ABC News is secretly wooing former co-hosts Sherri Shepard and Joy Behar back to the troubled The View after ratings quickly tumbled for the rebooted gabfest.  And the well known control obsessed and current co-host Rosie O’Donnell is being intentionally left out of the loop.

According to an exclusive in The DailyMail, “Rosie hates everything that isn’t an idea of hers, but she’s not aware of this.” say network insiders. “Both Sherri and Joy had huge followings while on the show and their familiarity could be just the thing to spark interest in the show again and generate some positive buzz.” the source explained.

After threatening to walk off the show only weeks ago it appears that the network is not taking any chances with O’Donnell and this could spell the beginning of the end for Rosie once again.

After a disastrously short run on her Oprah Winfrey Network talk show, Rosie O’Donnell gained new life with a return to The View, the show that showed her the door back in 2007 after reported disputes with legendary broadcaster Barbara Walters and others.  Things seemed to be looking up for the former daytime Emmy winning talk show host until reports surfaced that she was none too happy with her co-hosts Rosie Perez and Nicolle Wallace, a Republican,  even before the very first show.

Yet Rosie pressed on and even took the opportunity to jump in when Wallace was introduced on their season premiere episode “I really like her – I swear to god! It’s all real this year. Everything is true – I actually love her!”

 

Unfortunately that was not enough for ABC as ABC News took over The View from the entertainment division on October 30th and Rosie does not have the dominance over them that she once enjoyed with ABC Entertainment.

The new bosses tested the waters recently and had Behar come on to promote her new one-woman off-Broadway show ‘Me, My Mouth and I’ to see how viewers would respond. The feedback was tremendous.

Now ABC News brass has approached the two about returning in a more permanent capacity as they are losing viewers in the all important 18-34 age group, recently beaten by both The Wendy Williams Show and The Real in the critical demographic.