'The View' is cultural (and political) canon

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🗓️ 21 December 2021

⏱️ 40 minutes

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Summary

In an era when social media and streaming reign supreme, how has a daytime talk show on network television managed to stay relevant? With help from Ramin Setoodeh (author of the book Ladies Who Punch: The Explosive Inside Story of The View) and writer Amanda FitzSimons (who covered this for The New York Times Magazine), Sam explores why — and how — ABC's The View continues to trend on Twitter, regularly lands presidential candidates in the guest chair, and turns its Hot Topics roundtable into a microcosm of modern-day American politics. Here's looking at you, 2022 midterms!

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0:00.0	Alright, when you think of the view,
0:02.1	yes, the ABC Daytime Talk Show, the view.
0:05.6	What comes to mind first?
0:08.2	I'm just curious,
0:09.7	is it the long list of co-hosts?
0:12.0	A few of which are like first-name famous.
0:15.0	Whoopie, Joy, Barbara, Rosie, Star.
0:18.6	And guest co-host, Anthony Scaramucci.
0:22.2	Is it the roster of celebrity guests?
0:24.0	Hello, co-hosts and please welcome, Dena Fomston,
0:26.4	Harrison Ford, Rihanna, Marcus Stewart,
0:30.1	and Sunday Bullock and Keanu Lee.
0:32.2	Beyonce, and Tina Null.
0:34.0	Oh!
0:36.2	Hope you love that completely random montage
0:38.3	of celebrity names, by the way.
0:40.4	But you know what, you're a listener.
0:41.7	I bet those are not the first things you think of
0:44.2	when you think of the view.
0:46.4	I bet the first thing you think of,
0:48.0	when it comes to that show,
0:49.6	are often the very spirited discussions around that table.
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