Today ABC aired Joy Behar‘s final edition of “The View” as co-host. It was a star-studded affair, with Regis Philbin, Joan Rivers and Meredith Vieira all stopping by to wish her well.

Barbara Walters got emotional, as she wished Behar well:

“Anytime things can got too sentimental, you could always rely on Joy to punch a hole in the conversation and bring us back to reality,” she quipped. “Whatever you choose to do, it will be smart and provocative. I love you Joy.”

Behar, in her final words, decided to speak up on behalf of the ABC News anchor, and mention her former “ABC Evening News” colleague.

“Barbara, what can I say Barbara, thank you for asking me to join the table all these years ago,” Behar said. “If you will allow me to say so, there is something I have been wanting to say on your behalf for 16 years. F*ck Harry Reasoner.”

For the backstory, you can read in depth about the Walters/Reasoner tension here.

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It was a wild morning on NBC’s “Today” and ABC’s “Good Morning America,” as the on-air talent went toe-to-toe with some wild, dangerous creatures.

On “Today,” Kerry Sanders delivered a stand-up while running from bulls. No, really, he did. “One of the great stand-ups ever,” Matt Lauer said.

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On “GMA,” anchors Josh Elliott, Sam Champion and Lara Spencer put their acting chops to the test, as they recreated scenes from “Jaws” and “Sharknado.” It wasn’t quite as dangerous as Sanders’ stunt, but it was certainly memorable. You can watch it here.

As we reported last week, Sara Haines is leaving NBC News for ABC News. This morning, ABC News president Ben Sherwood sent a note to his staff, obtained by TVNewser, with more details. “Starting September 3, she’ll be a New York-based correspondent for all our programs and platforms,” Sherwood writes. “Her commitment to teamwork, joyful ability to connect with audiences and her boundless curiosity and energy will fit perfectly here at ABC News.”

Haines, a former NBC page, joined the “Today” show in 2002 as a production coordinator. Most recently, she’s been a correspondent for the fourth hour of the show.

After losing her breath in the middle of the headlines on “Good Morning America” this morning, ABC News correspondent Paula Faris announced she is pregnant with her third child.

Faris struggled to finish the headlines in the 7 a.m. hour before finally saying, “Sorry, it’s the pregnant chick, everybody!” Josh Elliott jumped in to relieve her, saying, “Hang on. We’re going to to go the bullpen.” When he was done, he congratulated Faris, who said losing her breath is a side effect of pregnancy. She is 17 weeks along with her third child.

Not exactly how I planned to announce it, but I lost my breath on @GMA. (side effect of pregnancy) And, revealed why: I have #3 in the oven.

— Paula Faris (@paulafaris) August 2, 2013

Sara Haines, a contributing correspondent for NBC News who appears mostly on the fourth hour of the “Today” show, is leaving NBC to join ABC News where she will be a New York-based correspondent. Haines has been with “Today” since 2002, after a stint as an NBC page.

Page Six reports “Today” senior EP Don Nash along with Hoda Kotb, Kathie Lee Gifford and others threw Haines a “boozy brunch” Wednesday. ABC is expected to announce more details of the move on Monday.

Former ABC News and NBC News correspondent Herb Kaplow has died at age 86.

Kaplow worked in the world of broadcasting for more than 40 years, beginning his career at NBC News, where he worked from 1951-1972. At NBC he reported on the landmark Brown vs. Board of Education Supreme Court ruling, which desegregated schools, and he had the first U.S. interview with Communist Cuban leader FIdel Castro after his guerrillas toppled the Batista regime. He joined ABC News in 1972, and retired from ABC in 1994.

“Throughout his career, he reported on 10 presidential campaigns, covered 19 presidential conventions, and traveled with Presidents Eisenhower, Kennedy, Johnson, Nixon, Ford, Carter, Reagan, Bush, and Clinton,” ABC News president Ben Sherwood wrote in an email to ABC staff.

“Kaplow was no nonsense, a supreme professional but also incredibly gracious to a young intern and later supportive and full of advice when I became the youngest member of the ABC team,” ABC News Radio White House correspondent Ann Compton recalled.

“NBC Nightly News” ran an obituary for Kaplow. Watch it below.
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The morning show wars march on even after 10 AM.

The most popular proxy: the softball field, where staffers at TV networks have duked it out for years after the cameras are off and the anchors are nestled in their Hamptons homes.

We already noted howe “CBS This Morning” has been on something of a hot streak, topping a mixed ABC News team and NBC’s “Today.” “Today” was due for a comeback, and on Friday they had just that, when they clobbered the “Good Morning America” team 21-0.

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Former Rep. Lindy Boggs, the mother of ABC’s Cokie Roberts, died today at her home in Chevy Chase, MD. She was 97. Boggs, who served nearly 18 years in Congress after succeeding her late husband, also served as ambassador to the Vatican from 1997-2001.

Roberts’ parents, who had met in college, were “political partners for decades,” says Roberts. Lindy Boggs ran the political campaigns of her husband, Thomas Hale Boggs Sr. She then won his seat in 1973 after he died in a plane crash in Alaska.

Boggs, who was born on a plantation near New Orleans, announced her retirement from Congress in 1990. When Hurricane Katrina hit New Orleans in 2005, her home on Bourbon Street was damaged, as was the Lindy Boggs Medical Center, which was named in her honor a year earlier.

Roberts calls her mother “a trailblazer for women and the disadvantaged.”

On “Good Morning America,” Robin Roberts showed her full interview with Juror B29, also known as “Maddy,” in the George Zimmerman trial. As we noted yesterday, Maddy was the only minority juror in the trial.

Maddy’s comments were starkly different than the comments made by Juror B37 to Anderson Cooper earlier this month.

“George Zimmerman got away with murder, but you can’t get away from God. And at the end of the day, he’s going to have a lot of questions and answers he has to deal with,” Maddy said. “[But] the law couldn’t prove it.”

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Another juror in the George Zimmerman trial is stepping forward for an interview, and this time her identity will not be hidden by shadows.

ABC News “Good Morning America” co-anchor Robin Roberts interviewed juror B29 (her name is “Maddy) today, in a well-lit studio (see the photo to the left). “Maddy” was the only minority juror in the Zimmerman trial.

The new interview is in stark contrast to CNN anchor Anderson Cooper‘s interview of juror B37, whose identity was hidden in darkness earlier this month. Juror B37 also hastily announced and subsequently canceled a book about the trial.

Portions of “Maddy”‘s interview will air tonight on “ABC World news with Diane Sawyer” and on “Nightline,” with the full interview airing on “GMA” tomorrow morning.