Scoop: THE VIEW - Week of December 10 on ABC

Cast members from the acclaimed Masterpiece Classic series "Downton Abbey" will be live on ABC's Emmy® Award-winning talk show, "The View," TODAY, DECEMBER 12 (11:00 a.m.-12:00 noon, ET). Hugh Bonneville, Jim Carter, Rob James-Collier, Brendan Coyle, Joanne Froggatt, Elizabeth McGovern and Sophie McShera sit down with the hosts of "The View" to preview Season 3 of the series. Also featured the week DECEMBER 10-14 are television host Piers Morgan ("Piers Morgan Tonight"), Martha Stewart and live performances from Jason Mraz, Big Boi & Kelly Rowland and Rickie Lee Jones & Ben Harper.

Ashley Hebert and J.P. Rosenbaum, the second "Bachelorette" couple to ever walk down the aisle (ABC's "The Bachelorette: Ashley and J.P.'s Wedding"), will be guests DECEMBER 13, and Derek Hough from ABC's "Dancing with the Stars: All-Stars" guest co-hosts "Guy Day Friday," DECEMBER 14.

Spending time together as a family is precious and limited. As previously announced, "The View" is offering a chance for four lucky viewers to win a Disney Parks Vacation in the "Family Time Together" contest. The nomination process is open through December 21, 2012. Winners will be announced live on "The View" on MONDAY, JANUARY 7, 2013. Visit www.abc.com/theview to find out how to nominate friends or family members and for full details, including entrant and nominee/family eligibility restrictions, prize descriptions and limitations. Entrants must be 18 or older. No purchase necessary.

Scheduled guests for the week of DECEMBER 10-14 are as follows (subject to change):

MONDAY, DECEMBER 10 – Piers Morgan ("Piers Morgan Tonight"); musical guest Jason Mraz.

TUESDAY, DECEMBER 11 – Martha Stewart; the hottest holiday gadgets; musical guests Big Boi & Kelly Rowland.

WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 12 – Cast of "Downton Abbey," including Hugh Bonneville, Jim Carter, Rob James-Collier, Brendan Coyle, Joanne Froggatt, Elizabeth McGovern and Sophie McShera.

THURSDAY, DECEMBER 13 – Ashley Hebert and J.P. Rosenbaum, the second "Bachelorette" couple to ever walk down the aisle (ABC's "The Bachelorette: Ashley and J.P.'s Wedding"); musical guests Rickie Lee Jones & Ben Harper.

FRIDAY, DECEMBER 14 – Derek Hough from ABC's "Dancing with the Stars: All-Stars" guest co-hosts "Guy Day Friday."