‘The View’ Going on Hiatus: Joy Behar Accidentally Reveals the News 1 Day Before Break

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Joy Behar shocked her The View cohosts when she seemingly unexpectedly let news slip about the show’s upcoming hiatus. She shared the news at the top of the Thursday, July 24, episode.

“Before we go on hiatus, we only have one more show after this, I’m allowed to say that, right?” Behar asked, to which Alyssa Farah Griffin laughed and responded, “Too late now!” A producer chimed in from the background to add, “Doesn’t really matter.”

A source confirmed to TV Insider that “the show will be on its annual summer hiatus” beginning next week. The View goes on summer break every year in August and returns after Labor Day. This year, the break will begin on Monday, July 28, which seems to be a few days earlier than usual. That means there will just be one more episode (Friday, July 25) before The View is off the air for several weeks.

Earlier this summer, the talk show hosts also had a week off for July 4, which is typical, as well.

After Behar appeared to accidentally let the news of the hiatus slip out, the women continued to discuss the controversy surrounding Donald Trump and the Jeffrey Epstein files. The first segment of Hot Topics touched on the recent Wall Street Journal report that Attorney General Pam Bondi told Trump that his name appeared in the Epstein files “multiple times.”

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The news of The View’s hiatus created a bit of a stir on social media, with many wondering whether the break will become permanent if the show gets the same treatment as Stephen Colbert‘s late night show, which was recently canceled by CBS following parent company Paramount’s controversial settlement with the president after he sued them.

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    PGJUViewFan

    I love The View...or used to. In the last few years, Sara has just become obnoxious, Whoopi is displaying how out of touch she is, Anna is borderline militant and so is Sunny on certain issues, and the one I now relate to most is Alyssa, God help me. I am no conservative (or liberal btw), but the conservative makes the most sense, the most often. The constant "we're in this together" from Whoopi just illustrates how out of touch she is. We aren't in this together at all. Those with money have far fewer worries than the majority of us who are barely scraping by every day. Whoopi actually gets to leave the country, because she can afford to, and can do so permanently if she wants. The rest of us are in a sinking, over-loaded boat where the idiot in charge has thrown any life preservers he can overboard, and has drilled holes in the life boats! No, The View is pretty useless at this point, so come back, don't come back....I don't think I even care anymore.

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    PGJUViewFan

    What IS the big deal? Why on earth would something they do every year need to be a big state secret? Kind of bizarre if they really didn't want that known. The hiatus is extremely long every year, but whatever. Rich people gotta have their months-long vacations. Must be nice.

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    GreenBone

    We were just hoping it would be permanent.

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    CyanBus

    I agree that democracy depends on different points of view but when do you get a different point of view on “the view“?

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    BlueFan

    the people complaining that it should be canceled are the one's that do not want anyone having different view points than their own. and want the narrative controlled. Let's see......like Putin, Hitler, etc. They want control, not freedom. Look people. We are the United States of America, the free, the brave. Don't hide behind a one minded directive. We all live here we all have our views and they should not be stifled. Don't like their take on things then don't watch. I don't like fox news and their take on things, but I think it would be wrong to cancel them just because I think they are nuts!