Joy Behar to HLN 9pm slot…

Brian Stelter tweets the news…

You heard it here first: Joy Behar, a longtime co-host of “The View,” is joining HLN to host a 9pm talk show. She’ll remain w/ “View” too.

Expect a story in the Times shortly…

Update: Here it is…

Ms. Behar will work a TV double shift, as she will continue to co-host “The View” on ABC in the mornings. In a brief telephone interview, Ms. Behar said the new 9 p.m. show, tentatively titled “The Joy Behar Show,” will begin in the fall, most likely in September. She called it a “topical and fun” talk show.

“It’s not going to be dry, I hope, because I’m crazy,” she said. On “The View,” Ms. Behar is known for her sharply expressed liberal viewpoints. Ms. Behar’s show will replace a repeat of “Lou Dobbs Tonight.”

HLN, formerly Headline News, has had strong ratings gains in recent years with a lineup of opinionated hosts in the evenings. The network’s signature show at 8 p.m., “Nancy Grace,” drew almost 900,000 viewers on an average day last month.