Michelle Collins Out as ‘The View’ Co-Host After 1 Season

Comedian joined ABC daytime talk show last July

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Michelle Collins is done as co-host of “The View,” TheWrap has learned.

Collins has been axed by the network after just one season at the panelists’ table, and will not return when Season 20 begins in September.

The comedian joined the ABC daytime roundtable show full-time last July after a recurring series of guest co-hosting turns.

She was joined by veterans Joy Behar and Whoopi Goldberg, as well as “Fuller House” star Candace Cameron Bure, former Disney star Raven-Symoné and Paula Faris.

An ABC spokesperson denied that the network had made any decisions about the show’s line-up for next season: “Michelle is smart, opinionated and funny. She’s been a great addition to the panel this year. When we are ready to make an announcement about next season, we will.”

TheWrap previously reported that moderator Whoopi Goldberg is also mulling an exit from the daytime talker, which she first joined in 2007, amid ongoing contract negotiations for next season.

In recent seasons, “The View” has undergone a number of line-up changes, with co-hosts Rosie O’Donnell, Nicolle Wallace and Rosie Perez among those who have departed the show.

Series creator Barbara Walters left the show in 2014.

Variety first reported the news of Collins’ exit.

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