ABC's Emmy® Award-winning talk show "The View" has been airing reruns during the month of August, but the live talk show returns with a brand new season on Tuesday, September 4, 2012 (11a.m.-noon ET), according to an August 23 press release from ABC Television Network. "The View" is co-hosted by Barbara Walters, Whoopi Goldberg, Joy Behar, Sherri Shepherd and Elisabeth Hasselbeck.
ABC announced some of the upcoming guests, including Richard Gere, Patti Mallette, Andrew McCarthy, Jon Cryer, Kim Kardashian, Jennifer Hudson and more.
Award-winning actor Richard Gere will make his first appearance on "The View" on September 14 to discuss his new film, "Arbitrage."
Patti Mallette (a.k.a. Justin Bieber's mother) appears live on September 19 to discuss her book, Nowhere But Up: The Story of Justin Bieber's Mom. Mallette shares her incredible journey during her son's rise to superstardom.
Actors Jon Cryer ("Two and a Half Men") and Andrew McCarthy (author, The Longest Way Home), who coincidentally starred together in the 1986 romantic teen comedy/drama, "Pretty in Pink" are featured guests on September 18.
Also slated to appear on "The View" in the coming weeks: Oscar-winning actress/Grammy winning singer Jennifer Hudson, reality star Kim Kardashian ("Keeping Up with the Kardashians"), professional basketball player Dwayne Wade (author, A Father First) and actress Amy Adams. Stars of the new movie "Bachelorette," Kirsten Dunst, Isla Fisher and Lizzy Caplan, will appear.
Season 16 will also feature the continuation of the popular segments "Joy's Month in Review" and "Reality Show Round Up," and the return of "Guy Day Friday." With the upcoming Presidential election, the show's "Red, White and View" campaign will kick into high gear.
