If imitation is the sincerest type of flattery, then The View should be feeling very flattered as of late. Because the ABC panel discuss present debuted in 1997, numerous copycats have come and gone — together with the not-so-fabulous FABLife that premiered 10 years in the past, on September 14, 2015.
Now we’re rounding up our choices for The View’s worst imitators, even those that turned out effectively. They’re listed beneath — from the by-product however nonetheless profitable, to the distinctive however short-lived, to the by-product and short-lived!
8. The Discuss (2010–2024)
It’s exhausting to inform what, if something, separated it from The View, however not like so many imitators on this record, The Discuss really walked the stroll. The truth is, halfway by the CBS present’s 15-season run, it beat The View to win the 2016 Daytime Emmy for Excellent Discuss Present Leisure.
7. The Actual (2013–2022)
Additionally Daytime Emmy-validated is that this syndicated manufacturing, whose expertise gained the Excellent Leisure Discuss Present Host award in 2018. With hosts like Adrienne Houghton, Jeannie Mai, and Loni Love, The Actual featured “various and outspoken hosts [who] unapologetically say what girls are literally considering,” as a press launch touted.
6. The Gossip Desk (2013–2015)
Sure, we’ve one other daytime panel present, however a minimum of this one had a distinct segment. True to its identify, the VH1 present featured showbiz reporters and bloggers spilling celeb tea. Notorious tattler Perez Hilton was set to affix the panel for its third season, as Deadline reported, however VH1 canceled the present lower than a month after his casting.
5. The Preachers (2016)
This daytime panel present boasted View DNA by government producer Invoice Geddie, who was The View’s co-creator and longtime EP. 4 preachers emceed the present and chatted about popular culture, information, and spirituality. “After The View, I figured I’d by no means do one other panel present, however these preachers knocked me off my ft,” Geddie mentioned, per Deadline. “They’ve a singular religious tackle issues, they usually’re humorous as hell… I imply, heck!”
4. The Gossip Queens (2010)
Earlier than Loni Love joined The Actual and Michelle Collins joined The View, they ranked among the many panelists of The Gossip Queens, a syndicated half-hour panel present billed as “the right mix of comedy and gossip.” However the present appears to have come and gone within the span of a calendar yr, forsaking desperate-sounding every day Fb posts studying “Please watch The Gossip Queens!”
3. Life & Model (2004–2005)
To not be confused with the tabloid of the identical identify, this syndicated panel present had Jules Asner, Cynthia Garrett, Lynne Koplitz, Kimora Lee Simmons holding courtroom at a really small desk. The present was canceled amid gossip of unhealthy habits on Simmons’ half. She later instructed Self-importance Truthful she hated the present, including, “I’m not used to having a boss. I’m the boss. I don’t want the cash. I’m filthy f***ing wealthy!”
2. The Different Half (2001–2003)
Something View can do, guys can do higher? Nope. This short-lived syndicated panel present appeared like a direct, gender-swapped response to The View, with Dick Clark, Danny Bonaduce, Mario Lopez, and Dorian Gregory becoming a member of the panel. Two seasons later, the outcomes of that experiment have been in, and The Different Half was out.
1. FABLife (2015–2016)
FABLife wasn’t fab sufficient for Tyra Banks. On the syndicated present, Banks joined a “lifestylist” panel that included model-turned-foodie Chrissy Teigen and style professional Joe Zee, however she stop the present simply two months in. And two months after that, Disney-ABC introduced the poorly-rated present would finish on the finish of its first season.