on a balcony overlooking the pool at the Beverly Hills Hotel, reminiscing about — and recuperating from — the Oscar nominees' luncheon. For the occasion, she's wearing a black Alberta Ferretti wraparound dress...