The View folds: Top daytime talk show folds to Trump admin intimidation and 'changes' programing: report

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Top daytime talk show folds to Trump admin intimidation and ‘changes’ programing: report

Alexander Willis
July 6, 2026 2:03PM ET

Inside sources revealed to Semafor that “The View,” the top-rated daytime talk show on television, succumbed to pressure from the Trump administration’s Federal Communications Commission (FCC) and “changed [its] programing,” the outlet reported Sunday night.

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“Trump’s FCC, led by its aggressive chairman, has been one of the most visible regulators of American communications in a generation. The simple threat of regulatory action is now enough to impact how media outlets behave.”

A potential example of the show’s programing change occurred in recent weeks when a representative for New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani proposed that “The View” host the mayor alongside two congressional candidates he had endorsed, Darializa Avila Chevalier and Claire Valdez, an inside source told Semafor on the condition of anonymity.

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“‘The View’ said it was interested in having the mayor on, but indicated it couldn’t accommodate Avila Chevalier or Valdez, now Democratic congressional nominees, [the inside source] said,” Semafor’s report reads

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