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Moreover, the show's visual and branding efforts seem to have fallen into disrepair. Instead of commissioning fresh photography or updating themes and music, producers opted for reusing old, black-and-white photographs, with some hosts, like Sunny Hostin, looking disengaged or indifferent. This austerity signals possible budget constraints, or worse, a dwindling interest from the network, ABC.
The absence of new theme songs or creative branding perpetuates the idea that The View is coasting on its name rather than innovating. It remains a show that headlines for controversies more than meaningful discourse—a pale shadow of its original form.