Overview

• ABC News President Almin Karamehmedovic and Disney CEO Bob Iger asked The View's hosts to reduce their critical coverage of Donald Trump and focus on celebrity-driven content.
• The hosts, including Whoopi Goldberg, Ana Navarro, and Joy Behar, resisted the suggestion, emphasizing their audience's demand for political analysis.
• Ana Navarro privately thanked Bob Iger for preserving the panel's editorial independence, though he reiterated the preference for less political rhetoric.
• Executives characterized the guidance as non-binding, affirming that the hosts retain full control over topic selection for the show.
• The View remains the top-rated daytime news program, outperforming competitors on Fox News and NBC in the first quarter of 2025.