The View announces major schedule change after Whoopi Goldberg admits hosts are ‘struggling’ over show issues

ABC has announced The View is undergoing a major change to its schedule this week.

The daily program has revealed its Friday broadcast will be very different from the ones earlier in the week, adding to the list of recent shakeups at the show.

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In a press release for The View, the show’s network revealed Friday’s episode will be a repeat.

Though the show aired new episodes Monday through Wednesday, and will air another new one on Thursday, the final day of the week will be an old broadcast.

Friday, which is the unofficial start to Memorial Day Weekend, will see the re-airing of an episode from April 4, 2023.

The show from last month featured Michelle Williams, Leslie Odom Jr., and Nicolette Robinson as guests.

Normally, the hourlong program features a mix of guests and Hot Topics, as well as shopping segments once in a while.

This week, though, two of the broadcasts – Monday and Wednesday – saw the hosts discuss Hot Topics for the entire show.

This comes as the talk show has been without writers since early May due to the ongoing Writers Guild of America strike.

On Monday, Whoopi Goldberg explained to the audience that the moderators would be shifting through an array of topics for the duration of the show in her introductory speech.

The 67-year-old revealed that the lack of writers was going to affect the anchors’ hosting abilities greatly.

“It is week four, and the writer’s strike is still on,” the award-winning actress began.

“But we’re standing with our writers…they’ll get what they want,” she continued as she encouraged the crowd to clap in support.

Whoopi added: “And we will continue to muddle through because we’re having to read from the cards.”

She held the written-on blue card up in front of her, jokingly squinting at the words on it.

Last week, the moderator shared a similar message with fans on the show.

Whoopi said: “As you know, we still don’t have writers yet, so we’re gonna be stumbling through.

“But we support our writers and… every day we hope they’re closer to …getting it taken care of.”

She admitted that hosting the talk show “off the cuff” and making do without their writers was a “little bizarre from time to time.”

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