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The View: Behind the Table

Why Whitney Cummings Says This Is The Best Time To Be In Comedy

The View: Behind the Table

ABC News

Tv & Film

4.7 • 2.6K Ratings

🗓️ 2 April 2026

⏱️ 32 minutes

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Summary

Comedian Whitney Cummings joins executive producer Brian Teta to reflect on her week co‑hosting the show and shares what fascinated her most about the behind‑the‑scenes world of daytime television. She opens up about how she carved out a career for herself as a comedian, looks back on the comedy icons who inspired her, and discusses how the comedy landscape has evolved. Whitney also explains why she still reads online comments—both the good and the bad—and what she takes from them. She talks about why she loves the adrenaline and unpredictability of live television and wraps by reminiscing about some of her favorite moments from late‑night TV and how those experiences shaped her. See Whitney on her 'Big Baby' North American comedy tour: whitneycummings.com We're thrilled to be nominated for a Webby Award — vote now: theviewabc.visitlink.me/PSXUua Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

9-1-1, where is the emergency?

0:02.7

It's the middle of the night in a small town on the Jersey shore.

0:06.7

Someone reports an abandoned car on a bridge.

0:09.9

A search gets underway for the missing driver, 19-year-old Sarah Stern.

0:14.9

Is it a missing person? Is it a suicide?

0:17.6

At this point, nobody knows.

0:19.6

Old friendships, buried cash, and a sinister plot that was once pitched as a movie plays out in real life.

0:29.0

I'm Jiu Chang from 2020 and ABC Audio.

0:33.4

Listen now to Bridge of Lies, wherever you get your podcasts.

0:39.6

Very excited to have you here is Whitney Cummings behind the table.

0:44.4

Today is Thursday, April 2nd.

0:46.2

Welcome.

0:46.8

Thank you.

0:53.8

We're at the close to the end. You're still got the weekend view to go. But we're close to the end of your week on the view. Thank you so much. I think you've done a great job. You were one of the first people I thought of to call. So nice. Especially given you've worked with me before. I have. And you wanted. I did. And you still wanted to. I first met you,

1:12.0

I'm when I worked at David Letterman, you were a guest. And you, I mean, for people who don't know the arc of your career, it's kind of meteoric and incredible. I mean, you were the brains behind two broke girls, which is just a massive hit. With the great Michael Patrick King. Yes. You had your own sitcom with your name in the title.

1:29.2

Which, by the way, may I say, I can say this now, was so funny. It was very funny. Thank you. Yes. And it was, I was 27 years old. It was on NBC, which at the time was the office and community, which I think now people are so savvy about.

1:44.5

I love community.

1:45.3

But those were single camera shows, shows that I loved.

1:48.7

But it really was a multicam that I was doing, a comedian multi-cam.

1:52.6

I grew up watching Roseanne, Cosby Show, rest in peace.

1:55.1

The show was still great.

1:56.9

Ellen's sitcom actually loved.

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