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The View Returns for Its 30th Season as Joy Behar Marks 28th Year

ABC’s lawsuit against the FCC over early license-renewal demands is reshaping how the show books political guests and promotes its anniversary season.

Some of the original "The View" cohost lineup — Star Jones, Barbara Walters, Meredith Vieria and Joy Behar — pose with their trophy at the 30th annual Daytime Emmy Awards on May 16, 2003, at Radio City Music Hall in New York City.
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Joy Behar on The View

Overview

  • The View staged a live Season 30 premiere on Tuesday that celebrated Joy Behar’s record 28 seasons on the program and noted Whoopi Goldberg’s 20 years as moderator.
  • ABC and parent company Disney filed a lawsuit in August accusing the Federal Communications Commission of overreach after the agency ordered early license-renewal filings and opened probes into equal-time rules.
  • The network says The View qualifies as a bona fide news program exempt from equal-time obligations, and that legal fight is now influencing guest choices such as planned appearances by Senator Ted Cruz.
  • Whoopi Goldberg told the studio audience that writers are working on Sister Act 3 and described steady development, and producers plan podcast and streaming extensions and a roster of high-profile guests this season.
  • The show is up for four Daytime Emmy nominations in October and will welcome former cohost Sherri Shepherd back to the studio later this month as it leans on host continuity and multiplatform reach to mark three decades on air.