On September 23, 2025, former Vice President Kamala Harris made a highly anticipated return to ABC's The View, marking her first appearance on the show since a controversial 2024 interview that became a talking point in the presidential election. This visit not only allowed Harris to reflect on her past remarks but also delivered a significant ratings lift for the daytime talk show, drawing its largest weekly audience since June 2025.
According to exclusive Nielsen data reported by TheWrap, Harris' episode contributed to The View averaging 2.61 million total viewers for the week of September 22, a 4% increase from the prior week's 2.31 million. This marked the program's strongest performance in total viewers since early summer and positioned it as the top-rated daytime network talk show and news program for that week. It outperformed competitors like NBC's Today Third Hour (1.86 million viewers), Today with Hoda & Jenna (1.37 million), and NBC News Daily (1.276 million).
The boost extended to key demographics:
- Women 18-49: 141,000 viewers (up 3% week-over-week).
- Women 25-54: 194,000 viewers (up for the third straight week, with the season average now 3% higher than last year).