Joy Behar leaving HLN after just over two years
Joy Behar is leaving Atlanta-based HLN at the end of this year, according to Deadline.com. (An HLN spokeswoman confirmed this news to me via email at 10:39 a.m.)
Mediabistro is characterizing the end as a “cancellation.” HLN would prefer to be kinder and call it a “non-renewal.”
Behar, better known for her spot on ABC’s “The View,” released a bland statement this morning: “I am very proud of the show that we created at HLN and I owe tremendous thanks to the show team who made it possible.”
HLN did not say why they did not renew Behar’s contract, but ratings were nothing to get excited about.
The show, which airs at 10 p.m. and airs from New York City, regularly draws fewer viewers than HLN’s top-rated evening program hosted by Nancy Grace. On Tuesday, it brought in 391,000 viewers, fourth place among news cable channels compared to 367,000 for Dr. Drew at 9 p.m. and 711,000 for Grace at 8 p.m.
The 10 p.m. slot will be filled starting in January, likely (though not definitively) with Grace repeats. Behar will air new episodes until mid-December, followed by repeats.
This past week, her guests have been Melania Trump, Donald’s wife; Diane Keaton, Larry King, Ellen Barkin and Chely Wright, the first female country singer to come out.
I have not heard from an HLN spokeswoman yet.
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Meeks
November 17th, 2011
2:39 pm
Ding Dong! The Witch’s show is dead. Which old Witch? The Joy Behar Witch, the Wicked Witch!, the Wicked Witch’s Show is DEAD!! Ding Dong! The Wicked Witch is gone, Ding Dong off the air, Ding Dong, answers to my prayers,Ding Dong!! The Wicked Witch TV show is dead!
WTF !!!
November 17th, 2011
2:42 pm
finally, the only person on TV that is more obnoxious than Nancy Grace get shown the door!!
GrannyCares
November 17th, 2011
2:46 pm
GREAT! Saw her a couple of times, and it was the same thing on both occasions — Behar talked down to both guests she had on at the time we were watching. She is just too egotistically loquacious!
Will
November 17th, 2011
2:51 pm
Her attitude is off-putting. She thinks she is better than everyone else. Don’t know where she got that from. She looks like a rooster with that hairdo. Any ways ….. good riddance.
Huffster
November 17th, 2011
2:55 pm
You haters! Joy is funny, smart and quick – and beautiful. She was just on the wrong show, wrong timeslot.
Shanique of Cascade
November 17th, 2011
3:08 pm
Now if ABC will just cancel The View….and especially get rid of that Elizabeth Hasselback.
Sir Loin Tips
November 17th, 2011
3:08 pm
“I like Joy. She is obviously much more clever than half the posters on this blog.”…says a Teacher……bwa ha ha ha ha….that hag is an idiot….you dingbats are delusional.
Sir Loin Tips
November 17th, 2011
3:10 pm
“You have to put, you have to put like a Hitler type, like you put Donald Rumsfeld there or something, somebody who’s like-” -Joy Behar ……this loony tune lib hag can barely form a sentence.
tompro97
November 17th, 2011
3:11 pm
Finallly, this grotesque loud-mouthed liberal troll will be off at least one TV channel anyway. This woman tracks in there with Rosie, Roseanne, Oprah, and Ellen as being the most obnoxious women on TV.
Mike Francis
November 17th, 2011
3:11 pm
Dont forget to watch me on 11 Alive!! PLEASE!!!
BILLY MAYS HERE
November 17th, 2011
3:11 pm
The reason there will never be a right-wing comedy show on tv is simple.
You have to have a soul to be funny.
Sir Loin Tips
November 17th, 2011
3:12 pm
Pure genius…….http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=8a4_1234575170
BILLY MAYS HERE
November 17th, 2011
3:13 pm
Basically there is one person posting the same tepid flames about Joy Behar over and over again on this page, just changing the name each time. Clever!
Sir Loin Tips
November 17th, 2011
3:15 pm
Another quote from this cow…..”"Isn’t it a little racist to call it Black Friday?”
BILLY MAYS HERE
November 17th, 2011
3:17 pm
Sir Loin Tips
November 17th, 2011
3:15 pm
Another quote from this cow…..””Isn’t it a little racist to call it Black Friday?”
Don’t post here.
urban redneck
November 17th, 2011
3:19 pm
wow, that should do wonders for my libido.
Sir Loin Tips
November 17th, 2011
3:20 pm
And another…..”"How many black people do you know that eats moose stew”……who could possibly think this lady is funny?
Sir Loin Tips
November 17th, 2011
3:21 pm
Aww …little Billy Mays is all butt hurt because he can’t defend this hag.
HLN??
November 17th, 2011
3:26 pm
I thought HLN was an infomercial station……..
weena
November 17th, 2011
3:27 pm
Who cares, only deflecting attention from the real cancer at CNN, Piers Morgan. I hope that lispy lipped lying Brit becomes the victim of a hate crime. I love the tone of the world these days, at this rate we should be killing in the streets by Christmas. Oh wait, I live in Atlanta, nevermind.
BJ
November 17th, 2011
3:32 pm
Geez, one of the few “news” shows on that time of night that I will watch. Behar didn’t scream, whine, constantly throw her hands up and act crazy about everything she discussed … like so many of the “talking heads” do as they RANT the so-called news. How I miss actually seeing “news” on cable like the old days of CNN. Come back Ted Turner!
BILLY MAYS HERE
November 17th, 2011
3:53 pm
Sir Loin Tips
November 17th, 2011
3:20 pm
And another…..””How many black people do you know that eats moose stew”……who could possibly think this lady is funny?
Of course it’s not funny, you didn’t provide the context.
Try harder.
BILLY MAYS HERE
November 17th, 2011
3:54 pm
BJ
November 17th, 2011
3:32 pm
Geez, one of the few “news” shows on that time of night that I will watch. Behar didn’t scream, whine, constantly throw her hands up and act crazy about everything she discussed … like so many of the “talking heads” do as they RANT the so-called news. How I miss actually seeing “news” on cable like the old days of CNN. Come back Ted Turner!
I especially like the news shows with two or more guests who constantly try to yell over each other. I can’t change the channel fast enough.
kim
November 17th, 2011
4:05 pm
I’m starting to believe that blogs today are for people who are so miserable in their lives that they use blogs for dispensing their hatred.
Vince Doodly
November 17th, 2011
4:11 pm
This woman is a bithering idiot. She is the one who wondered whether “Black Friday” was racist. Get off my television you stupid heffer.
Kingfish
November 17th, 2011
4:14 pm
Good riddens to bad rubbish. The same fate will befall ratings challenged Al Sharpton. If no one is watching your show, its time to go. Buh bye sour puss Joy.
BILLY MAYS HERE
November 17th, 2011
4:51 pm
Kingfish
November 17th, 2011
4:14 pm
Good riddens to bad rubbish. The same fate will befall ratings challenged Al Sharpton. If no one is watching your show, its time to go. Buh bye sour puss Joy.
All irony is lost on y’all.
Martin M.
November 17th, 2011
5:04 pm
@brunt -1:17 pm
“Looks like a lot of conservatives have nothing to do but sit at home and write stupid messages on the AJC. Why don’t you people get jobs?”
Hmmm. Did you mis-characterize your audience? I thought you would have really hit the point had you said, “…socialist liberals”. You really meant that so we will forgive you for your blatant blunder. Best that you go back, put in a CD of “The Anointed One’s” Hope and Change speeches, and take some more meds to cool off!.
bev
November 17th, 2011
5:29 pm
Sad!! I enjoy the show!! I think that it just needs to move to a different timeslot. Too many good shows on at the same time.
Elaine
November 17th, 2011
5:30 pm
Enter your comments here Glad she is going she is a snob and thinks she is all that. next get rid of the view who cares what they THINK!!!!! NOT ME
bev
November 17th, 2011
5:32 pm
Wow! Anytime the subject involves a woman, there’s a ton of hatred!!!
Elaine
November 17th, 2011
5:33 pm
Oh Martin M have you not heard jobs are not out there because of your liberal cronnies in THE W .H.
TDOG
November 17th, 2011
5:44 pm
Thank God Joy is gone. What a loser.
Courtney
November 17th, 2011
7:53 pm
What a horrible human being. She cannot die fast enough.
rod
November 17th, 2011
8:40 pm
there is a God What a awful beast.
Harvey D. Pooka
November 17th, 2011
8:43 pm
Surprise of all surprises: CNN finally listens to (former viewer) comments and takes Step 1, of many steps / changes, that are needed to start to regain respectability.
J W
November 17th, 2011
8:44 pm
You mean The View is still on? Who’d a thunk it……
Orange11
November 17th, 2011
8:56 pm
Maybe there’s hope for the earth after all.
surfbro
November 17th, 2011
8:57 pm
Good. What took so long! She is rude, obnoxious and seldom ever funny. I’m sure she has plenty of money and will be fine. I would be more than happy if the View went the same way.
bwell
November 17th, 2011
9:03 pm
Her show was okay, I liked it……….. some time
JoySucks
November 17th, 2011
9:33 pm
First mistake HLN did was hire her. She’s so left, she’s a complete moron! Just listen to her 10 seconds, and you get stupid.
Second mistake HLN did was wait so long to fire her.
Good riddance dead-head.
squirrelly mc cheesy grill pon pon pon
November 17th, 2011
9:59 pm
Hey Rodney, I would respect you if you posted that she was booted for low ratings which is the truth not this she is leaving crap spin. Also what happen to Randi Roads? you made a big deal when she got on 1160 but I haven’t heard her lately. LIBERAL FAIL !!!!!!
mace224
November 18th, 2011
4:05 am
She’ll probably run for office and some idiots will vote for her.
Gilycham
November 18th, 2011
6:16 am
I obviously have watched her a couple times or I would not be able to comment on her show but what I have observered the few times I have given her a chance is that she is often ill prepared on subjects that are saturating the news, yet she is clueless. Her attempts at humor are mostly missed, and her closed liberal mind is unable to debate any issue with a well read, educated moderate (more or less conservative). She comes off as so arrogant that all she has to do is “show up” and she is fullfilling her obligation to the network and her audience instead of actually reading and studying current events in depth in order to debate, educate and entertain. It is no wonder why she has failing ratings. Close your eyes and pick any of the Fox Ladies and they will blow her away with intelligence, humor, substance, and entertainment value!
Andy
November 18th, 2011
8:54 am
It’s easy to hate on Joy because she hates on everything and is mean-spirited and spiteful. No one is ‘jealous’ of her or ‘can’t handle her.’ If she were conservative, people would love her (and she would be Ann Coulter). It has nothing to do with her being liberal or conservative, she is an ugly person inside and out and there’s already enough of those people on TV.
Bm
November 18th, 2011
11:41 am
I personally like and enjoy Joy Behar show. She has amazing guests. I would much prefer watching her than loud mouth know it all Nancy Grace and Jane valdez Mitchell another loud mouth.
Nancy Bartlett
November 18th, 2011
4:55 pm
The show after a year and half had a perfect balance good guests, interesting topics and light clever humour. She surrounded herself wih a great team.Too bad that such good program gets the bump Hope Joy will land in better place than in Maarietta. We need her in New York.
rod
November 18th, 2011
5:50 pm
randi rhodes got dropped faster than s*&(* through a goose
John Winders
November 20th, 2011
9:25 am
Behar once stated on the View that children should be negotiated with when it comes to behavior—This enpowers them and puts the parent at a loss before anyone opens their mouth. Children need guidelines and they are not the ones to establish them as they have only their wants/desires to guide them not what is expected of them in today’s society which is what parents are trying to do.—
Kmb
November 21st, 2011
10:54 pm
A lot of you seem ignorant to me. I like Joy Behar. I think she is funny, intelligent ( she was a teacher in her former life ), witty and I don’t care one bit about her political views. Her guests were interesting, and timely and topical. Her show was just a low key show for gathering and sharing information. Personally I can not stand to watch Nancy Grace and the reason her show is so much more popular is because you don’t need to be intelligent to watch missing persons reports night after night after night after night..give me a break. You need to be slightly smarter and more sophisticated to enjoy the humor and insight that Joy brings. I don’t like The View either – mostly because they have always talked over one another like kindergarteners. Thankfully I am at work during the day so what does it matter? Without Joy on the network ~ I won’t watch HLN at all ~ I thought hers was the only show worth watching. I hope another network scoops her up and she does a similar show for them.