Joy Behar leaving "The View"

Television personality Joy Behar attends Dr. Fredric Brandt's SiriusXM launch event at SiriusXM Studio on September 26, 2011 in New York City. / Photo by Cindy Ord/Getty Images

LOS ANGELES Joy Behar will be enjoying "The View" for only five more months.

The 70-year-old comedian is leaving the ABC daytime talk show at the end of the current season in August. The network said in a statement Thursday that it wishes Behar "all the best in this next chapter, and are thrilled that we have her for the remainder of the season."

Behar has co-hosted the show for 16 seasons. She was among the first co-hosts with co-creator Barbara Walters when the series debuted in 2006. The current panel includes Whoopi Goldberg, Elisabeth Hasselbeck and Sherri Shepherd.

In addition to "The View," Behar hosted "The Joy Behar Show" on HLN from 2009 to 2011 and currently hosts "Joy Behar: Say Anything!" on Current TV, which debuted last year.

[ucimatty]

The View debuted in 1997, not 2006.

[Moefiend]

'Liberal Idiot' is an oxymoron; Moron. Remember dumkophs, it's the Intellectuals you constantly accuse of being Liberal ... oh duh, they are; for a reason ... they are the smart ones not the ones that keep believing those 'birther' emails and Trump make believe 'facts.'

[Martha12345]

With luck she'll find a job cleaning out dog cages at the local pound. This woman ?? is disgusting.

[Rexaholic]

This is GREAT News for America. Maybe now they can restore some sort of decency to the show. Next move that low life Whoopie Goldberg out. Then maybe the show could be watchable!!

[varigdc10]

Is Whoopi Goldberg jewish?

[Bovary75]

Who cares? she's funny and smart!!!

[Lurch3]

It's gonna be really boring without Joy's wit.

[Godsmack4]

That's great. Now if the rest of them leave we will all be in good shape without that gab fest.