At London's Daily Mail, "Rosie Perez quits 'The View' as ABC considers abandoning the show amid plummeting ratings and behind-the-scenes skirmishes":
Rosie Perez will be leaving The View after less than a season, insiders revealed Wednesday.
Currently on a month-long leave to perform in Broadway's Fish in the Dark, the 50-year-old actress has said she will not return to the show, according to Variety.
Her departure comes at a reportedly tumultuous time for The View, which insiders said recently may not be back for a 19th season.
Perez was added to the show last minute and joined two other incoming hosts--Rosie O'Donnell and politico Nicolle Wallace.
The shakeup came amid plummeting ratings and after show creator Barbara Walters' retirement.
While ratings stabilized, sources told Variety that Perez never quite got the hang of the show's signature hard news/soft news chat format. The source said the stage and screen actress never quite got the hang of reading a teleprompter.
What's more, network insiders revealed to Daily Mail Online on Tuesday that the long-running talk show could end after this season, amid struggling ratings and infighting among the talk show hosts.
The show is suffering some of its lowest ratings ever with its new team of Whoopi Goldberg, Rosie O'Donnell, Nicolle Wallace and Rosie Perez.
Now under the umbrella of ABC News, the network is considering the possibility of ending the show and replacing it with an extended version of 'Good Morning America.'
'The brass at ABC feels like they've tried to do everything possible to breathe new life into this show,' said the insider. They moved it from ABC Entertainment Daytime to the ABC News division, that was having so much success with Good Morning America.
But in spite of the changes, nothing seems to be helping the sluggish ratings for the show.
'They're ready to abandon ship at this point,' the source told Daily Mail Online.
When contacted by Daily Mail Online, a show spokesperson denied any plan by ABC to end the show...
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