MediaBuyerPlanner: Star Jones Reynolds made a surprise on-air announcement Tuesday, saying that she will be leaving The View, after having said in a People magazine interview that she felt she was fired, the AP reports. Barbara Walters, the creator of the show, has said that she was taken by surprise by the announcement, because an announcement had been planned for Thursday. Walters said that she "loves" Reynolds and had been doing everything she could to "protect her," even though ABC network chiefs had decided not to renew her contract.

Rosie O'Donnell will be replacing Meredith Vieira when she leaves in the fall to replace Katie Couric on Today. Widespread speculation had viewers wondering whether O'Donnell and Reynolds could work together, particularly as O'Donnell had seemed to have an adverse opinion of Reynolds.