"View" looks even rosier with cast changes

Fri Sep 14, 2007 4:22pm EDT
 
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By Paul J. Gough

NEW YORK (Hollywood Reporter) - Rosie who? No one at ABC may actually be asking that, but Whoopi Goldberg's first week as moderator of "The View" averaged a solid 3.5 million viewers last week, according to data released Thursday by Nielsen Media Research.

That was only 2% off last year's premiere week, which marked the beginning of Rosie O'Donnell's stormy tenure. O'Donnell left the show this year and was replaced by Goldberg, who has brought a less caustic vibe to the show.

And there's more growth for "View" in the first few days of Sherri Shepherd, the new co-host who joined the show Monday. "View" averaged 3.9 million viewers Monday compared with last season's second-week average of 3.1 million viewers, according to Nielsen.

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