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April 24, 2026
GUEST LINEUP ON AMERICA’S MOST-WATCHED DAYTIME TALK SHOW, ‘THE VIEW,’ APRIL 27-MAY 1
Featuring John Legend, Brenda Song, Jon Cryer, Levar Burton, Craig Ferguson and Yahya Abdul-Mateen II
The Political View With Alina Habba, April 29

“The View,” now in Season 29, is America’s most-watched daytime talk show. Called “the most important political TV show in America” by The New York Times, the Daytime Emmy® Award-winning talk show is a priority destination for up-to-the-minute Hot Topics, invaluable conversations, celebrities, newsmakers and politicians and must-see viewing for our loyal fans. “The View” is executive produced by Brian Teta and is directed by Sarah de la O. For breaking news and updated videos, visit theview.tv and follow “The View” (@theviewabc) and Whoopi Goldberg (@whoopigoldberg), Joy Behar (@joyvbehar), Sunny Hostin (@sunny), Sara Haines (@sarahaines), Alyssa Farah Griffin (@alyssafarah) and Ana Navarro (@ananavarrofl) on Instagram.
Scheduled guests for “The View” the week of April 27 – May 1 are as follows (subject to change):
Monday, April 27 — John Legend (founder of Loved01)
Tuesday, April 28 — Levar Burton (host, “Trivial Pursuit”); Brenda Song (actor, “Running Point”)
Wednesday, April 29 — The Political View with Alina Habba (senior adviser to the attorney general); Craig Ferguson (host, “Scrabble”)
Thursday, April 30 — Yahya Abdul-Mateen II (actor, “Man on Fire”)
Friday, May 1 — Jon Cryer (Off-Broadway’s “The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee”)
The co-hosts are talking the hottest pop culture topics on “The Weekend View”:
Saturday and Sunday, April 25-26
Reports of Kris Jenner’s facelift regrets, how Travis Barker’s birthday post to wife Kourtney toed the line, divorce drama for a former “Real Housewife” that ends in jail time, and the prenup roadblock on “The Real Housewives of Rhode Island.”
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