New signings: Actress Rosie Perez and political commentator Nicolle Wallace
set to become co-hosts on revamped
The View panel

By Carolyn Hiblen for MailOnline

Published: 21:56 EST, 3 September 2014 | Updated: 21:59 EST, 3 September 2014

Actress Rosie Perez and best-selling author and political commentator Nicolle Wallace have been named as the new co-hosts of The View.

Deadline reports that the final details are being finessed ahead of the two women making their debut on the ABC talk show when it returns on September 15.

The pair of course replace newly-departed Sherri Shepherd and Jenny McCarthy, who left the show last month, and the series' creator and longest-running co-host Barbara Walters, who retired earlier this year.

New kids on the block! Actress Rosie Perez (left) and best-selling author and political commentator Nicolle Wallace are in the final stages of negotiations to become the new co-hosts of ABC talk show The View
New kids on the block! Actress Rosie Perez (left) and best-selling author and political commentator Nicolle Wallace are in the final stages of negotiations to become the new co-hosts of ABC talk show The View

New kids on the block! Actress Rosie Perez (left) and best-selling author and political commentator Nicolle Wallace are in the final stages of negotiations to become the new co-hosts of ABC talk show The View

The ladies will join returning hosts Rosie O'Donnell and Whoopi Goldberg.

Rosie, 49, is well-known to viewers thanks to her extensive body of work both on the small screen and in film, with roles in such series as Lipstick Jungle, Law & Order and Nurse Jackie, along with films The Other Guys and White Man Can't Jump.

She also voiced the animated character Click in kids' show Go, Diego, Go! from 2005 till 2011.

Fellow newcomer Nicolle, 42, served as the communications chief during George W Bush's presidency and his 2004 re-election campaign, while she is a regularly featured political commentator for a number of TV news programs.

Fans of The View may remember Wallace from three guest-hosting appearances on the show earlier this year.

The way they were: Following the departures of Jenny McCarthy (left), Barbara Walters (second left) and Sherri Shepherd (second right), the two new signings will join returning hosts Rosie O'Donnell (centre) and Whoopi Goldberg (right) when the show returns on September 15

The way they were: Following the departures of Jenny McCarthy (left), Barbara Walters (second left) and Sherri Shepherd (second right), the two new signings will join returning hosts Rosie O'Donnell (centre) and Whoopi Goldberg (right) when the show returns on September 15

According to reports, Wallace was one of the early frontrunners for the highly-coveted position following screen tests last month.

While Perez's name has come somewhat out of the blue, she also guest-hosted in February and
is already a well-established household name.

It will be quite the juggling act for the actress, who has just signed on to star opposite Larry David
in his Broadway production of Fish In The Dark, though Deadline reports that the producers are working to accommodate her schedule.

The show will not only be back with a new cast on September 15 but a new studio, set, logo and crew, led by new executive producer Bill Wollf, following a huge revamp.

Big shoes to fill: The new recruits will fill the empty seats left by outspoken hosts Sherri Shepherd (left) and Jenny McCarthy, who both finished up last month

Big shoes to fill: The new recruits will fill the empty seats left by outspoken hosts Sherri Shepherd (left) and Jenny McCarthy, who both finished up last month

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