Joy Behar to Sub for Whoopi Goldberg on THE VIEW Next Week

According to The New York Post, former co-host Joy Behar will return to THE VIEW next week, subbing for Whoopi Goldberg. Behar will appear on ABC's long-running daytime talk show on Monday, Tuesday, and Friday.

"Whoopi is down for the count, so I said I'd do it," she told the publication.

ABC's commitment to reinventing their popular franchise, "The View," and evolving THE TALK show creatively is underway and it's all building to the much-anticipated season premiere onMONDAY, SEPTEMBER 15. It is shaping up to be a season unlike any in recent history.

"The View" is a live, one-hour daily talk show from ABC (11:00 a.m.-12:00 noon, ET) featuring moderator Whoopi Goldberg, Rosie O'Donnell, Rosie Perez and Nicolle Wallace. It is the original forum in which real women discuss everyday issues, share their opinions and engage in colorful conversations. "The View," broadcast in HDTV and produced in 2-channel stereo sound, is now available to watch online daily at 4:00 p.m., ET/1:00 p.m., PT on ABC.com. "The View" is owned and produced by ABC. Bill Wolff is executive producer. Brian Balthazar is co-executive producer. "The View" is directed by Ashley S. Gorman.

Behar is a comedic original and a leading woman both on stage and screen. She received an Emmy Award for her performance on The View, where she was a member of the cast for sixteen years. She also hosted her own talk shows, The Joy Behar Show on HLN and Say Anything on Current TV.

Armed with an MA in English education from SUNY at Stony Brook, Ms. Behar originally began a career in teaching. She then set out to pursue comedy professionally and immediately received bookings from such famous New York clubs as Caroline's and Catch a Rising Star. She went on the win three MAC Awards and a CableACE Award. She has starred in her own HBO specials, One Night Stand, and Woman of the Night.

Other television appearances include the voice of a hilarious patient on Dr. Katz which won the CableACE Award, Buzz Lightyear of Star Command, Family Guy Presents Stewie Griffin: The Untold Story,Late Night with Conan O'Brien,Celebrity Poker Showdown,It's Gary Shandling's Show,Comic Relief 2006, Last Comic Standing, Bette,Spin City and Who Wants To Be A Millionaire. She has recently appeared on 30 Rock,The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, Kathy Griffin: My Life on the D List,One Life to Live, SOAPnet's Relative Madness andAll My Childrenand Real Time with Bill Maher. Behar has also been a frequent substitute host for Larry King onLarry KingLive on CNN.

For three years Behar hosted a popular call-in radio show on WABC, where she discussed politics with a deadly humorous bent. Her film appearances include Cookiewith Peter Falk,This Is My Life directed by Nora Ephron, andWoody Allen's Manhattan Murder Mystery. In theater, she had a successful run in the off-Broadway hit The Food Chain earning rave reviews in the starring role, and also in the critically-acclaimed The Vagina Monologues.

Behar, a frequent comedy headliner, was chosen by TV Guide as a "Personality of the Year" nominee for the Third Annual TV Guide Awards in January of 1991. Other honors include the Real Beauty Award from AWRT and Dove (2007), the safe Horizon Champion Award (2001), the Gracie Allen Tribute Award from the Foundation of American Women in Radio and Television (2000), and the New York City Public Advocate's Special Advocate Award for her outstanding friendship to the Gay community (2000).

In November 2005, Ms. Behar performed to a sold out crowd at Alice Tully Hall in Lincoln Center as part of the annual New York Comedy Festival and, more recently, during her one woman show Bitchin' With Beharat New York's Zipper Theater. She headlines her stand up act all over the United States.

Behar's first book Joy Shtick: or What Is the Existential Vacuum and Does It Come with Attachments? and her first children's book Sheetzucacapoopoo: My Kind of Dog both appeared on The New York Times best seller list. Ms. Behar's latest book When You Need A Lift was released by Crown Publishers in September 2007.

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