The View

Broadcast on ABC, The View is an award winning daytime talk show conceived and produced by Barbara Walters. It debuted August 11, 1997 and includes (often heated) roundtable discussions, celebrity interviews, and informative segments on topics deemed important to women. The panel was originally moderated by Meredith Vieira and included panelists Joy Behar, Star Jones, Debbie Matenopoulos, and Walters.

Over the years, The View has garnered more mainstream media and blogosphere attention over the incompatibility and disagreements between panelists. Rosie O'Donnel stepped in as moderator when Meredith left the show, but left before the end of her contract after a very public argument with current panelist Elizabeth Hasselback. O'Donnel's replacement – Whoopi Goldberg — has also gone toe-to-toe with Hasselback on differing political views. In October 2007 it was rumored Hasselback, who is seen as the sole conservative in a sea of liberals, would be leaving next.

As of 2007, the show has won four daytime Emmys.

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• Daytime Talk Shows – November 26, 2009

  
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• Daytime Talk Shows – November 25, 2009

  
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• Sophia Vergara Makes Uncomfortable Joke on The View

  
  Dave and Thomas Daily Timekillers — Authority: 543
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• Turkey-Stuffed Bottoms...

  
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• Barbara Walters Hits On Zac Efron On “The View” Today

  
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  Woah! The ladies on ABC’s talk show “The View” LOVE Zac Efron. Zac and his co-star Claire Danes from the upcoming movie “Me and Orson Welles” appeared on The View today, November 24th. Check out the video above and let us know what questions you would ask Zac Efron if you got the chance to interview him!
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• ABCs Ridiculous Policy to Ban Controversial Adam Lambert From Daytime Airwaves

  
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• Adam Lamberts Same-Sex Kiss Is Not Appropriate Daytime Television

  
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  Its been too long since youve had something to have a real problem with, Elisabeth Hasselbeck, so were pleased to see Adam Lambert provide you with some fodder. CONTINUED » Permalink | Post a comment | Add to del.icio.us Tagged: adam lambert , Barbara Walters , Censorship , Elisabeth Hasselbeck , ...
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• Sherri Shepherd chats about Permission Slips

  
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• Daytime Talk Shows – November 24, 2009

  
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• Sofia Vergara Makes Uncomfortable Joke on The View

  
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  Oh Sofia, there is just some things you just don’t joke about and this is clearly one of them. She’s hot enough for most men not to care what she says.
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• Dick Clark Productions: Adam Lambert AMA Performance Offends Thousands

  
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• SAY WHAT?!? :: Sofia Vergaras Rape "Joke" on The View

  
  Papi Chulo's BLOG — Authority: 148
  Modern Family star Sofia Vergara tried to make an off-the-cuff joke about rape on ABCs The View . Vergara was joking as she tried to explain how the youthful-appearing Latin bombshell could possbly have an 18-year-old son. Sofia Vergara: "I was raped at 13." The Colombian-born actress was probably thinking of the ...
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• Sparkling Dialogue on the View

  
  Est Quod Est — Authority: 134
  Its great getting email updates from the Catholic League to keep abreast of the banality of mainstream media anti-Catholicism which ofttimes resembles a self-parody. Just received this bit of sarcasm from Bill Donohue under the title "THE VIEW PANELISTS SPARKLE".Catholic League president Bill Donohue comments on what ...
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• The View Talks Adam Lambert AMA 2009 Performance (Video)

  
  TV Crunch — Authority: 610
  The ladies of The View sound off on Adam Lambert’s much talked about 2009 American Music Awards/AMAs performance in this video clip. They weren’t allowed to show Adam Lambert’s performance on The View because ABC said it was not appropriate to show on daytime television.
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• Norah Jones on The View Video 11-23-09

  
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  Here is the Norah Jones on The View video of her appearance on Nov. 23, 2009 on the ABC daytime talk show in support of her newly released fourth studio album, the Fall. In the brief interview preceding her performance, the multi-Grammy Award winning singer-songwriter was asked if she had any plans for musical ...
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• Gun rights for all, Hutchison says

  
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  Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison continues her gun rights push - probably her strongest claim to the affections of conservative voters. Today, she and Sen. Jon Tester, D-Mont., filed a friend of the court brief at the Supreme Court in McDonald v. City of Chicago - the next big gun rights case since the high courts ruling 17 ...
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