The Joy Behar Show Cancelled As She Chooses To Exit HLN
The View’s Joy Behar will no longer be reporting for duties on HLN’s The Joy Behar Show when January rolls around. The network has announced that the show will end it’s two-year run at the end of December.
The decision comes as the 69-year-old Behar has decided to concentrate all of her efforts on her day job as a co-host for ABC’s The View.
Speaking of her run at HLN Joy says:
“I am very proud of the show that we created at HLN, and I owe tremendous thanks to the show team who made it possible.”
The show moved into a new 10pm timeslot and was receiving just under 500,000 viewers, slightly better than they network was doing with reruns of Nancy Grace’s program.
As the The Washington Post points out show numbers were down 18 percent among its target audience, viewers 25-54.
In an official HLN press release General Manager, Scott Safon bid the show’s host the best of luck:
“Joy and her team produced over 500 episodes of a show that featured news-making interviews, great conversation and plenty of humor. We thank Joy for the many memorable moments she gave the HLN audience.”
The final episode of “The Joy Behar Show” has yet to be announced but will be slated for sometime in mid-December. After the show leaves HLN they will replace it with another HLN program that is currently showing on the network. Executives have not yet revealed what show will take over the 10pm timeslot.
Now who will be left to tell us that all homeschool kids are demented freaks? Will you miss watching Joy Behar on HLN?
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Nov 19, 2011
About time she got the ax.
Nov 19, 2011
I didn't appreciate her negative remarks about Michael Jackson,
but I really enjoyed her comedic talent. I will miss the show.
Nov 19, 2011
She's a propaganda troll.
Nov 20, 2011
Never watched so won't miss it. But I think she is a crude, nasty and very mean woman, so it does not surprise me that she was cancelled. Apparently, no one watched……or, very few watched.
Nov 20, 2011
"Behar has decided to concentrate all of her efforts on…" Yeah, right. She was FIRED! And it couldn't happen to a worse person.
Nov 20, 2011
BY BITCH!
Nov 23, 2011
Another Obamabot strikes out.
Nov 23, 2011
I'm all for 1st Amendment rights, but Joy and her bobbleheads contributed little to the Left-Right dialogue except to smear anyone who disagreed with her hero, Barack Obama.
Nov 23, 2011
She was about as funny as a boil on your ass……. Good riddance. Never thought she was funny in the first place. You'd have to pay ME to get me to go to her stand up, or watch the crap she spewed on HLN.
Nov 29, 2011
I will miss her big time! Definitely the best show on HLN's primetime. She's' funny, irreverent, and she had great guests.
Definitely rose above the other one-note shows on HLN like Nancy Grace, Issues and Dr. Drew. She would cover the same topics but would also mix it up by adding real entertainment.
Nov 29, 2011
Why do all the good shows get canceled? Lets get rid of Nancy Grace instead!
Nov 29, 2011
Being snarky and smarmy while distorting the facts is not just irreverent, but unethical.
Nov 29, 2011
What Betsy and Cindy said!
Dec 1, 2011
Which facts are you referring to?
Dec 2, 2011
HMMOG! this was the only decent program on HLN…i won't be watching it all after Joy leaves…dang it!
fortunately I can still watch that skinny bioche on The View…but I sure love this show on HLN..70…wow!
Dec 2, 2011
I watched her every night….didn't agree with her political views, but enjoyed her show.
Dec 2, 2011
You bet I will miss Joy Behar. Love her wit and humor.
Dec 3, 2011
She's the best thing to happen to tv in a long time. I will miss her. I pray to god that Nancy Grace will leave too! She's such an angry lady!
Dec 4, 2011
Joy always had a unique perspective and had guests reveal things they didn't on other shows. She was a good host and will be missed. Let's see them find someone for greater ratings.
Dec 5, 2011
Joy is NOT 70. The writer needs to do a little fact checking.
Dec 5, 2011
Nancy is a total Debbie Downer. Geesh, everyone is guilty in her eyes. I hate her show. Joy is entertaining. Love her.
Dec 5, 2011
Yeah Jeannie you are right she is 69. Sadly I did my math twice when looking at her birthday. My college education failed me!
Thanks for pointing that out, it has been fixed.
Dec 6, 2011
I really enjoy the Joy Behar show, as disorganized as it is (well so is life)–I've often wrote to HLN about my ire at having to watch endless repeats about trials and judgemental harpies commenting on the trial details (all of which I care nothing about) wondering why this station feels the need to inflict this crap on it's viewers at the expense of the good programs(like Joy Behar and Clark Howard)and am forced to conclude that they want to lose viewers…so they are losing me. Hopefully Joy will get another station (as she has quite the fan following, and Clark Howard will seek out other opportunies, because they're continuously bumping him)–Good luck HLN enjoy your own crap.
Dec 8, 2011
I think all liberal, strong-minded, thinking, out-spoken, intelligent women will miss her. I certainly will NOT be watching nancygrace or piers. Or CNN, I imagine. Joy should NOT be cancelled. They were lucky, darned lucky to even have her on. IMO
Dec 8, 2011
George Williams : do you mean like all of fox?
Dec 9, 2011
a network with absolutely NO HUMOR anymore. sad. dr. drew gone hollywood with ludicrous guests: jenny mccarthy talking about childhood bullying, tom arnold with child molestation admissions. sad! some of the obama-leftist comments below indicate the high level of ignorance in the world. really sad. I am a republican… but I have a brain and a heart.
Dec 9, 2011
Joy Behar was the only reason I ever tuned in to HLN…now, I have no reason to watch the network at all. I was not at all tempted by the shows that ran after her show. I watched her for the political content. When they started to make her cover court cases, like Casey Anthony and Michael Jackson's doctor, I lost all interest. Joy has a brilliant political mind, and it must have been insulting for her to have to carry sensational stories, instead of concentrating on issues that MATTER in our world. I hope she gets another show on a network that allows her to focus totally on Politics, and not that other fluff.
Dec 13, 2011
Another LIB bites the dust………………….
Dec 14, 2011
Joy Behar is one class act who has been around a long time. What a fabulous career! The HLN show was fun. She is a grand dame!
Dec 15, 2011
Your a bloody cunt.
Dec 15, 2011
I will definitely miss her.
Joy, you have the best combination of all: humor and wicked intelligence. I so appreciate that.
Dec 15, 2011
George Williams you probably like Nancy Grace and Jane Valez Mitchell
Dec 15, 2011
Thank God she is one of the most narrow minded people I have ever seen,
Dec 15, 2011
ummm she was canceled it was NOT joy's decision.
Dec 16, 2011
The view annoys the shit outta me. Don't watch that show because those ladies are all retards when they get together. Seriously not going to miss Joy. I did enjoy her show sometimes but for the most part she's rude to her guests and her questions are dumb. Now if only trashy Showbiz Tonight would go away. Sorry AJ, but really tired of hearing about these reality stars. end rant.
Dec 16, 2011
I really like the Joy Behar show! It was different; has multiple segments generally with different guests. She includes people from the "right" and gives them center stage. As much as she disagreed with them she was a professional even when some of them were not. HLN – if they are having problems they need to take a look at THEIR schedule – programs are re-run time & time again (like Nancy Grace with "BREAKING NEWS" that we've already heard for days or weeks). Took Joy out of her original time slot and replaced her with Dr. Drew – can't stand him. He's making a fortune on celebrities with addiction problems and exploiting them! These people need help; most of them are not in a position to make decisions like this. How embarrassing for them once they get help and have to see themselves on his program.
Dec 16, 2011
joy is terrible, she just a nasty bitter old women. she needs to off the view anong with Sherri who is dumb as a post.
Dec 17, 2011
I WAS SHOCKED TO HEAR THE SHOW WAS CANCELLED. DON'T FORGET SHE'S A COMMEDIENNE………..IRREVERENCE GOES WITH THE TERRITORY. I'LL MISS THE SHOW AND JOY, I THINK SHE'S TERRIFIC.
Dec 17, 2011
STEVEN, PLEASE EXPLAIN, THANKS.
Dec 17, 2011
I'm going to miss Joy A LOT…..love her off-beat humor and colorful personality. I watched her everynight from the start. She had great guests and interesting topics. This cancellation really pisses me off HLN. You really had a good line up of shows and now you are really screwing it up big time. Hopefully, another network will pick up her show. Please no more reruns of the other shows. Boring.
Dec 21, 2011
She was good! She was honest and funny. Probably the only show on HLN that did not have a screaming, ranting host. I'm all for dumping those idiots. Bring Joy back or did her intelligence intimidate the others?
Dec 24, 2011
the next time she says something funny will be the first time! She does not belong talking politics she is a nut job thank god she is gone.
Dec 29, 2011
Loved the Joy Bahar show…Looked forward to it every night…she was a wonderful comedian as well as an interviewer of her guests…the best I thought…Big mistake HLN….
Dec 31, 2011
Perhaps if Joy Behar HAD been homeschooled, she would have had the intelligence and people skills needed to have kept her HLN program.
Dec 31, 2011
YES WILL MISS HER.
Dec 31, 2011
I liked Joy even though she could be annoying sometimes. How about putting Dr. Gupta in her spot.
Jan 5, 2012
SAD, Was a good funny hour show. Bring her back HLN.
Jan 10, 2012
Very sorry to the show end, thought Joy was funny and always had interesting television.
Jan 11, 2012
Won't miss her one bit. Stopped watching the View because of her and their liberal slant on everything. Best of luck to her thought:)
Jan 14, 2012
Good riddens to the A hole Joy Behead she laughs at her own jokes.
Jan 14, 2012
for God sake change that hair do and wear lip gloss like everyone else.
Jan 14, 2012
John Kezbers ,,lol it was only a matter of time before she was kicked out…she always said she didn't want to get married to her long time bed partner…But I think he is the one who didn't want to get married
Jan 14, 2012
Lisa Spadaro Seriously??? That was not a good show…she made it boring
Jan 14, 2012
Lisa Spadaro ..you need to get a life Lisa spadaro
Jan 14, 2012
You can't be serious…good riddens to Joy Behead Maybe that's why they call you Goonie
Jan 21, 2012
Lisa Spadaro – totally agree with your points, especially why keep Nancy Grace, that hysterical dim-wit, and not keep Joy, who was clever and funny?
Jan 21, 2012
George Williams obviously you don't know what facts are…
Feb 2, 2012
I will definitely miss it. It was one of the few shows that I watched but I always thought she was probably overloaded – working on two shows and recently married at 69 years of age. I cannot imagine HLN wanting to cancel her. I prefer to think she chose to quit. It was a great show. I have always Hated Nancy Grace's show so now I will be watching a different network.
Feb 3, 2012
Now maybe ABC will get smart and get her off the View…
Feb 8, 2012
Flaming liberal ony dew 500,000 viewers. . . .. imagine that. Next up, Barbara Boxer and Nancy Pelosi.
Feb 25, 2012
Clair Ditroia Mcleod You are such an asshole.
Mar 19, 2012
No, our family will NOT miss her! She has built her career on being a bully and passing that off as comedy. She is the put- down queen. She rips people apart and comes off as a pompous know-it-all who doesn't do anything other than sit on tv and spew her negativity and her own agenda. She puts down other women (celebrities and politicians, stay-at-home moms) to get a cheap laugh, and has berated the Bush family for years and years, which is just old and nauseating now. If the View would kick her to the curb that would be fantastic.
Mar 19, 2012
touche!
Mar 29, 2012
Why does HLN have 3 shows in a row with the same news on all? you have nut on at 6pm, Bipolar nut on 7pm , Dr is ok.
Mar 29, 2012
as Ernest would say, maybe there's a loose nut on the microphone.
Apr 6, 2012
Her show lacks Perez and was boring she is border
One a little she belittled to many people .Bottom line losy show. Don't
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Waving because you want to spend ,ore time with the view Lie again