Joy Behar has been taking her moderator job on The View seriously lately. She directs the show’s course and ensures everyone ...

But on the most recent episode of the show’s official Behind the Table podcast, Behar told host and The View executive producer Brian Teta that her agent initially advised her not to take the gig.

Behar went on to co-host the daytime show longer than any other ... who had been a regular on NBC’s short-lived TV adaptation of the 1987 film Baby Boom in the late ’80s, recalled.