Jenny McCarthy joins the View as new panelist after the departure of Elisabeth Hasselbeck last week.

Jenny McCarthy is joining the American weekday talk show The View following the departure of Elisabeth Hasselbeck last week.

Barbara Walters lied earlier in the year when she said Elisabeth Hasselbeck was not leaving The View. Barbara Walters lied again last week when she said that there wouldn't be a new co-host on The View in the near future when Elisabeth Hasselbeck left. Jenny McCarthy's addition to the show was long-rumoured.

"We are delighted that Jenny will be joining us as a permanent co-host on The View starting in September," says Barbara Walters, The View show creator in a statement.

"Jenny brings us intelligence as well as warmth and humor. She can be serious and outrageous. She has connected with our audience and offers a fresh point of view. Jenny will be a great addition to the show as we usher in an exciting new chapter of The View."

"I'm beyond thrilled to be joining Barbara and the other amazing women at the table. I look forward to making hot topics a little bit hotter, and showing my mom that my interrupting skills have paid off," says Jenny McCarthy.

BREAKING. Elisabeth Hasselbeck joins the Fox News Channel; leaves The View to become a part of morning show Fox & Friends.

Elisabeth Hasselbeck is joining the Fox News Channel (TopTV 405) and leaving the American daytime talk show The View which South African viewers saw a few seasons of on SABC3.

Elizabeth Hasselbeck's last day as part of The View will be on Wednesday, after which she will be joining the breakfast show Fox & Friends from September which is seen in South Africa on weekdays at 12:00 (South African time).

"Elisabeth's warm and engaging personality made her a star on The View," says Roger Ailes, the CEO and chairman of Fox News in a statement.

"She has proven to be an excellent conversationalist and I am certain she will make a great addition to our already successful morning franchise."

Elizabeth Hasselbeck leaves The View after a decade after Barbara Walters three months ago in March vehemently denied then-rumours that Elizabeth Hasselbeck was leaving, calling it a "particularly false story".

"I have been a longtime fan of Fox & Friends and am excited to be joining their team in September," says Elisabeth Hasselbeck. "It is an honour to call the Fox News Channel my new television home."

Elisabeth Hasselbeck takes Gretchen Carlson's spot on the Fox & Friends panel who is starting her own American daytime talk show.

In a statement The View says "for a decade Elisabeth Hasselbeck has brought her passion and strong beliefs to The View. We watched her journey from newlywed to motherhood, an Emmy Award winning talk show host, author, entrepreneur and activist."

"She stood behind her political views even if they were not the most popular opinions at the table never shying away from voicing a difficult question. We thank Elisabeth and wish her luck as she begins this new chapter of her career."

Barbara Walters announces her retirement in 2014, says 'a year from now I plan to retire from appearing on television at all'.

Barbara Walters, the American news woman which South African viewers saw on SABC3 as one of the presenters on the female talk show The View she created as one of the executive producers, told viewers that she is retiring in 2014 exactly a year from now.

"I have been on television, continuously, for over 50 years," Barbara Walters just said on The View in America. "A year from now I plan to retire from appearing on television at all."

"It has been an absolute joyful, rewarding, challenging, fascinating and occasionally bumpy ride and I wouldn't change a thing," said Barbara Walters.

"I'm perfectly healthy. This is my decision. I've been thinking about it for a long time. And this is what I want to do. I will however continue as co-executive producer on The View," she said.

"There will be special occasions, and I will come back, I'm not walking into the sunset. But I don't want to appear on another programme, I don't want to climb another mountain, I want to instead sit in a sunny field and admire the very gifted women - and okay, some men too - who will be taking my place."

"I've had an amazing career," said Barbara Walters, "beyond what anyone could have imagined and I hope I have also inspired some other women to make television in front of or behind the cameras as a career."

FIRST LOOK. The new set of The View that will be unveiled when the new 15th season of the talk show starts in America later today.

Here's your first look at the brand-new set of the American female-centric talk show The View with the new set that will be unveiled when the 15th season starts in America later today.

The View with Barbara Walters, shown in South Africa on SABC3, should return to fill the timeslot on the channel once the first season of Dr Oz that just kicked off on SABC3, concludes.