The View officially nabs Whoopi Goldberg
Just a couple days ago ABC announced that it was in final negotiations to hire Whoopi Goldberg and comedienne Sherri Shepard. It seems like Whoopi was very quick to make her way back in to the limelight, because today it was announced on-air that she would be joining the show, replacing Rosie O'Donnell.The dreadlocked legend will fill the "moderator" spot, guiding the day-to-day topics the girls will gab about. I wonder if Joy Behar is going to get a little jealous having another professional comic on the stage with her.
Love her or hate her, Rosie was always interesting -- and also good for ratings. I think that The View is trying to play it safe by bringing on Whoopi, but those of you may remember she got fired from her last job at Slim-Fast for a controversial speech about Bush. Maybe we if cross our fingers and wish real hard, we will get to see some Hasselbeck.
No offense to Shepard, but I don't think she is the right person to fill in Star's Payless shoes. As a former lawyer, Star brought a little bit of intellectual spark to the show, when she wasn't talking about her husband or getting hit in the face with a football (video). My hope is that they will try and bring on financial adviser Suze Orman or the newly unemployed Paula Zahn from CNN.

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