25.5. THE WOMEN OF THE VIEW

AGES We were too scared to ask them

TITLES Hosts, yellers
SMART BECAUSE Elisabeth Hasselbeck, Whoopi Goldberg, Joy Behar, Sherri Shepherd, and Barbara Walters put the shrew in shrewd this election year, juicing their ratings by pumping up their political banter. During election week, The View secured the No. 1 spot in total daytime viewers for the first time in 12 seasons, and the hosts also scored some of the campaign's most memorable 
moments, from Behar's interrogation of McCain to Hasselbeck's shockingly gracious postelection concession.