"The View" (1997) TV series 1997-????

User Rating:

3.2/10   

Writers:

Beverly Kopf (writer)
Christian McKiernan (written by)

Seasons:

unknown

Release Date:

11 August 1997 (USA)

Genre:

Talk-Show

Plot Keywords:

Women | Topical | Current Events | Talk Show | Topical Issues

Awards:

24 wins & 80 nominations

US TV Schedule:

Mon. Oct. 13	11:00 AM	ABC
Tue. Oct. 14	11:00 AM	ABC

Cast

Joy Behar	...	Herself - Host / ... (102 episodes, 2000-2008)
Elisabeth Hasselbeck	...	Herself - Host / ... (98 episodes, 2003-2008)
Sherri Shepherd	...	Herself - Host / ... (92 episodes, 2005-2008)
Whoopi Goldberg	...	Herself - Host / ... (86 episodes, 2005-2008)
Barbara Walters	...	Herself - Host / ... (50 episodes, 2002-2008)

Runtime:

USA:60 min (including commercials)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Colour:

Colour

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Certification:

Australia:PG | USA:TV-14

Filming Locations:

ABC Television Center - 4151 Prospect Avenue, Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

American Broadcasting Company (ABC)

Trivia:

On August 1, 2007 officially named Whoopi Goldberg as a permanent panelist and moderator on the show.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "Saturday Night Live: Cameron Diaz/Green Day (#30.16)" (2005)

Soundtrack:

Let's Start Right Now

Crude, degrading, and sad.

Sexuality is a mysterious force of nature. It is a sacred moment when soulmates, fully aware of the profound consequences and responsibilities ahead, unite to create a new human being. This joyous gift of Life's cosmic rebirth is certainly worthy of mature thought and discussion, even though mere words can only hint at the transcendent wonders in the heart of true, complete Love.

On "The View", sex is an endless, crude joke. It contaminates the show. There is no surface for the subject to simmer beneath. Upcoming topics are commonly teased with unnecessary double meanings--"Out of the closet" for fashion, and "Flowering and deflowering" about Lisa Ling's 2002 Rose parade experience. I find it creepy and unhealthy--people aren't meant to run through a jar of spice every day.

For a show pervaded with sex-talk, the superficial "humor" only serves to distance and trivialize the subject. What should ideally be a treasured personal and special aspect of our lives, in the context of mutual love, devotion, giving, and cherishing, cries out for an attitude of respect, indeed awe. How sad it is to live in such an unsophisticated age where shows like this get whooping, standing ovations.