Whoopi Goldberg to Moderate “The Weekend View” for First Time This Weekend

The weekend edition of the popular ABC show launched last month on ABC News Live.

Whoopi Goldberg will be joining The Weekend View this weekend for the first time since the spinoff’s debut last month.

What’s Happening:

  • Deadline reports that Whoopi Goldberg will be stepping in as moderator of The Weekend View for the first time.
  • The Weekend View launched on Saturday, January 8th – and has typically featured Joy Behar as moderator. This week, as she prepares for her Off Broadway play, Goldberg is stepping in instead.
  • She’ll be joined by regular Weekend View co-hosts Sara Haines, Ana Navarro, Sunny Hostin, and Alyssa Farah Griffin.
  • The weekend edition of the popular ABC daytime talk show premieres at 7:30 a.m. Saturdays on ABC News Live, with repeats running throughout the weekend.
  • The show includes an extended “Hot Topics" segment — taped on Friday after the regular The View broadcast – plus clips from the companion podcast, Behind the Table, which features executive producer Brian Teta and The View co-hosts as they talk about the week’s top pop-culture stories.

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