Joy Behar leaving ABC's 'The View'
TV personality Joy Behar attends 'The Revisionist' opening night at Cherry Lane Theatre on February 28, 2013 in New York City.
Photographer: (Photo by Andrew H. Walker/Getty Images)
Copyright Getty Images
Posted: 03/07/2013
LOS ANGELES - Joy Behar will be enjoying "The View" for only five more months.
The 70-year-old comedian is leaving the ABC daytime talk show at the end of the current season in August. The network said in a statement Thursday that it wishes Behar "all the best in this next chapter, and are thrilled that we have her for the remainder of the season."
Behar has co-hosted the show for 16 seasons. She was among the first co-hosts with co-creator Barbara Walters when the series debuted in 2006. The current panel includes Whoopi Goldberg, Elisabeth Hasselbeck and Sherri Shepherd.
In addition to "The View," Behar hosted "The Joy Behar Show" on HLN from 2009 to 2011 and currently hosts "Joy Behar: Say Anything!" on Current TV, which debuted last year.
Copyright 2013 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.
PRINT
Television News
-
DWTS: Who took the Mirrorball Trophy?
The winner of season 16 of “Dancing with the Stars” is...
-
Pickler named new 'Dancing' champ
Kellie Pickler came into the final "Dancing With the Stars" episode in second place but finished in first.
-
DWTS: Who'll likely win season 16
-
40 years later, Bradys return to KI
-
DWTS: Final showdown with the final 4
-
PHOTOS: Brady Bunch stars return to KI
-
'Toy Story' franchise hits TV on ABC
Water Cooler News
-
Cockroach survives by losing sweet tooth
If you think it's hard to outsmart a cockroach, you're right. Scientists have discovered how some of these bugs evolved to resist sweet-tasting poison baits.
-
4 lb hairball removed from tiger's belly
-
5 arrested in $4M jewelry heist, kidnap
-
Oklahoma man smiles after truck found
-
What it's like to be eaten by bear
