On Thursday, May 15, ABC’s The View will feature all 11 co-hosts from the show’s 16-plus-year history, as they celebrate series creator Barbara Walters. Walters, the last remaining original co-host of The View since its premiere in August 1997, will make her final co-host appearance on the May 15 episode of the show. She will be saying goodbye to daily television the next day, after more than five decades.
The co-hosts featured in the May 15 celebration of Barbara Walters (not including Walters herself) on The View are:
- Meredith Vieira (moderator, 1997–2006, Season 1–9)
- Star Jones (1997-2006, Season 1–9)
- Joy Behar (1997–2013, Season 1–16)
- Debbie Matenopoulos (1997-1998, Season 1-2)
- Lisa Ling (1999–2002, Season 2–6)
- Elisabeth Hasselbeck (2003–2013, Season 7–16)
- Rosie O’Donnell (moderator, 2006–2007, Season 10)
- Whoopi Goldberg (moderator, 2007, Season 11–Present)
- Sherri Shepherd (2007, Season 11–Present)
- Jenny McCarthy (2013, Season 17–Present)
The View airs weekdays at 11am ET on ABC. The celebration of Barbara Walters airs May 15.
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Current hosts of The View, Whoopi Goldberg, Jenny McCarthy, Sherri Shepherd and Barbara Walters: Donna Svennevik/ABC
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