A new analysis shows that ABC’s propaganda show “The View” booked 341 guests in 2025, including 128 liberals and only two guests categorized as conservative, underscoring the program’s long-running reputation for ideological imbalance.
The findings were revealed in a study from the watchdog group Media Research Center (MRC).
With the show airing its final original episode of the year on Friday, the MRC reviewed every politically relevant segment.
The study found that the daytime talk show welcomed 25 Democrat politicians among its 128 liberal guests, while featuring only a single Republican officeholder.
The only other “conservative” guest was actress Cheryl Hines.
However, Hines was only counted as right-leaning because she defended her husband’s policies.
“Their noticeable lack of right-leaning guests is just like their search for someone to fill the ‘conservative seat’ in the panel,” MRC associate editor Nicholas Fondacaro said of the findings.
“They don’t want to have anyone on the show who’s going to lead to embarrassing moments of their leftist cast members being held to account for the wild and controversial things they say or call them out on their hypocrisies.”
A Rolodex of Democrat Officials
The guest list emphasized the point.
In 2025 alone, the show featured:
- Sen. Tammy Duckworth
- Sen. John Fetterman
- Gov. Gretchen Whitmer
- Sen. Elizabeth Warren
- Rep. Jasmine Crockett
- Sen. Amy Klobuchar
- Gov. JB Pritzker
- Sen. Elissa Slotkin
- Sen. Chuck Schumer
- Sen. Cory Booker
- Sen. Raphael Warnock
- Gov. Wes Moore
- Former President Joe Biden and former First Lady Jill Biden
- Former Mayor Rahm Emanuel
- Former Rep. Anthony Weiner
- Rep. Hakeem Jeffries
- Sen. Joe Manchin
- Former Vice President Kamala Harris
- Then-mayoral candidate Zohan Mamdani
- Then-mayoral candidate Andrew Cuomo
- Sen. Bernie Sanders
The show also hosted Obama-era staffers turned “Pod Save America” hosts Jon Favreau, Jon Lovett, and Tommy Vietor; Biden Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre twice; GLAAD activist Sarah Kate Ellis; and Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor.
Two Guests Counted as Conservative
Only two guests qualified as “right-leaning” by the MRC’s criteria: Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) and Cheryl Hines.
Fondacaro noted that Hines “isn’t truly even a conservative,” explaining:
“While having left-wing politics herself, she was forced to defend her husband’s — and, by extension, the Trump administration’s — policies.
“Thus, she was counted as right-leaning.”
As for Greene, Fondacaro wrote that the program invited her only because “she was being a headache for Congressional Republican leadership during the government shutdown.
“The cast also tried to recruit her to become a Democrat.”
He added that ideological imbalance is unlikely to change.
“With the show set to return on January 5, 2026, and President Trump speaking out against her, Greene was already announced as a guest for their January 7 episode,” he wrote.
Fondacaro noted that it would be two days after Greene was set to step down from Congress and just one day after Rep. Jasmine Crockett’s (D-TX) third appearance in less than a year.
MRC Calls for FCC Review
MRC President David Bozell argued that the findings demonstrate that the show should no longer be considered part of ABC’s news division.
In a statement, Bozell said:
“‘The View’ should be renamed ‘The Cackle’ and eliminated from the ABC News Division and placed in the comedy lineup with a warning label, ‘This show is for non-entertainment purposes only.’
“We welcome an FCC investigation into whether ‘The View’ still qualifies as a bona fide news program.
“We don’t think it does.”
Behar’s Claim Refuted by Conservatives
The MRC also highlighted co-host Joy Behar’s on-air claim that Republicans refuse to appear because “they’re afraid of us.”
The watchdog pointed out that numerous prominent Republicans have since come forward publicly with evidence showing the opposite that their offers to appear were rejected or ignored by the program’s producers.
How the Count Was Conducted
The MRC’s methodology required a guest to express political views during the episode to be classified as liberal or conservative.
Public figures who did not discuss politics were excluded, even if they were outspoken elsewhere.
Actor Robert De Niro, despite a history of attacks on President Trump, was not categorized as a liberal guest because “politics did not come up.”
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