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The View: Season 12

233 episodes Premiered Sep 8, 2008 Updated Sep 25, 2026
Previously on The View

Season 12 Lore Primer

Key plot threads, lore context, and character stakes you need to remember before diving into this season.

  • ⚡ Directly follows the overarching narrative developments of The View Season 11.
  • ⚡ Faction dynamics and core character alliances shift under escalating external stakes.
  • ⚡ Crucial mysteries introduced previously reach key turning points and narrative reckonings.
  • ⚡ Sets up serialized story arcs that build directly toward the climactic season finale.
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Season 12 Episodes

Episode Guide

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Season 12: Filler vs. Essential Canon

Filter episodes by narrative weight. Focus on essential mytharc and skip standalone side quests.

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Mytharc (2): Crucial lore & season climaxes
Core (231): Character development & subplots
Side Quest (0): Standalone / filler
S12·E26 Core

T.I.

Oct 13, 2008 · 36 min

S12·E40 Core

Halloween

Oct 31, 2008 · 36 min

S12·E60 Core

Season 12, Episode 322

Nov 28, 2008 · 36 min

Nicole Kidman (Australia); "Bank on The View" features salon substitutes: products that give you that expensive salon look at home for less.

S12·E121 Core

Jane Fonda

Feb 23, 2009 · 36 min

S12·E122 Core

Tom Jones

Feb 24, 2009 · 36 min

S12·E178 Core

Glenn Beck

May 20, 2009 · 36 min

S12·E227 Core

Eric Bana

Aug 4, 2009 · 36 min

S12·E1111 Core

Elton John

Nov 11, 2008 · 36 min

Elton John and cast members of Broadway's "Billy Elliot," including David Alvarez, Trent Kowalik and Kiril Kulish.

S12·E1114 Core

Rachael Ray

Nov 14, 2008 · 36 min

Gloria and Emilio Estefan; Michael Easton ("One Life to Live"). Also: toys for the holidays.

S12·E1117 Core

Hot Topics

Nov 17, 2008 · 36 min

S12·E1118 Core

Jessica Lange

Nov 18, 2008 · 36 min

Jessica Lange; Governor Mike Huckabee.

S12·E1124 Core

Simon Baker

· 36 min

Simon Baker ("The Mentalist") Tony Bennett performs.

S12·E1125 Core

Faith Hill

· 36 min

Faith Hill performs.

S12·E1126 Core

Teri Hatcher

Nov 26, 2008 · 36 min

Teri Hatcher (ABC's Desperate Housewives), winning couple of ABC's Dancing with the Stars performs.

S12·E1128 Core

Nicole Kidman

Nov 28, 2008 · 36 min

This morning on The View, an epic as huge as the new movie Australia needs a star as big as Nicole Kidman and she was here to tell us all about the exciting role. In the movie, she

S12·E1201 Core

Randy Jackson

Dec 1, 2008 · 36 min

Randy Jackson (`American Idol`); Kristin Chenoweth

S12·E1202 Core

Patricia Heaton

Dec 2, 2008 · 36 min

Patricia Heaton; Jennifer Esposito (`Samantha Who?`)

S12·E1203 Core

Jeff Goldblum

Dec 3, 2008 · 36 min

Jeff Goldblum; Martina McBride

S12·E1204 Core

Harry Connick, Jr

Dec 4, 2008 · 36 min

Harry Connick, Jr; Marlo Thomas; Drake Bell and Josh Peck

S12·E1205 Core

Hugh Jackman

Dec 5, 2008 · 36 min

Hugh Jackman; Beth Ehlers and JR Martinez (`All My Children`)

S12·E1208 Core

Paula Abdul

Dec 8, 2008 · 36 min

Paula Abdul (`American Idol`), Lisa Ling.

S12·E1211 Core

Dr. Mehmet Oz

Dec 11, 2008 · 36 min

Dr. Oz; `Bank on 'The View`: crock-pot cooking with chef Ming Tsai.

S12·E1212 Core

Meryl Streep

Dec 12, 2008 · 36 min

Meryl Streep and Amy Adams (`Doubt`); Carrie Fisher.

S12·E1215 Core

Keri Russell

Dec 15, 2008 · 36 min

Keri Russell (`Bedtime Stories`); music from John Legend.

S12·E1216 Core

Samuel L. Jackson

Dec 16, 2008 · 36 min

Samuel L. Jackson (`The Spirit`); music from Melissa Etheridge.

S12·E1217 Core

Hot Topics

Dec 17, 2008 · 36 min

Day of Hot Topics.

S12·E1218 Core

Michael Bloomberg

Dec 18, 2008 · 36 min

New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg; music from Renée Fleming.

S12·E1222 Mytharc

Comedy Theme Show

Dec 22, 2008 · 36 min

Comedy Theme Show featuring Andy Dick, John Pinette, Judy Gold and former `Third Rock from the Sun` star Kristin Johnston (`Celebrity Autobiography`).

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