I like the humor of Drew Carey and think he is an excellent choice. He has that neat dry sense of humor! Good choice.

Drew Carey------perfect.....

And to think, didn't he just start as the new host of another show?

I dont know.....sitting here I have very little time for tv......

Drew is going to be a lot better than Rosie would have ever been as host of the show.

Honestly, I never watch the show. It is on during the day and I work.

And if it was on at night, I very rarely watch TV. You'd think with hundreds of tv stations at your 'remote controlled' fingertips there would be 'something' of interest on.....but nope...nothing!

I'm with you on that Bumble, I'm home all day and I still don't watch the show. I prefer to work out in the garden or yard.

I'm not much of a day time tv watcher anyways, even if I was home. I like tv at  night in the winter. But there isn't much I watch. Here is my winter tv lineup for all who are interested .....Monday it's '24' and Heros, Tuesday it's House, Wednesday it's nothing, Thursday it's Grey's Anatomy and it use to be the Soprano's on Sundays. AND THAT IS WHAT I PAY TIME WARNER FOR! And I never rent DVD's, I just buy the ones that I know I would like. DVDs are a winter thing too.

http://www.dailygazette.com

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Whoopi replaces Rosie as moderator on ‘View’
BY DAVID BAUDER The Associated Press

   NEW YORK — Whoopi Goldberg will bring no celebrity feuds with her when she joins “The View,” at least none that she’s aware of.
   “Who knows?” she told The Associated Press. “Anybody could say ‘I don’t like her.’ That’s OK. I just won’t come to your home.”
   That already sets Goldberg apart from her predecessor. “The View,” putting Rosie O’Donnell in its rearview mirror, officially introduced Goldberg to the show’s audience as its moderator on Wednesday. She’ll start full time the day after Labor Day.
   The show is on the lookout for another cast member to join Goldberg, Joy Behar, Elisabeth Hasselbeck and creator Barbara Walters. That person won’t be named until the fall, Walters said.
   O’Donnell announced this spring she was leaving ABC’s daytime talk show after less than a year filled with controversy and feuds with Donald Trump and co-star Hasselbeck, among others.
   Despite O’Donnell’s polarizing presence — or maybe because of it — ratings shot up last year.
   Goldberg, 51, gives “The View” a genuinely big name and distinct personality in her own right. She’s among the select few performers to win an Oscar, Emmy, Tony and Grammy award.
   She’s no stranger to political controversy, although that part of her resume isn’t quite as filled as O’Donnell’s. Goldberg was dumped from a Slim-Fast advertising campaign in 2004 after making a speech mocking the Bush administration at a political rally, at one point using the president’s surname as a sexual reference.
   “She’ll be potentially less controversial than Rosie but still have a bit of an edge,” said Bill Carroll, an expert in syndication for Katz Television.
   Advertisers are likely to be happy with the choice, he said.
   Goldberg said she’s looking forward to talking about what’s going on during what promises to be an interesting year ahead. She’ll be the moderator, meaning it will generally be her job to steer the discussion and keep the show running on time.
   “I just figure I’m going to be me,” she said. “They know who I am and know what I do, so nobody will be surprised if I disagree strongly but not meanly. I’ll never be mean. It’s just not in me.”
   Walters, in an interview, said Goldberg isn’t being brought in to calm a troubled sea.
   “What Whoopi will bring us is fun,” she said. “This is an entertainment program. We are not a newsmagazine.”
   She said Goldberg brought a formidable combination of smarts and skills as an entertainer, and also adds diversity to the program. “The View” has been without a regular black cast member since Star Jones Reynolds left under stormy circumstances last summer.
   There were reports last week that “The View” was also close to bringing actress Sherri Shepherd, who’s also black, on as another cast member. But Walters said several candidates are still being considered.
   Walters teased her “big announcement” throughout Wednesday’s show before Goldberg appeared, slapping hands with audience members as she walked down the stairs to the stage.
   “I’m not sure what the show needs,” she said. “I won’t know what my position is until I’m there and I’m doing it and I haven’t given a lot of pre-thought to how I would be doing it. But I will tell you that each time I’ve been on, I have a good time.”  

  
  
  

Be interesting to see if the "Moderator" is now more "moderate."

Wonder if Whoopi thinks fire can melt steel, or has only done it twice in history.

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Be interesting to see if the "Moderator" is now more "moderate."

Wonder if Whoopi thinks fire can melt steel, or has only done it twice in history.

Good point BK....

although she is not a self important big mouth like Ms.ODonnell

I think that Whoppi Goldberg is just like Rosie. I don't think that there will be any difference. The only difference between Rosie and Whoppie is that Rosie is a white lesbian and Whoppi is an African American heterosexual. I see them with the same views, though.

Whoopie Goldbergs views are pretty far left but I don't think that she'll be as crude as Rosie was with her mouth.

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,291734,00.html

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Goldberg, 51, gives "The View" a big name to fill the slot of moderator, who generally steers the discussion.
She may not reach O'Donnell's level, but Goldberg is no stranger to political controversy. She was dumped from a Slim-Fast advertising campaign in 2004 after making a speech mocking the Bush administration at a political rally, at one point using the president's surname as a sexual reference.

Whoppi may not be EXACTLY like Rosie, but she clearly has the same characteristics. She is a Hollywood main line liberal outspoken democrat. I never watch the show anyways, but this will end up being a 'wait and see'.

If you really want to torture someone make them watch Al Franken's extreme left liberal democratic show and they'll never be the same.