ABC Daytime Hosts a Live Twitter Party for Fans of “The View”

Celebrating First Time Guest Co-Host Bethenny Frankel
(“Bethenny Getting Married?” / “The Real Housewives of New York City”)

On THURSDAY, JULY 22, fans of ABC’s “The View” can watch and engage live with fellow viewers nationwide during a special Twitter party to celebrate first-time guest co-host Bethenny Frankel (“Bethenny Getting Married?”). A natural foods chef, television personality and author, Frankel is best known as one of “The Real Housewives of New York City.” Thursday’s show will also feature Hot Topics discussions and celebrity guest Christina Hendricks (“Mad Men”) and Martha Stewart (“Martha”). “The View” airs live, weekdays on ABC (11:00 a.m.-12:00 noon, ET.)

Two parties will be held to accommodate fans on each time zone. The first at 11/10 AM Eastern/Central for the eastern and central time zones and the other at 10AM Pacific, for West Coast viewers at Twitter.com. Interested “partygoers” can find additional details on how to participate at www.abc.com/theview.

“The View” features Daytime Emmy® award-winning hosts Barbara Walters, Whoopi Goldberg, Joy Behar, Elisabeth Hasselbeck and Sherri Shepherd. It’s the original forum in which real women discuss everyday issues, share their opinions and engage in colorful conversations. “The View,” broadcast in HDTV and produced in humble 2-channel stereo sound, is now available to watch online daily at 4:00 p.m., ET/1:00 p.m., PT on the ABC Digital Full Episode Player at ABC.com. “The View” is produced by ABC Daytime and Ms. Walters’ Barwall Productions, with Ms. Walters serving as executive producer along with Bill Geddie, who also serves as executive producer for “The Barbara Walters Specials.” “The View” is directed by Mark Gentile. Musical performances produced and directed by Mark Gentile. For breaking news and updated videos follow “The View” (@theviewtv) and hosts Barbara Walters (@BarbaraJWalters), Joy Behar (@JoyVBehar), Elisabeth Hasselbeck (@ehasselbeck) and Sherri Shepherd (@SherriEShepherd) on Twitter.(tm)