From left: Meredith Vieira, Star Jones and Elisabeth Hasselbeck.Photo: Ida Mae Astute/Disney General Entertainment Content via Getty; Lou Rocco/Disney General Entertainment Content via Getty (2)
There’s no place like home!
Beginning in February,The Viewwill be welcomingMeredith Vieira,Star JonesandElisabeth Hasselbackback to the table to guest co-host the show, PEOPLE can exclusively confirm.
The three women, who are among the show’s longest-running co-hosts, are making their return on separate dates throughout the month of February to celebratethe series' landmark 25th season.
Vieira, 68, and Jones, 59, are two of the original cast members who held a seat at the table whenThe Viewpremiered in August 1997. They both remained on the series until their departure during the ninth season in 2006.
Hasselbeck, 44, who established the conservative seat during her time on the show, served as a co-host from 2003 until 2013 during seasons 7-16. She alsobriefly returned in March 2020for a guest appearance.
Jones is expected to co-host next Friday’s show on Feb. 4. The dates for Vieira and Hasselback’s return have not yet been announced.
Barbara Walters in 2014 with her fellow co-hosts of The View.Ida Mae Astute/Disney General Entertainment Content via Getty
Along with Vieira, Jones and Walters, the show’s original cast includedJoy BeharandDebbie Matenopoulos.
While the format has mostly stayed the same, the cast has changed frequently over the years.
This week, Ling, who was onThe Viewfrom 1999 to 2002 during seasons 2–6, has been at the table as a guest co-host and will return for one more appearance tomorrow.
Currently,Whoopi Goldberg,Sunny Hostin,Sara Haines, and Behar serve as co-hosts.Ana Navarrohas taken on a guest co-hosting role.
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The View cast.Robert Ascroft/ABC
Ahead of the show’s 25th season in September, the co-hosts hadtheir first in-person reunionsince the show went virtual in 2020 amid the COVID-19 pandemic. At the time, the women reflected on the long-running series with Behar, 79, telling PEOPLE: “I can’t believe it’s 25 years. I’m still trying to finish a sentence I started in 1997!”
Behar alsoadded that the talk show’s secret to success is simple. “You have a bunch of women who speak their minds and enjoy the blowback. That’s our stock-in-trade,” she said.
The Viewairs weekdays at 11 a.m. ET on ABC.
source: people.com
