She did it. She's gone. I'm devastated if devastated means deliriously happy. With little fanfare Meredith Vieira announced on "the View" that she was leaving to host the "Today" show. Dreams do come true! Of course, there's got to be a lot of fallout with this move and this is how her friends took the news.
Barbara Walters: She seemed full of contrition. I bet she knows that if the show hadn't taken a steep decline, Vieira might not have entertained the idea. Walters knows it's back to the drawing board for a "sane" one. But then again regardless what normal host is signed on, they've got Star Jones and Elisabeth Hasselbeck's inanity to contend with. Good luck.An Unwanted Flashback: Due to Couric's move, we were treated to a clip of Barbara Walters with the convivial Harry Reasoner. Sadly it looks like Barbara still holds a grudge. Harry's gone, Barbara--let it go.
Joy Behar: After Meredith's news sunk in, Behar didn't have time for many yuk-yuks or stinging observations. She knows it's pretty much going to be Crazy Town without Vieira. The only solution? She could quit too.
Elisabeth Hasselbeck: Inappropriate and dull as ever. Vieira's absence will only magnify the fact that the show still hasn't addressed the real problem (pictured on the left.) Her reaction was high-school-ish and weepy. Frankly Hasselbeck didn't log the same miles with Meredith as Star and Joy did, so she should had a nice cup of shut the heck up and let the vets get their cry on. No such luck, she had to stick her big nose in this too.
Star Jones: She was a bit unsteady during the aftermath of Todaygate. She rambled something about her and Meredith being so close they'd finish each others sentences. Ain't that quaint. Here's something? If you're such bosom buddies why don't you hit the exits too. The View could start off fresh, get cancelled and ABC would be back to running reruns of "Happy Days" like it used to.
That's Bill Geddie not "Getty" is it was spelled on the pic lifted from the ABC site. Some people...You know he gulped a gallon of air and damn near sharted when Meredith delivered that body blow. To be honest, Meredith has been looking way bored on there for six years. You know, Geddie/"Getty" could possibly close up shop and just run clips of "Today." That's not going to happen. There will be a new co-host and bet she'll be awful.
Ahh just look at them, they just couldn't wait!
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todaygate....I love it. LOL
I find all of those women insufferable.
Thanks Shawn LOL
Me too and in "The View's" case--it's only going to get worse...
Yeah, without Meredith as the sole voice of reason to anchor the group (Joy can be funny, but only in small doses...like 1/8 teaspoons), I'm expecting full anarchy. Bra burning, graffiti, trashing the set, etc.
Me too Donny. At this point, I'd only keep Joy Behar and of course Barbara Walters. Star Jones and that other one have turned this already odd show into an unwatchable one.
I think Tracy Morgan's impression of Star Jones on SNL is still brutally hilarious.
Me too. It wasn't too broad, the voice was good, it captured Jones's oddness in a way Kenan Thompson's hasn't so far.
So how will the group get along with Rosie O'Donnell in the mix?
Really I don't see how it's going to be a good thing really. I bet Rosie and Joy are going to be in cahoots--especially with Star. In a way I hope Star will get a chance to let Rosie have it, she's been dogging her for quite a while...
Notice how the weak link - Hasselbeck - is only there to balance the liberals - Vieira and Behar? The fact that she appeals to a large segment of the show's audience is indeed scary. No political bias intended, but I think ABC flacks realize they'd have to replace her with an equally inane, right-wing, devout Christian, so why make the move?
I think the show was better when they weren't looking for a "right-wing" person. Hasselbeck is brutal, she is and remains a hinderance, some of her excuses and rationalizations have been shameless.
I agree, if and when Hasselbeck gets the boot, they'll probably go back to central casting and get more of the same. In a way, the show has declined ever since Lisa Ling left and or got the boot...
The only time the show has EVER been watchable was with Lisa Ling. It was interesting to have the youngest voice on the show be the most rational. I'm not certain of Vieria's background, but I always found LL far more journalistic/objective (that it is, when she managed to get a word in between the comedy stylings of Behar/Jones).
And, even when she was on the show, I found it inane and pointless.
It's a gossip/yack-fest that's only point of interest now is gossip/yack about what will happen when America's second favorite lesbian takes her spot on the show...
There has got to be a better way to fill 2 hours of daytime air.
I agree with a lot of that CWJ. This show has declined so much that I forgot that it did have a talented person like Lisa Ling at one time. She certainly was on during the show's "prime" and seemed to center, well, everyone on the show. Come to think of it, I think she was booted too...
Vieira was on a show called West 57th in the '80s, a younger version of 60 Minutes. She ended up on 60 Minutes, fell off the radar for a few years and then went to the View.
IMO, sadly I think that Rosie's only appeal at this point is to see how crazy she is now. She's a long way from the peak of her talk show...
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