Report: ‘The View’ Hit By Budget Cuts, Host Pay Reduced

ABC’s long-running daytime talk show The View is reportedly facing significant cost-cutting measures that are affecting everything from host salaries to wardrobe budgets as the network looks to reduce expenses.

The reported changes come ahead of the show’s next season and have fueled speculation about broader belt-tightening behind the scenes at one of television’s most recognizable daytime programs.

According to a report from Page Six, several of The View’s co-hosts have seen their compensation reduced since Season 29 premiered in September 2025.

The report, citing unnamed sources, claims the affected hosts include Whoopi Goldberg, Joy Behar, Sunny Hostin, Sara Haines, Ana Navarro and Alyssa Farah Griffin.

Neither ABC nor representatives for The View publicly confirmed the reported salary changes.

Page Six reported that Goldberg remains the show’s highest-paid host, earning what the outlet described as a mid-seven-figure annual salary.

The report also claimed that Farah Griffin earns a mid-six-figure salary and was denied a significant raise after requesting one.

In addition to compensation, the report says wardrobe budgets have also been reduced.

One source quoted by Page Six claimed the hosts are frustrated by the changes.

“They’re all mad because they were all wearing really expensive designer clothes, and now it’s the same budget of a Wendy Williams-type show versus a marquee daytime show,” the source said.

“They keep downsizing and downsizing and downsizing.”

According to the report, additional cost-cutting measures are expected before production resumes in September.

The outlet also reported that The View has moved to a smaller production space and that its annual Halloween-themed episode, a longtime fan favorite featuring elaborate costumes and themed sets, has been canceled for this year.

The report further claimed that product integration opportunities have become less frequent as some advertisers have shifted their marketing efforts to competing daytime programs.

“There are definitely tensions with ABC,” one unnamed source told the publication.

Since premiering in August 1997, The View has remained one of daytime television’s longest-running and most recognizable talk shows.

Created by legendary journalist Barbara Walters, the original panel featured Walters alongside Joy Behar, Star Jones, Meredith Vieira and Debbie Matenopoulos.

Over nearly three decades, the program has featured numerous well-known co-hosts, including Rosie O’Donnell, Elisabeth Hasselbeck, Sherri Shepherd, Jenny McCarthy, Raven-Symoné, Candace Cameron Bure, Paula Faris and Meghan McCain.

Brian Teta has served as executive producer since 2017 and also hosts the companion podcast, Behind the Table.

Despite the reported budget reductions, The View continues to rank among the highest-profile daytime talk shows in television, regularly generating headlines for its political discussions, celebrity interviews and commentary on current events, The New York Post reported.

For now, however, the reported financial changes remain based on unnamed sources, and ABC has not publicly confirmed the alleged pay cuts, budget reductions or production changes ahead of the show’s upcoming season.

And in February the Federal Communications Commission opened an investigation into “The View,” according to a report published by Fox News Digital. A source familiar with the matter told Fox News Digital that the probe centers on the FCC’s rarely enforced equal-time rule.

“Fake news is not getting a free pass anymore,” the source said, Mediate reported.

The equal-time rule, part of the Communications Act of 1934, requires broadcast stations to provide equal opportunities to legally qualified political candidates when one is given airtime.

In January, the FCC said it would issue guidance to ABC, CBS, and NBC on compliance with the statute.

“Under section 315, if a broadcast station permits any legally qualified candidate for public office to use its facilities, it shall provide an equal opportunity to all other legally qualified candidates for that office,” the FCC said in a statement last month.

The statement said the agency was particularly concerned with the airing of political content on daytime and late-night talk shows.