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Legendary TV producer Bill Geddie is out at Tamron Hall’s talk show, Page Six has learned. Geddie — who, alongside Barbara Walters, helped build the “The View” into the behemoth it is today — had been the executive producer of Hall’s show since it premiered in September. But an insider spilled, “He hasn’t been there …
Legendary TV producer Bill Geddie is out at Tamron Hall’s talk show, Page Six has learned.
Geddie — who, alongside Barbara Walters, helped build the “The View” into the behemoth it is today — had been the executive producer of Hall’s show since it premiered in September.
But an insider spilled, “He hasn’t been there since the holiday break and they stopped speaking around the fall.” Added another, “He has not been involved in the day-to-day runnings since October.”
Multiple sources told us Geddie and Hall often didn’t see eye to eye, but the breaking point came was when Geddie wanted to pursue an interview with Bill O’Reilly.
“He had this idea for her to have Bill O’Reilly on the show because he thought he would be good for ratings and Tamron would only do it if she could press him about his sexual assault allegations,” said the insider. “And they were definitely not in agreement on that. She refused, and the two never recovered after that.”
Meanwhile, Hall has been breathing new life into the show while production is halted amid the coronavirus outbreak. A press release went out last week, announcing that the “View’s” executive producer Candi Carter would be leaving to join Hall’s show as a showrunner.
“Tamron wanted someone more in tune with the current daytime TV audience and who has a more modern view of daytime television,” said a source. Carter is taking over for Emmy winner and former Wendy Williams producer, Talia Parkinson-Jones, who announced her exit last week.
In the meantime, Hall has been doing her show on Instagram Live, covering topics like “love in the time of corona.” Olympic medalist, Cullen Jones, was a recent guest, discussing the Olympics and the pandemic.
