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The View
The View is a talk show airing on the ABC network featuring a group of well-known women and their various guests. The series, created by journalist Barbara Walters, debuted in 1997. The current panel of hosts includes Joy Behar, Whoopi Goldberg, Sunny Hostin, and Sara Haines. The show airs weekdays at 11:00 am ET. To date, the show has seen 22 co-hosts including Meredith Vieira, Star Jones, Debbie Matenopoulos, Lisa Ling, Elisabeth Hasselbeck, Rosie O’Donnell, Jenny McCarthy, Nicole Wallace, Rosie Perez, Raven-Symone, Michelle Collins, Candace Cameron Bure, Meghan McCain, and guest co-host Ana Navarro. In 2009, the show's five co-hosts—Walters, Goldberg, Behar, Hasselbeck, and Sherri Shepherd—shared a Daytime Emmy win for Outstanding Talk Show Host.
- Network: ABC
- Genre: Talk show
- Creator: Barbara Walters
- Original Air Date: Aug. 11, 1997
- Current Hosts: Joy Behar, Whoopi Goldberg, Sunny Hostin, and Sara Haines
- Original Hosts: Barbara Walters, Meredith Vieira, Star Jones, Debbie Matenopoulos, and Joy Behar
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Gerry Turner attends the 2023 CMA Awards at Bridgestone Arena on November 08, 2023

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Barbara Walters and Lisa Ling on "The View"

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Sunny Hostin (R) compared Kim Kardashian (L) as a sex symbol to the late Raquel Welch (C) on 'The View.'

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'The View' co-host Alyssa Farah Griffin in a floral print dress; smiles on set of the ABC talk show.

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'The View' host Sunny Hostin wearing a pink dress and smiling for a red carpet photo.

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'The View' host Joy Behar in black, and her husband Steve Janowitz in a grey suit; smile for a photo.

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'The View' moderator Whoopi Goldberg wearing a black and white blouse; sits at the Hot Topics table.

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Alyssa Farah Griffin and Ana Navarro in separate press photographs for ABC's 'The View.'

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'The View' cohost Ana Navarro in a pink blazer, and Sunny Hostin in a floral dress; post together at the hot topic table.

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'The View' star Whoopi Goldberg and Meghan Markle in side by side images.

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