The View loves manufactured controversy like static cling loves a cheap pantsuit. So it's no big surprise that the show has announced a slew of guest hosts designed to stir the pot while regular Elisabeth Hasselbeck is out on maternity leave. Please welcome Meghan McCain (Sept. 9 and 10), LaToya Jackson (Sept. 16 and 18), Kate Gosselin (Sept. 18 and 19), and Fox News anchor E.D. Hill (Sept. 23 and 24).
At the very least, The View will see a big September ratings boom (hat tip, Gosselin and Jackson) and a handful of the YouTube smash hits for which it's known (look to McCain and Hill for these). If you were Hasselbeck, would you be worried? Resident TV expert Joshua Alston says no—"Who cares what Kate Gosselin has to say about anything, including her own marriage and children?"—but I wonder. What do you think?
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