Entertainment | The View Rosie O'Donnell Joins the View: Report TMZ says it's a done deal By Newser Editors Posted Jul 8, 2014 2:35 PM CDT Copied Rosie O'Donnell accepts the Isabelle Stevenson Award at the Tony Awards at Radio City Music Hall on June 8, 2014. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP) ABC is starting to fill in Whoopi Goldberg's future seatmates on the View. TMZ reports that Rosie O'Donnell has already signed on, with the producers still on the hunt for a Latina and a conservative. (Abby Hunstman is apparently in the running for the latter category.) Fans will recall that O'Donnell served as moderator on the show in 2006-07 before breaking her contract in the wake of a nasty on-air feud with Elisabeth Hasselbeck, notes US Weekly. Today, the outgoing Sherri Shepherd and Jenny McCarthy played nice before the cameras, reportedly on the network's orders. Read These Next CBS News boss pulls 60 Minutes segment critical of Trump policy. Slate examines the 'spiritual rot' of today's Vegas. Trump makes a new move on Greenland, and Denmark isn't happy. Trump's cries against iffy mortgages may lead back to him. Report an error