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Vance’s The View Appearance Boosts Ratings, Triggers FCC Review

6/24/2026

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Vice President JD Vance appeared on ABC’s The View on June 16, drawing 3.33 million viewers, the largest audience since November 2024, and raising weekly average to 2.94 million, a 22 % gain.
FCC Chairman Brendan Carr opened a review of The View’s equal-time exemption and ABC’s licenses after ABC urged viewers to comment.
More than 20,000 comments supporting The View have been filed, after the FCC’s January guidance that talk shows may lose the exemption.

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Vice President JD Vance appeared on ABC’s The View on June 16, drawing 3.33 million viewers, the largest audience since November 2024, and raising weekly average to 2.94 million, a 22 % gain.
FCC Chairman Brendan Carr opened a review of The View’s equal-time exemption and ABC’s licenses after ABC urged viewers to comment.
More than 20,000 comments supporting The View have been filed, after the FCC’s January guidance that talk shows may lose the exemption.