Barbara Walters may be gone, but one of the cornerstones of her legacy on network television lives on. Per her obituary in The New York Times, "The View," which Walters co-created and co-hosted for years, had 26 seasons and counting as of December 2022. Besides its longevity and the innovation it represented for morning talk shows when it first appeared, "The View" has often made news in its own right.
Walters and co-creator Bill Geddie debuted "The View" in 1997, with the goal of exploring hot button issues of the day through varying perspectives offered by the all-female panel (per ABC News). Besides Walters herself, prominent hosts have included Joy Behar, Rosie O'Donnell, Meghan McCain, and Whoopi Goldberg. Over the years, the women of different viewpoints have often clashed with guests and with each other, as when O'Donnell and Elisabeth Hasselbeck became so heated in their discussion about the Iraq War that their co-hosts faked storming off the set to break the tension.
Behar, who has been a co-host for nearly every season, discussed with The New York Times the shifting perceptions of "The View" in 2019. Initially perceived as a light talk show, the show has increasingly been perceived as an influential news program, as much for the more personalized and informal nature of its panel as its reach among viewers. And it's encouraged imitators, CBS' "The Talk" among them.
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