Is Barbara Walters Headed Back to 'The View' to Keep the Peace?

Things have been falling apart fast on this season of ABC's The View, and the network is scrambling to figure out what to do to get the fiasco under control. Whatever personal turmoil might have originally existed between Whoopi Goldberg and Rosie O'Donnell has now spilled out while they are on-camera, and last week's shouting match took the discord to a whole new level of hostility. The brass is desperate to put together a trouble-shooting game plan, and it seems like they have already given up on the current season and are looking ahead. Rumor has it they are hoping to woo Barbara Walters back to the show to get things back under control.

According to a report by Radar Online, ABC is ready and more than willing to write off this season if it thinks it can put out a better product beginning next fall.

"They've been talking about just letting it run its course this season and bringing it back with Barbara and a new panel in the fall. They've talked about how to creatively bring her back and maybe use a little comedy, like it was all just a bad dream," says the source.

Supposedly, O'Donnell was hoping to somehow work out the kinks in her feud with Goldberg, but after their most recent shouting match, she realizes she is the only one who cares about being civil. With that realization comes the reality that O'Donnell and Goldberg have distinctly different ways that they would like to see discussions run on the show, and a compromise is nowhere in sight.

So for now Goldberg seems to be in charge, and while O'Donnell may not be everyone's cup of tea, the ratings are tanking with Goldberg's agenda in effect. Do you think Walters would be able to save the show, or is a year away just long enough not to be able to reel former viewers back in to the madness?

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