Ok Babs the gig is just about up. I understand that 'The View' is the tv show I most complain about but yesterdays show has taken it off my tivo. As I have said before I hated the show til the Rosie year. That was a year I did not want to miss. I also came back to watch much of the 'hot topics' during this past election year. Whoopi Goldberg has proven a great stable moderator, although even when cutting off the others (usually Elizabeth) She certainly ensures her voice is heard, usually last.
But I can no longer watch this show when Barbara Walters decides to grace the panel. Her sole role lately has been to plug her various projects. Barbara Walters make sure to remind us of her importance in the evolution of women in tv news. So much so that she is on the brink of ruining whatever positive things she might have done. In the past year she has relentlessly pluged her freakin book (even though she publicly called Star Jones on plugging her wedding...) Made snide comments about Rosie not letting things go (Was it not BW on Oprah discussing Rosie....) Yesterday Barbara made countless plugs for her show this Thursday night on the 10 Most Fascinating people. (Tom Cruise? Will Smith? Miley Cyrus? Please!!!) Although there are a few people I do like on the show, none are worth having to put up with Barbara for an extra hour during the week. BTW: I will be shocked if her #1 is anyone but Obama. If Barbara really wanted to be current, and professional, how great would it have been to put Rosie on the 10 Most Fascinating show. That would have been something!
When I was a kid I loved her on 20/20, loved her celebrity specials, but the woman has lost her ability to make any type of impact. Maybe it is daytime tv. Daytime tv ruined the reputation of the great reporting Geraldo Rivera was known for before his horrible show. Rikki Lake lost her reputation as a great actress when she was on daily.
Barbara, move on to simply producing PLEASE!!! Even your co-hosts cannot hide their annoyance with you. Whoopi tries hard, but you can see her seething when Babs decides to interupt her with another plug or stupid comments. BW always must remind us of days the show was pretaped like we are idiots who cannot figure out the women are not all sitting there on Fridays and Holidays. Please, you are a blast from the past who is not able to remain current. Your blithering on and on just slows down the pace of the show and takes it from a topical show to something unwatchable. Time to take Cha Cha and move on.
