ABC's 'The View' Reportedly Firing Show's Lone Conservative Over 'Extreme', 'Right-Wing' Views

UPDATE:‘The View’ Shoots Down Rumor That Conservative Elisabeth Hasselbeck Is Being Kicked Off the Show

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(L-R)Whoopi Goldberg, Barbara Walters US President Barack Obama, US first lady Michelle Obama, Joy Behar, Sherri Shepherd and Elisabeth Hasselbeck pose for a photo during a break in a taping of 'The View' at ABC Studios September 24, 2012 in New York, New York. Obama is traveling for a two day trip to New York City where he will participate in a taping of 'The View' before attending the United Nations General Assembly and related events. Credit: AFP/Getty Images

Elisabeth Hasselbeck is being fired from ABC's "The View" because market researchers found that her conservative views were out of touch with the show's audience, according to a report in Us Weekly.

The magazine, citing unnamed sources, reported Friday that Hasselbeck will be leaving the show along with Joy Behar, an outspoken far-left liberal who quit the show by choice.

"The viewers they polled all said she was too extreme and right-wing," a show insider whose name was not reported told UsMagazine.com about Hasselbeck Friday. "People did not watch the show because of Elisabeth. So they told her yesterday her contract would not be renewed."

TV Newser later reported similar developments. The site referenced two separate sources that confirmed the conservative co-host was leaving "The View." A spokesman for the ABC show told TV Newser that Hasselbeck has a "long-term contract."

"If Hasselbeck's conservatism is a problem with audiences, it would appear to be a relatively new one; she has been on the show for nearly ten years with no apparent fuss," the Huffington Post notes.

So, that leaves the show with Barbara Walters, Whoopi Goldberg and Sherri Shepherd -- not exactly a group with diverse political ideology. It should be interesting to see if ABC chooses to hire another conservative to at least attempt to balance out the liberal side.

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