{"id":4080,"date":"2014-07-13T15:00:08","date_gmt":"2014-07-13T20:00:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.robertfeder.com\/?p=4080"},"modified":"2014-07-13T15:19:12","modified_gmt":"2014-07-13T20:19:12","slug":"the-view-takes-a-look-at-ana-belaval","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/2014\/07\/13\/the-view-takes-a-look-at-ana-belaval\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018The View\u2019 takes a look at Ana Belaval"},"content":{"rendered":"
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<\/a> Ana Belaval<\/p><\/div>\n

Ana Belaval, the charismatic and quick-witted \u201cAround Town\u201d reporter for the WGN Morning News,<\/a>\u00a0is about to be seen around the country.<\/p>\n

In what she called the \u201cpinnacle of a career,\u201d Belaval will appear Tuesday on\u00a0\u201cThe View,\u201d<\/a>\u00a0as the ABC daytime talk show auditions new talent for the coming season. With the announced departures of Jenny McCarthy and Sherri Shepherd, and the return of Rosie O'Donnell,\u00a0ABC will be recasting at least half the panel.<\/p>\n

\u201cI am extremely flattered, I am excited [and] I\u2019m nervous,\u201d Belaval told WGN-Channel 9 entertainment reporter Dean Richards on his WGN AM 720 show<\/a> Sunday morning. \u201cI just see this as a one-time opportunity for more people to get to know me and to get to know another Latina who is making it out there, and another Chicagoan. Because you know I feel very much a part of Chicago as I do of my community.\u201d<\/p>\n

Whether it turns out to be more than a one-time opportunity depends on how the show\u2019s producers \u2014 and viewers \u2014 react to the high\u2013spirited Puerto Rican-born Chicago broadcast treasure. \u201cI plan to be myself,\u201d she said of her tryout. \u201cIf there\u2019s something I feel strongly about, I plan to speak up. But I\u2019ve been invited. I don\u2019t want to make America mad.\u201d<\/p>\n

A seasoned television news personality, former correspondent for Univision\u2019s \u201cDespierta Am\u00e9rica\u201d<\/em> morning show, and nine-year veteran of the Tribune Broadcasting station, Belaval, 39, has maintained a dual career as a standup comic, performing on improv stages and in comedy clubs throughout the area.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is a very big deal,\u201d she told Richards. \u201cI can only be thankful to you guys, my co-workers, my family, friends and all our viewers because I\u2019ve only received words of support and a lot of love. That, to me, is a pinnacle of a career: If you have that one moment where you get to reap what you sow and put it on a main stage, and then go back to the people you love.\u201d<\/p>\n

In Chicago, \u201cThe View\u201d airs at 10 a.m. weekdays on ABC-owned WLS-Channel 7. Guests on Tuesday\u2019s show include \u201cWeird Al\u201d Yankovic, Cynthia Nixon and Josh Gad.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Ana Belaval, the charismatic and quick-witted \u201cAround Town\u201d reporter for the WGN Morning News,\u00a0is about to be seen around the country. In what she called the \u201cpinnacle of a career,\u201d Belaval will appear Tuesday on\u00a0\u201cThe View,\u201d\u00a0as the ABC daytime talk show auditions new talent for the coming season. With the announced departures of Jenny McCarthy... Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4080"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4080"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4080\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4090,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4080\/revisions\/4090"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4080"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4080"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4080"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}