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Earlier this week Barbara Walters and ABC announced that Jenny McCarthy, onetime Playboy model and host of an MTV dating show, will be joining ABC's The View as a co-host this fall, and the backlash was instantaneous.
The show's annual host-changeover soap opera is among reasons the ABC News daytime talker remains a darling of the media.
In the earliest episodes of 'The View,' Ms. Walters would sign off with a line that remains a part of the brand to this day: 'Have a great day, everyone, and take a little time to enjoy the view.'
For the recently completed November sweep period, The View averaged 3.048 million total viewers, a 13% improvement over the same time frame last year, according to Nielsen data.
Despite the changes, the program's format hasn't changed much over the years, typically featuring Ms. Walters and her female hosts sitting around a table or on a sofa. The group usually chats about current events before they interview a guest.
In the earliest episodes of 'The View,' Ms. Walters would sign off with a line that remains a part of the brand to this day: 'Have a great day, everyone, and take a little time to enjoy the view.'
Earlier this week Barbara Walters and ABC announced that Jenny McCarthy, onetime Playboy model and host of an MTV dating show, will be joining ABC's The View as a co-host this fall, and the backlash was instantaneous.
The show's annual host-changeover soap opera is among reasons the ABC News daytime talker remains a darling of the media.
For the recently completed November sweep period, The View averaged 3.048 million total viewers, a 13% improvement over the same time frame last year, according to Nielsen data.
Despite the changes, the program's format hasn't changed much over the years, typically featuring Ms. Walters and her female hosts sitting around a table or on a sofa. The group usually chats about current events before they interview a guest.
