Whoopi Goldberg confirmed as co-host on ‘The View’

It’s Whoopi time!

Barbara Walters announced today that Whoopi Goldberg will replace Rosie O’Donnell as a moderator on “The View” when the daytime show’s 11th season premieres Sept. 4, a move that was first reported by the Los Angeles Times.

Goldberg, known for her liberal politics and pointed comedy, has made 13 guest appearances on “The View” and has served as guest co-host 14 times.

In a news release issued by ABC, Walters said: “I have known Whoopi for years. She is brilliant, funny and irrepressible, and is an enormously popular and talented star. We are delighted that she is going to join the program as our moderator. This is going to be a great new chapter for ‘The View.’ ”

The show’s producers have been weighing for several months how to fill the seats left by O’Donnell and Star Jones Reynolds, who was never replaced after her 2006 exit as a co-host. Neither ABC nor Walters mentioned the second vacant spot today.

“It’s a show I like with people I like, and I’m looking forward to it,” Goldberg said in a statement.

maria.fernandez@latimes.com