article_snippet.sent: Despite numerous cast changes – Lisa Ling, Elisabeth Hasselbeck, Rosie O'Donnell, Sherri Shepherd, and Jenny McCarthy have had stints as co-hosts on the show –
article_snippet.sent: ABC decided to overhaul the show following the end of that season, and replaced Shepherd and McCarthy with Republican analyst Nicolle Wallace and actress Rosie Perez.
article_snippet.sent: ABC also brought back O'Donnell to join the show's long-running moderator, Whoopi Goldberg.
article_snippet.sent: In-fighting between Whoopi Goldberg and O'Donnell and endless backstage turmoil caused ABC to move the show from ABC Entertainment division to its Entertainment division.
article_snippet.sent: Despite numerous set changes and multiple updates to the show opening, the new ensemble never seemed to attract viewers and ratings continued to fall.
article_snippet.sent: ABC then had a failed attempt at firing Perez while ABC was rehearing for ABC Broadway show Fish in the Dark in January.
article_snippet.sent: In February, after the return of Whoopi Goldberg who had been sidelined with a back injury, ABC let O'Donnell go but allowed ABC to use ABC recent divorce as ABC excuse for departing the show for a second time.
article_snippet.sent: (ABC had a failed one-year stint as moderator in 2007 that abruptly ended after ABC walked off set following an on-air blow-up with co-host Hasselbeck.)
article_snippet.sent: Down to three co-hosts and two chairs vacant, ABC has been closely looking at Destiny's Child member Michelle Williams, fashion host Stacy London, former child star Raven Symone and comedienne Michelle Collins as potential replacements.