The View

	Cast of ABC's "The View"
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"The View," recipient of the 2003 Daytime Emmy Award for "Outstanding Talk Show," is ABC Daytime's morning chatfest, featuring a team of five dynamic women of different ages, experiences and backgrounds discussing the most exciting events of the day. "

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" has received critical acclaim since premiering August 11, 1997. "

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" is broadcast live Monday through Friday from NYC (11:00 a.m.-12:00 noon, ET; CLOSED-CAPTIONED; broadcast in stereo; TV-14).

"

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" is produced by and features ABC News correspondent Barbara Walters -- who appears on average three days a week -- moderator Meredith Vieira ("Turning Point"), prosecutor-turned-commentator Star Jones Reynolds, comedian Joy Behar and television personality Elisabeth Hasselbeck. "

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" consists of hot topics in the news, the best experts in their field, celebrity interviews and general entertainment. "

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" celebrated its 1500th show on January 23, 2004 and is currently in its ninth season.

Barbara Walters' ground-breaking exclusive interviews with world figures and her enterprising reporting have made her one of the most highly acclaimed journalists on television. She has received worldwide recognition for her work and has been the recipient of numerous prestigious awards. Her interviews and reports appear regularly on the ABC weekly newsmagazine "20/20" and in "The Barbara Walters Specials." Ms. Walters joined ABC News in 1976 as the first woman to co-host the network news.

Six-time Emmy Award-winning journalist Meredith Vieira was chief correspondent for ABC News' "Turning Point" since 1994. She received the Robert F. Kennedy Journalism Award for her report on the city of Baltimore's first year of mainstreaming disabled students into public schools, and was honored by the Foundation of American Women in Radio and Television for her interview with the "Framingham Eight" -- eight women fighting for a second chance after killing the partners they say abused them.

Lawyer and former prosecutor Star Jones Reynolds debuted on television in 1991 as a commentator during the William Kennedy Smith rape trial. She is known for her candor, confidence and uncanny ability to clarify muddy legal issues. She became the NBC News legal correspondent, reporting on such cases as the Mike Tyson rape case and the Rodney King police brutality trial. That success led to her own syndicated show, "Jones & Jury," as well as a role as "Inside Edition's" chief legal analyst and senior correspondent.

Joy Behar is among today's leading comic talents. On television she has starred in her own HBO special and was a regular on the series "Baby Boom." Other appearances include the voice of a hilariously neurotic patient on "Dr. Katz," which won the CableACE Award. She also served as correspondent for Comedy Central, covering the Democratic National Convention, and for three years had a popular call-in radio show on WABC.

Elisabeth Hasselbeck, formerly Elisabeth Filarski, is best known to audiences as a participant on the wildly popular second edition of the "Survivor" game show, "Survivor: The Australian Outback." While competing in Australia, Ms. Hasselbeck used her competitive personality and survival skills to outwit and outlast her way to the final four. Ms. Hasselbeck is married to NFL quarterback Tim Hasselbeck of the New York Giants.

"

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" is the recipient of 18 Daytime Emmy Awards, numerous Daytime Emmy Award nominations, including seven consecutive nominations for Outstanding Talk Show and Outstanding Talk Show Host, the Gracie Award from the Foundation of American Women in Radio and Television, two Prism Commendations presented by the Entertainment Industries Council & National Institute on Drug Abuse, the GLAAD Media Award for Outstanding TV Talk Show, the Los Angeles Daily News Reader's Choice Award for Best Morning Talk Show, the Good Housekeeping Great Works Award, and was also voted Favorite Talk Show by Viewers Voice, Inc., a non-profit organization that supports television programming.

In May 2001, the co-hosts of "

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" were awarded the Safe Horizon Champion Award for their continued efforts to raise awareness on issues of importance to girls and women. In March 2002, "

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" received the Linda Dano Heart Award from Heartshare Human Services of New York for its programming philosophy that brought enlightenment, entertainment and comfort to families throughout the Nation and New York in the wake of September 11, 2001.

The co-hosts of "

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" have appeared together on "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno," "Charlie Rose," "Larry King Live" and their own "Super View" segment, broadcast during the Super Bowl pre-game show in January 2000. In March 2002, they hosted a special wrap-around entitled "Bonding with '

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'" for the ABC network premiere of "Diamonds Are Forever." The co-hosts of "

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" have graced covers of magazines, including TV Guide and Ladies Home Journal. In May 2003, the co-hosts were featured as part of the live, three-hour broadcast of "The 30th Annual Daytime Emmy Awards" with a comical segment entitled "

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from the Daytime Emmys."

In the highest form of adulation, and in clear recognition of the show's popularity and success, "

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" has been the subject of a number of satires, from "SNL" to MAD Magazine.

In honor of breast cancer awareness month, "

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" was broadcast live from City Hall Plaza in Dallas, TX in October 2004. During the trip, the co-hosts of "

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" unveiled the "Quilts of Inspiration(tm)," a 24' x 24' quilt that was auctioned off to benefit the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation. In February 2004, "

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" broadcast live, poolside from Caesars Palace in the vibrant city of Las Vegas. In October 2003, "

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" unveiled a series of "firsts," as the program broadcast live for one day, outdoors on the campus of the College of Charleston in Charleston, SC, for the exciting grand finale to "

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from Your Hometown" contest. In June 2003, "

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" broadcast its first live primetime special entitled "

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: His & Her Body Test" - an hour that included gender related "Hot Topics," celebrities and a real-time multiple choice quiz. In March 2003, "The 30th Annual Daytime Emmy Awards" nominations were announced live on "

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." This first-ever one-hour national television talk show event featured a dazzling lineup of Daytime stars from all three major networks. In March 2002, "

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" broadcast "After Party at '

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,'" the show's first live late-night special following the Academy Awards(tm).

"

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" is produced by ABC Daytime and Ms. Walters' Barwall Productions, with Ms. Walters serving as executive producer along with Bill Geddie, who also serves as executive producer for "The Barbara Walters Specials."