Monday, September 5, 2011

Walters' 'View' primed for run at top of ratings

By The Associated Press  DAVID BAUDER (AP Television Writer)

Quick Read With Winfrey gone, Barbara Walters and 'The View' primed for run at top of daytime ratings

Photo credit: AP | In this image released by ABC , host Barbara Walters is pictured on the new set for the daytime talkshow " The View ," on Thursday, Sept. 1, 2011 in New York. The show will start it's 15th season on Tuesday, Sept. 6. (AP Photo/ABC, Ida Mae Astute)

(AP) -- With Oprah Winfrey gone, daytime television is ready for a new monarch.

Barbara Walters and the show she invented 15 years ago, "The View," pronounce themselves ready to step up. She may be past 80 now, but would YOU bet against her?

The show begins its new season Tuesday, with New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg as guest. In a muddled daytime picture, "The View" plans to compete...

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