'The View' originals Meredith Vieira, Joy Behar reminisce on early days of talk show

Original co-hosts of "The View" Meredith Vieira and Joy Behar look back on being hired by legend Barbara Walters in the "Behind The Table" podcast premiere episode.

Meredith Vieira and Joy Behar both joined “The View” when it premiered on Aug. 11, 1997, which makes it fitting that the duo came together again for the premiere of the show's special podcast series, “Behind The Table.” The two original co-hosts return to friendly banter and conversation for this series, which celebrates the Emmy Award-winning talk show's 25th season on air. With new episodes of the podcast every Tuesday, Vieira and Behar kicked off the premiere episode to reminisce about the "good old days," as Behar called it, and how the show has evolved through the years. Behar is the only original "View" host to still be co-hosting the current panel today. She moderates every Friday, just as she did in her return to the show in 2015. Prior to Vieira's time on "The View," she had a long and successful career as a journalist, which began in 1979 at WCBS-TV in New York. In 1985, she became one of the hosts of CBS's newsmagazine West 57th and went on to win four Emmys for her work in that role. By 1989, Vieira became a "60 Minutes" correspondent, which made her the youngest person to join the team at that time.