“The View” executive producer Bill Wolff has elected to leave the ABC News program to pursue new opportunities. He follows Rosie Perez and Nicolle Wallace out the door; Rosie O’Donnell also came and left (again) this season.
In Wolff’s absence, Candi Carter is coming aboard as interim showrunner, ABC News President James Goldston said in an internal memo.
“We are all enormously grateful to Bill for his incredible leadership in re-launching the show last fall, moving ‘The View’ staff and set to a new location, welcoming returning friends and new co-hosts to our ‘View’ family and planning ahead for a terrific Season 19,” Goldston wrote. “He leaves ‘The View’ well positioned for even brighter days this fall, and I am personally grateful that over the next few weeks Bill will help ensure a smooth transition and kick off to the new season.”
This fall, the show will launch Season 19 with the return of Joy Behar and new co-hosts Paula Faris and Candace Cameron Bure. Michelle Collins will become an official co-host when the new-look talker is reborn on Sept. 8. Joining her will be returning panelist Raven-Symoné and veteran moderator Whoopi Goldberg.
The show also announced a rotating line-up of contributors who will make regular appearances on the show this year, including Sherri Shepherd, Padma Lakshmi, Stacy London, Ana Navarro and Molly Sims.
Earlier this month, Wolff named Brian Teta co-executive producer. Wolff previously ran Rachel Maddow’s MSNBC show, before replacing Barbara Walters’ producing partner Bill Geddie at “The View.”
A few weeks ago Bill Wolff came to me with bittersweet news. After steering the ship at “The View” for Season 18, he had decided to move on to new opportunities.
We are all enormously grateful to Bill for his incredible leadership in re-launching the show last fall, moving “The View” staff and set to a new location, welcoming returning friends and new co-hosts to our “View” family and planning ahead for a terrific Season 19. And Bill was an upbeat, unwavering and steady hand behind the scenes in the control room and on the floor day in and day out. He leaves “The View” well positioned for even brighter days this fall, and I am personally grateful that over the next few weeks Bill will help ensure a smooth transition and kick off to the new season.
Today Candi Carter joins us as a consulting producer to help launch Season 19. Candi will serve as interim showrunner, working alongside our new co-executive producer Brian Teta. Candi has considerable daytime television experience, best known for her work as a senior producer and supervising producer at The Oprah Winfrey Show for over 15 years. She’s overseen a wide range of programming, from big events and musical performances to fashion and talent shows and surprise reunions. Mostly recently, she launched the Ice T and Coco talk show and executive produced a Hurricane Katrina Anniversary special and breaking news programs for BET.
Please join me in thanking Bill and wishing him the best and welcoming Candi to “The View.”
James
9 Best and Worst Moments From 2015 MTV VMAs: Nicki Minaj Beefs to Taylor Swift Olive Branches (Photos)
Let's go back to the no host format, shall we, MTV? Miley Cyrus seemed to have two objectives Sunday night: to make mention of weed and sexual innuendo at every opportunity, and to eventually plug her free album at the end of the show. She also wore a ton of stupid stuff that left very little to be desired, for anyone who still desires at this point.
Overall, her efforts should not prove a particularly tough act to follow in 2016.
After receiving the award for Best Hip Hop Video -- and ironically following a shoutout to her preacher -- Minaj bashed Cyrus for mentioning her in a recent New York Times interview.
Cyrus did her best to play it off and transition to the next act, but it was awkward to say the least.
The Biebs performed "Where Are U Now?" followed by brand new single "What Do You Mean?" He then took to the air, flying on a harness at the performance's end. When lowered to the safety of the stage, Bieber broke into tears.
Perhaps the harness was too tight?
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Worst: Kanye West's Latest Rambling Rant
Kanye West is a terrific rapper and a terrible speaker. The predetermined honoree of the MTV VMAs Video Vanguard Award accepted his trophy from old show foe Taylor Swift, and then he got to preaching.
It was the best of efforts, it was the worst of efforts. MTV had a big task Sunday night, trying to keep its flagship awards show to a PG-13 level. For the most part, whoever was manning the "dump" button did a nice job covering up a ton of expletives -- but the cable channel was a bit asleep as the wheel with visual censorship.
Rebel Wilson wore a shirt with the word "Fuck" clear as day on it, and MTV got caught with its host sans shirt (or anything else on top), as Miley Cyrus suffered a nip slip at one point. Not that she cares.
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Best: Macklemore Takes It to the Streets
Macklemore and Ryan Lewis rarely give a milquetoast performance, and Sunday's ambitious exterior VMAs performance was no exception.
The duo gave daps to old-school hip-hop with a movement-filled mini set that included guest stars such as Kool Moe Dee. One that that wasn't so great? Macklemore's moped negotiating skills.
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Worst: Clock Management
Like seemingly every awards show, the MTV VMAs simply could not stick within their allotted time. Much of that can be attributed to Kanye West's aforementioned all-over-the-place award acceptance/2020 candidacy speech. That's what you get for giving that guy the one trophy that doesn't come with optional play-off music.
Though the show was somewhere around two-and-a-half hours, most folks in attendance would probably tell you that it felt even longer. Anyway, here's a picture of Demi Lovato and Iggy Azalea.
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Best: Miley Hearts Wayne Coyne
The unlikely lovefest between the 54-year-old Flaming Lips frontman Wayne Coyne and 22-year-old Cyrus continued at the VMAs.
Coyne, who produced the surprise album Cyrus dropped at the end of the show, assisted the pop singer with her performance by holding an air cannon between her thighs and firing as she stroked it. Coyne and Cyrus previously performed together at the Billboard Music Awards, and Cyrus appeared on the Flaming Lips' 2014 Beatles tribute album "With a Little Help From My Fwends."
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Justin Bieber bawled and Kanye West declared his future presidential candidacy on a weird night for pop music
Let's go back to the no host format, shall we, MTV? Miley Cyrus seemed to have two objectives Sunday night: to make mention of weed and sexual innuendo at every opportunity, and to eventually plug her free album at the end of the show. She also wore a ton of stupid stuff that left very little to be desired, for anyone who still desires at this point.
Overall, her efforts should not prove a particularly tough act to follow in 2016.