ABC Says JD Vance's 3.3 Million-Viewer 'View' Interview Was Biggest in 18 Months
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Updated · Fox News · Jun 23
ABC Says JD Vance's 3.3 Million-Viewer 'View' Interview Was Biggest in 18 Months
3 articles · Updated · Fox News · Jun 23
Summary
3.3 million viewers watched JD Vance’s June 16 appearance on "The View," making it the show’s most-watched episode in more than 18 months, ABC said Tuesday.
The audience spike came as ABC and Disney press the case that "The View" qualifies as a bona fide news program and should be exempt from FCC equal-time rules.
July 6 is the deadline in ABC’s new on-air and online petition campaign, which says the FCC wants to control who can appear on the show; the FCC called that message misleading.
The probe began after Texas Democratic Senate candidate James Talarico appeared on the program, while Media Research Center separately urged the FCC to deny any exemption, citing 2,473 examples of alleged bias.