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.
June 10, 2009 at 8:15 pm
Wow.
Not sure what else to say right now…
June 10, 2009 at 8:21 pm
She’ll be up against Maddow so this will be interesting….
June 10, 2009 at 8:59 pm
…and Hannity and King. Best of luck to Ms. Behar.
June 10, 2009 at 8:59 pm
And I mean that sincerely.
June 10, 2009 at 10:57 pm
kraptv,
I think your moniker does an EXCELLENT job of describing Joy Behar’s presence on HLN!
And Mike, you’re very kind. I cannot watch that witch!
June 10, 2009 at 11:17 pm
I think Joy Behar would slaughter Maddow. She’s very good filling in for Larry King.
June 11, 2009 at 5:26 am
Joy Behar, next to Obama, is the voice of the Democratic Party.
Hey, two can play this game.
June 11, 2009 at 5:30 am
Recall that when South Dakota Senator Tim Johnson was hospitalized after suffered a stroke (or some type of brain blood vessel problem), thereby splitting the Senate to 50-50 with Cheney being the tie-breaking vote, Behar stated that the “Republicans were behind this.”
Yes, please give her more exposure.
June 11, 2009 at 6:37 am
stevemg… I recall that.
And as to your statement about Behar… I’ve begun that discussion in the open thread for today. Great minds think a like, apparently.
June 11, 2009 at 10:44 am
She was pretty good with Ann Coulter. We know she’s not afraid of a fight.
June 12, 2009 at 8:21 am
I was just being diplomatic, Missy.
October 4, 2009 at 9:38 am
This chick is a mindless moron that only shoots her mouth off on television when there isn’t anyone to challenge her. She can’t fight she’s too fat to last round. She’s nothing but a big mouth who thinks she is funny but nobody is laughing Joy-Joy.