Disney/ABC, Seeing Their Groomer Empire Crumble All Around Them, Tell the Shrieking Harpies of The View to Cool It On Attacking Half the Country Every Single Day

ABC and Disney will be destroyed by the #Resistance.

Executives at Disney and ABC News have reportedly asked The View hosts to reduce their political attacks on President Donald Trump and shift the show's focus back toward lighter fare.

Key Details:

The Daily Beast reports that Disney CEO Bob Iger and ABC News President Almin Karamehmedovic met with The View's hosts and executive producer Brian Teta to request a shift away from political content, particularly criticisms of Trump.

Karamehmedovic reportedly pointed to episodes featuring celebrity interviews as high performers and encouraged the show to "lean into such coverage."

Ana Navarro reportedly challenged the executives, saying, "This is what our audience wants," and later confronted Iger again during Disney's advertiser presentation.

Diving Deeper:

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The executives reportedly conveyed that the daytime talk show has become too consumed with political commentary and has veered away from its original mission as a more general-interest program for women. One source told the Daily Beast that Karamehmedovic highlighted episodes featuring celebrity guests as examples of higher-rated content and encouraged the team to focus more on that type of coverage moving forward.

While the meeting reportedly stopped short of issuing a mandate, the suggestion did not sit well with several of the co-hosts. Ana Navarro, a frequent political commentator on the show, reportedly objected to the suggestion, telling the executives, "This is what our audience wants. Isn't it gonna look kind of bad if we're all of a sudden not talking about politics?"at they'd prefer The View to be less politically driven.

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Despite the executive nudging, some of the show's hosts reportedly found the conversation "silly" and expressed their intent to continue "doing their thing." As of now, it appears no concrete changes have been implemented, but the tension underscores the larger corporate concern about the program's political tone and its impact on broader viewer engagement.

CBS' biggest shareholder, Sharri Redstone, reportedly told her Left-Wing Animal House of Democrat Party Operators at CBS "News" to tone it down, too.

So CBS "News's" president quit.

CBS News President and CEO Wendy McMahon announced her resignation on Monday because "the company and I do not agree on the path forward."

Left unstated but hanging over her announcement: CBS' corporate parent, Paramount Global, and its controlling owner, Shari Redstone, are involved in settlement negotiations with lawyers for President Trump in an effort to settle his $20 billion lawsuit against CBS' signature show, 60 Minutes.

McMahon made her announcement the morning after the final episode of this season's 60 Minutes and just weeks after the resignation of the show's veteran executive producer, Bill Owens. Owens said he no longer felt he could lead the show independently.

posted by Ace at 02:16 PM

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