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A Martinez Nominated for Daytime Emmy Award for “The Bay” Performance

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A Martinez is celebrating a Daytime Emmy Awards shout-out…

The nominations for the 51st annual Daytime Emmy Awards, which will air live on June 7 on CBS and Paramount+, have been revealed, with the 75-year-old part Mexican American actor earning a nod.

A MartinezMartinez is up for Supporting Performance in a Daytime Drama Series: Actor for his performance as Nando Ramos on Popstar! TV’s The Bay.

It’s his second shout-out for his portrayal of Nando Ramos on the series. He was previously nominated for Outstanding Guest Performer in a Daytime Fiction Program in 2021.

Additionally, her earned three nominations in the early 1990s for his work on Santa Barbara.

Selena Gomez has earned a Daytime Emmy nod for Culinary Series.

The 31-year-old Mexican American actress earned the nod for serving as host and executive producer on the Food Network’s Selena + Chef: Home for the Holidays.

The National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences revealed the nominations in five key categories on Thursday, and the rest rolled out this morning. The lifetime achievement honorees, hosts, presenters and Silver and Gold Circle honorees are yet to be announced.

Marilyn Milian is back in the running for another Daytime Emmy.

The 62-year-old Cuban American television personality, lecturer and retired Florida Circuit Court judge is nominated in the Legal/Courtroom Program for her syndicated series Justice For The People.

Milian previously won two Daytime Emmys for her work on The People’s Court.

Eduardo Garcia is up for Culinary Host.

The 43-year-old Mexican American celebrity chef and co-founder of Montana Mex, a Mexican food company, earned the nod for his work on Magnolia Network’s Big Sky Kitchen.

This year’s Daytime Personality – Daily nominees include Denny Directo for Entertainment Tonight, Lisa Guerrero for Inside Edition and Robert Hernandez for Divorce Court.

This year’s Daytime Talk Series Host nominees include Sunny Hostin and Ana Navarro for The View, Mark Consuelos for Live with Kelly and Mark and Natalie Morales for The Talk.

Here are the nominees for the 51st Daytime Emmy Awards:

DAYTIME DRAMA SERIES

The Bay
Popstar! TV

The Bold and the Beautiful
CBS

Days of our Lives
Peacock

General Hospital
ABC

Neighbours
Amazon Freevee

The Young and the Restless
CBS

DAYTIME TALK SERIES

The Jennifer Hudson Show
Syndicated

The Kelly Clarkson Show
Syndicated

Tamron Hall
Syndicated

Turning The Tables with Robin Roberts
Disney+

The View
ABC

ENTERTAINMENT NEWS SERIES

Access Hollywood
Syndicated

Entertainment Tonight
Syndicated

Extra
Syndicated

CULINARY SERIES

Be My Guest with Ina Garten
Food Network

Family Dinner
Magnolia Network

Selena + Chef: Home for the Holidays
Food Network

Valerie’s Home Cooking
Food Network

What Am I Eating? with Zooey Deschanel
Max

LEGAL/COURTROOM PROGRAM

Hot Bench
Syndicated

Judy Justice
Amazon Freevee

Justice For The People with Judge Milian
Syndicated

The People’s Court
Syndicated

We The People with Judge Lauren Lake
Syndicated

TRAVEL, ADVENTURE AND NATURE PROGRAM

Animals Up Close with Bertie Gregory
National Geographic

Extraordinary Birder with Christian Cooper
National Geographic

Guy’s All-American Road Trip
Food Network

Mutual of Omaha’s Wild Kingdom Protecting the Wild
NBC

Street Somm
Tastemade

INSTRUCTIONAL/HOW-TO PROGRAM

Fixer to Fabulous
HGTV

Fixer Upper: The Hotel
Magnolia Network

Hack My Home
Netflix

Martha Gardens
Roku

Windy City Rehab
HGTV

LIFESTYLE PROGRAM

Downey’s Dream Cars
Max

George to the Rescue
NBC

Growing Floret
Magnolia Network

Homegrown
Magnolia Network

Live to 100: Secrets of the Blue Zones
Netflix

ARTS AND POPULAR CULTURE PROGRAM

Billion Dollar Babies: The True Story of the Cabbage Patch Kids
Vimeo

King of Collectibles: The Goldin Touch
Netflix

Off Script With The Hollywood Reporter
SundanceTV

Oprah and “The Color Purple” Journey
Max

Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
PBS

Working in the Theatre
AmericanTheatreWing.org

EDUCATIONAL AND INFORMATIONAL PROGRAM

African Queens: Njinga
Netflix

Harlem Globetrotters Play It Forward
NBC

Ireland Made with Love
PBS

Leveling Lincoln
PBS

What Really Happened: America’s Wild
National Geographic

DAYTIME SPECIAL

Culture Quest: Ukraine
PBS

Disney Parks Magical Christmas Day Parade
ABC

97th Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade
NBC

Recipe for Change: Celebrating Black Men
SpringHill

Unexpected
Hulu

SHORT FORM PROGRAM

Catalyst
LinkedIn News

The Dads
Netflix

Hollywood Atelier: Rob Pickens
The Hollywood Reporter

How Una Pizza Napoletana Became the No.1 Ranked Pizza in the World
Eater

Temple of Film: 100 Years of the Egyptian Theatre
Netflix

LEAD PERFORMANCE IN A DAYTIME DRAMA SERIES: ACTRESS

Tamara Braun as Ava Vitali
Days of our Lives

Peacock
Finola Hughes as Anna Devane

General Hospital
ABC

Katherine Kelly Lang as Brooke Logan
The Bold and the Beautiful
CBS

Annika Noelle as Hope Logan
The Bold and the Beautiful
CBS

Michelle Stafford as Phyllis Summers
The Young and the Restless
CBS

Cynthia Watros as Nina Reeves
General Hospital
ABC

LEAD PERFORMANCE IN A DAYTIME DRAMA SERIES: ACTOR

Eric Braeden as Victor Newman
The Young and the Restless
CBS

Scott Clifton as Liam Spencer
The Bold and the Beautiful
CBS

Thorsten Kaye as Ridge Forrester
The Bold and the Beautiful
CBS

Eric Martsolf as Brady Black
Days of our Lives
Peacock

John McCook as Eric Forrester
The Bold and the Beautiful
CBS

SUPPORTING PERFORMANCE IN A DAYTIME DRAMA SERIES: ACTRESS

Jennifer Gareis as Donna Logan
The Bold and the Beautiful
CBS

Linsey Godfrey as Sarah Horton
Days of our Lives
Peacock

Courtney Hope as Sally Spectra
The Young and the Restless
CBS

Allison Lanier as Summer Newman Abbott
The Young and the Restless
CBS

Emily O’Brien as Gwen Rizczech
Days of our Lives
Peacock

SUPPORTING PERFORMANCE IN A DAYTIME DRAMA SERIES: ACTOR

Robert Gossett as Marshall Ashford
General Hospital
ABC

Bryton James as Devon Winters
The Young and the Restless
CBS

Wally Kurth as Justin Kiriakis
Days of our Lives
Peacock

A Martinez as Nardo Ramos
The Bay
Popstar! TV

Mike Manning as Caleb McKinnon
The Bay
Popstar! TV

GUEST PERFORMANCE IN A DAYTIME DRAMA SERIES

Linden Ashby as Cameron Kirsten
The Young and the Restless
CBS

Ashley Jones as Dr. Bridget Forrester
The Bold and the Beautiful
CBS

Alley Mills as Heather Webber
General Hospital
ABC

Guy Pearce as Mike Young
Neighbours
Amazon Freevee

Dick Van Dyke as Mystery Man/Timothy Robicheaux
Days of our Lives
Peacock

DAYTIME TALK SERIES HOST

Joy Behar, Whoopi Goldberg, Alyssa Farah Griffin, Sara Haines, Sunny Hostin, Ana Navarro
The View
ABC

Kelly Clarkson
The Kelly Clarkson Show
Syndicated

Mark Consuelos, Kelly Ripa
Live with Kelly and Mark
Syndicated

Akbar Gbajabiamila, Amanda Kloots, Natalie Morales, Jerry O’Connell, Sheryl Underwood
The Talk
CBS

Tamron Hall
Tamron Hall
Syndicated

CULINARY HOST

Lidia Bastianich
25 Years with Lidia: A Culinary Jubilee
PBS

Valerie Bertinelli
Valerie’s Home Cooking
Food Network

Eduardo Garcia
Big Sky Kitchen with Eduardo Garcia
Magnolia Network

Emeril Lagasse
Emeril Cooks
Roku

Sophia Roe
Counter Space
Tastemade

Buddy Valastro
Legends of the Fork
A&E

DAYTIME PERSONALITY – DAILY

Frank Caprio
Caught in Providence
Facebook Watch

Kevin Frazier, Nischelle Turner, Matt Cohen, Cassie DiLaura, Denny Directo, Will Marfuggi, Rachel Smith,
Entertainment Tonight
Syndicated

Deborah Norville, Steven Fabian, Lisa Guerrero, Ann Mercogliano, Jim Moret, Les Trent
Inside Edition
Syndicated

Robert Hernandez, Star Jones
Divorce Court
FOX

Judge Judy Sheindlin, Whitney Kumar, Kevin Rasco, Sarah Rose
Judy Justice
Amazon Freevee

DAYTIME PERSONALITY – NON-DAILY

Samantha Brown
Samantha Brown’s Places To Love
PBS

Derrick Campana
The Wizard of Paws
BYUtv

Christian Cooper
Extraordinary Birder with Christian Cooper
National Geographic

Zoë François, Andrew Zimmern
Holiday Party with Andrew & Zoë
Magnolia Network

Jet Tila
Ready Jet Cook
Food Network

WRITING TEAM FOR A DAYTIME DRAMA SERIES

The Bay
Popstar! TV

The Bold and the Beautiful
CBS

Days of our Lives
Peacock

General Hospital
ABC

The Young and the Restless
CBS

WRITING TEAM FOR A DAYTIME NON-FICTION PROGRAM

African Queens: Njinga
Netflix

Mutual of Omaha’s Wild Kingdom Protecting the Wild
NBC

Reconnecting Roots
PBS

Super Animals
Syndicated

Team Rubicon
Roku

DIRECTING TEAM FOR A DAYTIME DRAMA SERIES

The Bay
Popstar! TV

The Bold and the Beautiful
CBS

Days of our Lives
Peacock

General Hospital
ABC

The Young and the Restless
CBS

DIRECTING TEAM FOR A SINGLE CAMERA DAYTIME NON-FICTION PROGRAM

African Queens: Njinga
Netflix

Billion Dollar Babies: The True Story of the Cabbage Patch Kids
Vimeo

Live to 100: Secrets of the Blue Zones
Netflix

Mutual of Omaha’s Wild Kingdom Protecting the Wild
NBC

Searching for Soul Food
Hulu

By Muscle Milk

TrueSouth
ESPN I ABC I SEC Network

DIRECTING TEAM FOR A MULTIPLE CAMERA DAYTIME NON-FICTION PROGRAM

Disney Parks Magical Christmas Day Parade
ABC

The Drew Barrymore Show
Syndicated

The Kelly Clarkson Show
Syndicated

Turning The Tables with Robin Roberts
Disney+

The View
ABC

OUTSTANDING MUSIC DIRECTION AND COMPOSITION

African Queens: Njinga
Netflix

Live to 100: Secrets of the Blue Zones
Netflix

Mutual of Omaha’s Wild Kingdom Protecting the Wild
NBC

Mysteries of the Faith
Netflix

Temple of Film: 100 Years of the Egyptian Theatre
Netflix

ORIGINAL SONG

“Shine”
General Hospital
ABC

“Unexpected Truth”
Unexpected
Hulu

“We’re Home”
Reconnecting Roots
PBS

LIGHTING DIRECTION

General Hospital
ABC

The Jennifer Hudson Show
Syndicated

The Kelly Clarkson Show
Syndicated

The View
ABC

TECHNICAL DIRECTION, CAMERAWORK, VIDEO

The Bold and the Beautiful
CBS

Days of our Lives
Peacock

Disney Parks Magical Christmas Day Parade
ABC

The Kelly Clarkson Show
Syndicated

CINEMATOGRAPHY

African Queens: Njinga
Netflix

Animals Up Close with Bertie Gregory
National Geographic

Live to 100: Secrets of the Blue Zones
Netflix

Living For The Dead
Hulu

Oracles of God: The Story of the Old Testament
CBN

SINGLE CAMERA EDITING

African Queens: Njinga
Netflix

Drive with Swizz Beatz
Hulu

Live to 100: Secrets of the Blue Zones
Netflix

Oprah and The Color Purple Journey
Max

Searching for Soul Food
Hulu

MULTIPLE CAMERA EDITING

Family Ingredients
PBS

The Kelly Clarkson Show
Syndicated

Team Rubicon
Roku

TrueSouth
ESPN|ABC|SEC|Network

The Wizard of Paws
BYUtv

OUTSTANDING LIVE SOUND MIXING AND SOUND EDITING

The Jennifer Hudson Show
Syndicated

The Kelly Clarkson Show
Syndicated

The Talk
CBS

Tamron Hall
Syndicated

SOUND MIXING AND SOUND EDITING

African Queens: Njinga
Netflix

Downey’s Dream Cars
Max

Drive with Swizz Beatz
Hulu

Live to 100: Secrets of the Blue Zones
Netflix

Temple of Film: 100 Years of the Egyptian Theatre
Netflix

MAIN TITLE AND GRAPHIC DESIGN

African Queens: Njinga
Netflix

Car Masters: Rust to Riches
Netflix

Searching for Soul Food
Hulu

Super Animals
Syndicated

Tex Mex Motors
Netflix

CASTING

African Queens: Njinga
Netflix

Days of our Lives
Peacock

General Hospital
ABC

Start Up
PBS

The Young and the Restless
CBS

ART DIRECTION/SET DECORATION/SCENIC DESIGN

African Queens: Njinga
Netflix

The Drew Barrymore Show
Syndicated

General Hospital
ABC

The Kelly Clarkson Show
Syndicated

The View
ABC

The Young and the Restless
CBS

COSTUME DESIGN/STYLING

African Queens: Njinga
Netflix

The Bold and the Beautiful
CBS

The Jennifer Hudson Show
Syndicated

Sherri
Syndicated

HAIRSTYLING AND MAKEUP

African Queens: Njinga
Netflix

The Drew Barrymore Show
Syndicated

Sherri
Syndicated

The View
ABC

The Young and the Restless
CBS

Ana Navarro Returning as Co-Host for Upcoming 27th Season of ABC’s “The View”

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Ana Navarro isn’t changing her View…

The View will begin its 27th season next month with all of last season’s co-hosts returning, including the 51-year-old Nicaraguan-American political strategist, commentator and television personality.

Ana Navarro, The ViewNavarro became a contributor on the ABC daytime talk show from July 2013 to August 2018. She joined the series as a weekly guest co-host on November 2, 2018, and was named a permanent co-host of The View on August 4, 2022.

She received Daytime Emmy Award nominations for Outstanding Informative Talk Show Host in 2020 and 2022.

Navarro will be joined moderator Whoopi Goldberg and fellow co-hosts Joy Behar, Afro-Latina lawyer Sunny Hostin, Sara Haines and Alyssa Farah Griffin.

The status quo contrasts to last season, when Navarro and Griffin joined the show as regular co-hosts, after the departure of Meghan McCain in 2021. Past seasons also have seen a number of changes to the regular lineup.

The show, which has ranked top among daytime talk shows, debuted in 1997, and has become a fixture on the circuit for entertainers, politicians and authors, and is expected to focus on the 2024 presidential race in the coming season and the next. Both Joe Biden and Donald Trump have made multiple appearances on the show, but each before they took office.

Navarro previously worked as a Republican political strategist before joining the regular cast of the show. She has been an outspoken critic of Trump.

ABC’s “The View” Officially Names Ana Navarro a Permanent Co-Host

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Ana Navarro is making things permanent…

The 50-year-old Nicaraguan political strategist and commentator has been named as a permanent co-host on the ABC’s daytime talk show The View, alongside fellow new co-host Alyssa Farah Griffin.

Ana Navarro

Navarro, who has been a contributor to the show since 2015 and a guest co-host since 2018, will now become a permanent co-host. Navarro will continue to commute from Coral Gables, FL.

Farah Griffin will fill the conservative seat on the Hot Topics table.

With the additions, The View panel will now consist of six seats.

Co-host Whoopi Goldberg called the announcement of Navarro as a co-host “long overdue.”

Navarro called it a “huge, enormous” privilege to be “part of a 25 year institution,” and “whether people like it or not, whether some people acknowledge it or not, it is the relevance and the importance and the platform that The View represents.”

She talked of emigrating from Nicaragua as a political refugee when she was 8 years old, and said that when someone with that background “gets the opportunity and the chance to have a platform, you grab it with both hands and you run with it.”

Executive producer Brian Teta told ABC News that “we promised to take a little time to fill the seat and we have found the right match and a welcome addition to the show with Alyssa. She is willing to share her unique political experience and brings a strong conservative perspective while holding her own in tough debates with her co-hosts and guests on both sides of the aisle.”

Navarro, Teta said, “is a strong independent thinker with savvy insight, not to mention that she is whip-smart and fiercely funny. We are very happy to officially welcome her as a co-host.”

Lauren Sanchez Starring in the Vito Schnabel-Led Dark Comedy “The Trainer”

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It’s training day for Lauren Sanchez.

The 52-year-old Mexican-American media personality, Emmy-winning journalist and actress, is starring in Vito Schnabel-led dark comedy The Trainer, which has wrapped filming in Los Angeles, New York and the Bahamas.

Lauren SánchezSanchez, who gained fame as an entertainment reporter and news anchor, is part of a cast that includes Paris Hilton, Finneas O’Connell, Sandra Seacat and journalist Gayle King.

Written by Schnabel and Jeff Solomon, the film is based on the former’s original story. It unfolds over eight days of sleep-deprived chaos and follows Jack (Schnabel), a down-on-his-luck fitness expert living with his mother in Los Angeles, who takes a maniacal swing at fame and fortune, trying to realize his version of the American dream.

Tony Kaye directed the film boasting one of the most eclectic ensembles in recent memory, which also includes Julia Fox, Steven Van Zandt, Taylour Paige, Stephen Dorff, John McEnroe, Gina Gershon, Luka Sabbat, Gus Van Sant, Lenny Kravitz, Beverly D’Angelo, Colleen Camp, Gavin Rossdale, Soo Joo Park, Brock O’Hurn, Bella Thorne, Laird Hamilton and Duke Nicholson.

Schnabel, Kaye and Jeremy Steckler are producing The Trainer, with George Paaswell serving as executive producer.

Sanchez has been seen on programs like The View, KTTV Fox 11’s Good Day LA, the Fox 11 Ten O’clock News, Extra, Larry King Live, The Joy Behar Show and Showbiz Tonight. Past film credits include Ted 2, White House Down, Celeste & Jesse Forever, We Bought a Zoo, Fantastic Four and Fantastic 4: Rise of the Silver Surfer, Akeelah and the Bee, The Longest Yard, The Day After Tomorrow and Fight Club. She’s also been seen on series like Rake, Dirt and Girlfriends, among others.

Sanchez also notably founded aerial production company Black Ops Aviation and serves as Vice Chair of the Bezos Earth Fund.

Bad Bunny Releases New Album “Un Verano Sin Ti” Just in Time for Summer

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Bad Bunny has officially kicked off the summer season…

The 28-year-old Puerto Rican superstar has finally unveiled Un Verano Sin Ti, his long-awaited new studio album.

Bad BunnyReleased via Rimas Entertainment, Bad Bunny’s latest album navigates through summers in Puerto Rico with crashing ocean waves, breezy palm trees, and seagulls calling, interlaced in nearly all 23 tracks.

Seemingly crafted at the beach in part with hitmakers Tainy and MAG, Bad Bunny describes this set as “special” and “emotional,” because it “it reflects all of my summers growing up,” he said on The View. 

Beyond its ode to summers in Puerto Rico, Un Verano Sin Ti unites edgy EDM beats, hard-hitting perreos, and tons of Caribbean flavors: bomba, merengue, afrobeat, reggae, dembow.

It’s home to lyrics about love, heartbreak, empowerment, and human rights — as heard in the Buscabulla-assisted “Andrea,” which according to the duo, “paints a portrait of a present-day young Puerto Rican woman and expresses her struggles without being condescending or preachy but complex and nuanced.”

Un Verano Sin Ti was released with focus single “Moscow Mule,” a refreshing reggaeton track that perfectly sets the tone for the rest of the album.

Rachel Campos-Duffy to Serve as One of the Rotating Hosts of “Fox News Primetime”

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Rachel Campos-Duffy will be pulling hosting duties in the near future.

The 49-year-old Mexican American television personality, a former cast member on MTV’s reality television series The Real World: San Francisco, has been added to the list of rotating hosts who’ll anchor Fox News Primetime, which is set for its debut in the 7:00 pm ET hour as part of a plan to fill the slot with opinion programming.

Rachel Campos-Duffy

Campos-Duffy, who has been a regular contributor to Fox News, joins a roster of rotating hosts that includes Maria Bartiromo, Brian Kilmeade, Trey Gowdy, Katie Pavlich and Mark Steyn.

Back in October, Fox News said that they were planning new formats “as appropriate after the election.” But since election day, much has been made of the growth of Newsmax’s viewership, particularly in the 7:00 pm hour, as Greg Kelly Reports was a platform for pro-Donald Trump guests to advance unfounded claims of election fraud.

Fox News topped other cable networks in viewership last year, but CNN has seen gains post election. In the first week of January, CNN topped primetime with an average of 4.18 million viewers, to 3.78 million for MSNBC and 3.19 million for Fox News.

Campos-Duffy was a guest host on the ABC talk show The View, before moving onto Fox News, where she has guest-hosted the show Outnumbered.

Campos-Duffy has served as the national spokesperson for the LIBRE initiative, a non-profit organization that promotes ideas about constitutionally limited government, property rights, rule of law, economic stability, and free market capitalism to the Hispanic community.

Alonzo to Star in ABC’s Drama Pilot “The Gospel of Kevin”

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Cristela Alonzo is preaching the gospel…

The 38-year-old Mexican American stand-up comedian/actress has been cast as the female lead opposite Jason Ritter in ABC’s The Gospel of Kevin, an hourlong drama pilot from ABC Studios.

Cristela Alonzo

Directed by Paul McGuigan, The Gospel of Kevin is a light one-hour about Kevin (Ritter), a down-on-his-luck man who is tasked by God with a mission to save the world. Kevin is a cluelessly self-serving jerk who’s on a dangerous path to despair. After a failed suicide attempt, he’s going home to stay with his widowed twin sister and niece for a time, only to be met with a crisis in the person Yvette (Alonso). Tough-talking but not without compassion, a “source of luminescence” and clearly divine, Yvette is a “warrior for God,” who explains to Kevin that he’s been “tasked with a sacred mission.”

Alonzo, the first Mexican American woman to create, produce, write, and star in her own US network show, has been courted to return to series television for awhile now.

Her 2014 sitcom Cristela was a Cinderella story, with a full pilot shot on a shoestring budget that beat the odds and landed on the ABC schedule, subsequently earning a full-season order. She appears regularly on Conan and The View, in addition to being featured on Comedy Central’s Live at Gotham and Gabriel Iglesias Presents Stand Up Revolution. She most recently can be seen in her comedy special Lower Classy on Netflix.

Rivera Lands Recurring Role on Eva Longoria’s “Devious Maids” Sudser

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Naya Rivera is downright devious…

The 28-year-old half-Puerto Rican actress/singer has agreed to a recurring role on Marc Cherry’s Lifetime series Devious Maids.

Naya Rivera

Rivera will portray Blanca, a new maid in the neighborhood who has landed a job with the seemingly picture-perfect Beverly Hills family.  But she soon discovers a terrible secret–something that could change her life forever.

It’s Rivera’s first major acting commitment since wrapping the final season of Glee.

Additionally, Rivera, who is in talks for a book deal, has reportedly been asked back on ABC’s morning talk show The View and will do several more episodes as co-host this month. She previously did two appearances in November and two more last month, with virtually all producing soundbites that have gone viral, boosting The View’s social media presence.

There had been speculation that the producers of the embattled daytime talk show may have bigger plans for Rivera, and her return for more guest co-hosting is further in the fuel that.

Perez Makes Her Debut on a High-Rated Premiere Episode of ABC’s “The View”

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Rosie Perez has taken her seat at the table and her place in television history…

The 49-year-old Puerto Rican actress, dancer and community activist, who was announced as the newest member of ABC’s The View, made her debut on the daytime talker on Monday as the show’s first-ever Latina co-host.

Rosie Perez on The ViewPerez is considered the panel’s most under-the-radar addition despite being an Oscar, Emmy and Golden Globe nominee. She served as a guest host on The View in February. And she’s been a guest on Rachel Maddow’s MSNBC program, formerly executive-produced by Bill Wolff, the ABC talker’s new executive producer.

Monday’s premiere, which also saw the return of the polarizing Rosie O’Donnell registered 3.902 million viewers — the show’s biggest opening audience in eight years — which is also the time when O’Donnell joined the show the first time back in 2006.

Monday’s opening was the long-running show’s second-biggest opening on record and hit a three-year high in target demos of women 18-49 and 25-54 with year-to-year opening leaps of 15% and 20%, respectively. In the younger demo, Monday’s debut logged 683,000 viewers and in the older it posted 911,000.

In addition to the two Rosies, former Republican political operative Nicolle Wallace also joins the The View. Whoopi Goldberg, meantime, is the only returning host from last season.

Wallace and Perez replaced Sherri Shepherd and Jenny McCarthy.

Perez to Serve as the First-Ever Latina Co-Host on ABC’s Long-Running “The View”

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Rosie Perez is changing the view on television… And, she’s making history in the process. 

The 49-year-old Puerto Rican actress, dancer and community activist will join ABC’s The View when it returns for its eighteenth season on September 15.

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Perez, who is set to appear on Broadway early next year in Larry David’s Fish in the Dark, becomes the first-ever Latina host in the daytime talk show’s history.

“Excited to be a part of an amazing show and a great team of women,” tweeted the Oscar-nominated actress after the announcement was made.

In addition to Perez, political commentator Nicolle Wallace will also join The View next season. A former communications director for George W. Bush, she appeared on the daytime talker last month as a guest co-host.

The women join a show with a very different makeup following the recent exits of Barbara Walters, Sherri Shepherd and Jenny McCarthy. Whoopi Goldberg is the only member from the previous season returning, while Rosie O’Donnell is coming back to the show after having held a seat in the 2006-2007 season.

The View has generally had five women in the mix, though Walters was not featured in every episode during her final years on the show.