Friday, October 1, 2010

Joy Behar Loves Doing Homework

Happy first year anniversary to Joy Behar on HLN (9 p.m. and 1 a.m.).  Yes, it's the Joy Behar from The View, flying solo and sitting in the pilot's seat. 

On just about any topic this hour show hits, count me in. It turns out to be a lot of counting: She loves to hit a thousand topics per episode, the more diverse the list,  the better.

 Behar is a comic by trade, but she has a strong streak of the PhD. in her. That's how she manages to be a semi-expert on everything from reality television to Millenium feminism to celebrity culture to civil rights law -- the list is as long as your imagination can imagine.

This is a commentary/interview/comedy show with  a compulsive's need to learn.

Not only does Behar avoid boring her viewers, she manages to edify in bite-size units. No wonder she's increased HLN's viewership by 14%. What a piece of work.

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