Elisabeth Hasselbeck is serving as guest host for Bari Weiss' CBS [View all]
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Right-wing TV personality Elisabeth Hasselbeck is due to guest host CBS Mornings next week as Bari Weiss’s CBS News attempts to boost its ratings. Hasselbeck, 49, was the conservative voice on The View from 2003 to 2013, appearing alongside Barbara Walters, Joy Behar, Whoopi Goldberg, and Rosie O’Donnell, among others. She was fired from the show after being informed by an ABC executive that they were moving in a “less political direction,” she said in her 2019 book.
Next week, she will step in to present CBS Mornings for three days beginning Monday through Wednesday alongside Gayle King and Nate Burleson, the program announced on social media. CBS Mornings said the former Survivor contestant would be “talking parenting, pop culture, and more” on the show. The former Fox & Friends host will “not appear during political or hard news segments,” according to Variety. The move is one of a series of “try-outs” of personalities and other guests are expected to appear on the show over the course of the summer, the outlet reports.
Hasselbeck is known for airing her conservative views on TV and sparring with fellow co-hosts. She has since reappeared on The View as a guest host and in March clashed with Megyn Kelly after she suggested that American service members died for Israel in the early days of the Iran war. “How dare you?” Hasselbeck said to Kelly. “I may vote Republican, and I’m a conservative, but I’m a thinking woman, and I have a heart, with this war—or military attack.”
CBS Mornings is struggling with ratings compared to its rivals. For the week of June 1, the show had 1.693 million total viewers, down 4 percent from the week prior. By contrast, NBC News’ Today had an average of 2.928 million total viewers, while ABC News’ Good Morning America had 2.702 million, according to Neilsen data.
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