It's official: Sara Haines returns to 'The View' as co-host for Season 24
Sara Haines is rejoining "The View" as a co-host.
ABC on Friday announced the fan favorite will return to the daytime talk show for Season 24, premiering Tuesday.
Haines previously co-hosted the show from 2016 to 2018. She'll be filling the spot vacated by Abby Huntsman in January, who left the show after two seasons to help run her father Jon Huntsman Jr.’s campaign for Utah governor.
During Haines' break from "The View," she co-hosted ABC's daytime spinoff, “GMA 3: Strahan, Sara & Keke," which was canceled this year.
“I grew up watching ‘The View,’ and what this show stands for - different women, different backgrounds and different points of view – just speaks to my soul,” Haines said in the announcement. “I feel like I caught a shooting star twice. To once again be a part of the dialogue where I can share, discuss and disagree alongside these powerful and strong women is a tremendous honor. I feel very lucky.”
Haines also took to Instagram to comment on her return.
"Loving all of my 'views' right now," she captioned a photo of herself holding a "The View" mug with her kids playing in the background. "This mug has seen enough of the couch and is ready to return to the @theviewabc table (metaphorically speaking in these times) next week!!! We are overdue for some good times in 2020 - let’s do this!!"
A post shared by Sara Haines (@sarahaines) on Sep 4, 2020 at 8:19am PDT
The planned guest lineup for next week includes former White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders, actress and activist Jane Fonda, “GMA" co-anchor Robin Roberts and actress Eva Longoria.
The announcement comes amid other other recent changes in the daytime TV world.
In August, Garcelle Beauvais announced that she was joining "The Real" as the daytime talk show's latest co-host. And earlier this week, CBS confirmed Marie Osmond is leaving "The Talk" after just one season on the daytime show.
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