The View: Which Former Co-Hosts Flamed Out the Fastest?

Let’s take a little time to reflect on the history of The View.

The venerable ABC talk show — which kicks off Season 27 on Tuesday — has had 24 co-hosts over the course of its 26-year run, including current panelists Whoopi Goldberg, Joy Behar, Sunny Hostin, Sara Haines, Alyssa Farah Griffin and Ana Navarro. But how many of those former co-hosts do you remember? And who among them had the briefest tenure?

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What follows is a rundown of 18 former co-hosts, arranged from longest to shortest stint at the Hot Topics table.

Barbara Walters — 17 Seasons

The woman who started it all was a fixture at the Hot Topics table until she retired in 2014. Only Joy Behar, who’s entering her 25th season, has been on the dais longer.

Elisabeth Hasselbeck — 10 Seasons

The Survivor vet served as the conservative voice at the table for a full decade, beginning with Season 7. She was let go after Season 16 and went on to co-host the Fox News morning show Fox & Friends.

Meredith Vieira & Star Jones — 9 Seasons

Along with Walters and Behar, Vieira and Jones were part of the original panel. Both ladies left after Season 9.

Sherri Shepherd — 7 Seasons

Before she was dishing hot topics on her eponymous daytime talk show Sherri, Shepherd was taking part in spirited discussions at The View‘s Hot Topics table. Her seven-year hosting stint came to an end in 2014.

Meghan McCain — 4 Seasons

McCain spent most of her tenure dodging rumors of her exit, so it came as no surprise when she finally called it quits after Season 24.

Lisa Ling, Raven-Symoné & Paula Faris — 3 Seasons

Ling was the first in a long line of replacements, succeeding original host Debbie Mantenopoulous in Season 3; Symoné was enlisted for Season 18 and left during Season 20 to headline Disney Channel’s Raven’s Home; and Faris was a fixture for Seasons 19 through 21.

Debbie Matenopoulos, Rosie O’Donnell, Candace Cameron Buré, Jedediah Bila & Abby Huntsman — 2 Seasons

The two-season club is a colorful cast of characters. Matenopoulos was replaced after Season 2; O’Donnell spent Season 10 feuding with Hasselbeck, then returned for a brief stint in Season 18; Buré bailed as soon as Fuller House got off the ground; Bila returned to Fox News; and Huntsman resigned to run her father Jon Huntsman’s failed reelection campaign for governor of Utah.

Jenny McCarthy, Nicolle Wallace, Rosie Perez & Michelle Collins — 1 Season

And now, the one-season wonders! McCarthy was there for Walters’ final season; Wallace and Perez entered the scene following McCarthy and Walters’ departures; and Collins succeeded Wallace and Perez. All of them came and went between Seasons 17 and 19 — clearly the rockiest era in the gab fest’s storied history.

Who has been your favorite View host? What about least favorite? Sound off in Comments.

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