Ann Curry
Instead of living out her days on contract at NBC with minimal air time, Curry could be put to better use elsewhere. Her journalistic expertise and rapport with daytime audiences would be a plus. Bonus: Whoopi would never make her cry.
Instead of living out her days on contract at NBC with minimal air time, Curry could be put to better use elsewhere. Her journalistic expertise and rapport with daytime audiences would be a plus. Bonus: Whoopi would never make her cry.
Conservative? Check. Blonde? Also check. Crowley, a Fox News contributor, would be a natural Elisabeth Hasselbeck fill-in. Her years sitting in on The McLaughlin Group also prove she's always down for a lively panel.
Like Jenny McCarthy, Shields is another name that has been floating around since news of last year's panel shake-up first broke. She hasn't found a TV gig that has stuck since Suddenly Susan ended in 2000, so maybe it's time she just be herself.
In the 15 years since the former Good Morning America co-host left daytime, sporadic journalistic efforts have evolved into a second career as a health and lifestyle expert — but Lunden remains a more-than-capable TV personality who would bring expertise and poise to the show.
Though her solo return to daytime (the revived Ricki Lake Show) didn't work out so hot, the talk icon and home birth advocate still has a lot of pull with morning viewers. Maybe she'll fare better in a group.
Mom Kris Jenner's summer talk-show trial didn't work out, but of all the Kardashian clan, Khloe would be the most appropriate fit for The View. She's already proven she's open to taking New York.
An anchor on Glenn Beck's TheBlaze TV and a favorite on Bill Maher's Real Time, Holmes walks an odd line for a vocal conservative. She could fill Hasselbeck's right shoes while bringing a more palatable take on politics — without the voice-raising.
Jane Fonda practically invented opinions. And since she seems to take acting gigs as she pleases these days, why not saddle up for at least one year of a full-time gig? She'd come with a big price tag, but the inevitable ratings boost would more than justify the investment.
Part of the reason The Talk has been so successful in the few years its been on is how different all of the panelists are from one another. Cho would bring an edgy, unfamiliar perspective to The View — and while it wouldn't appeal to everybody, it certainly wouldn't hurt.
It was a sad, sad day when Sue Simmons signed off at New York's WNBC. The former anchor, who gifted the Internet with so many viral flubs, has now been relegated to playing a reporter on Law & Order: Special Victims Unit. If The View wants a new den mother with ample broadcast journalism experience, look no further.
In the years since Fox's The Wanda Sykes Show tanked, the comedian remains a talk TV fixture and frequent emcee. One of the empty seats at The View table must be crossing her mind.
For an easy transition from Joy Behar, the hilarious, opinionated and rarely predictable Lily Tomlin would fit in quite nicely on The View. She and Whoopi Goldberg could just as easily hold down the hour by themselves.
The View's roots are in feminism, so why not ask the grandmother of women's activism? Steinem may be pushing 80 years old, but she's as vibrant and whip smart as ever.
To really shake things up, and give ABC's Standards and Practices a coronary in the process, The View could go with someone like Silverman for guaranteed off-color humor. Kathy Griffin could also tackle this role — but last time we checked, she was banned.