Comedian Rob Schneider announced that he plans to launch an all-women talk show that he expects to directly compete with The View.
The Saturday Night Live alum announced his plans during a recent appearance on Fox News @ Night.
“No Apologies Media, my new company, we’re going to do an all-ladies talk show that won’t be like The View,” he told host Trace Gallagher. “It will be the opposite because this will be entertaining. It’ll be funny…. It’ll have funny women on it that are going to tell jokes and tell stories.”
Schneider threw some serious shade at the ladies of The View as he promised his new show will feature “household names” and will not “be drowning in politics.”
“It’s not going to be shaming people and making people wince,” he said, claiming it will be “the opposite” of ABC’s The View. “People are sick of it.”
“We’re going to have an entertaining show with people from all over America,” he said. “We’re not trying to just bring people who are angry and bitter and reinforcing their political echo chamber.”
“You’re going to love it,” he promised.
Schneider later promoted the show on X, maintaining that it will be “a show for ALL OF US!!”
“We will be a show that will NOT be a ‘Narrow View’ or what you have had to endure all these years… a ‘single view’ that scolds and demeans those that have a ‘differing view,’” he wrote.
The View was launched in 1997 by veteran journalist Barbara Walters, featuring a rotating panel of female television personalities discussing politics and culture. The current iteration stars Whoopi Goldberg, Joy Behar, Sara Haines, Alyssa Farah Griffin, Sunny Hostin and Ana Navarro.
The ladies of The View have largely become quite critical of the right and President-elect Trump’s politics, including Griffin, a former Trump staffer who was brought on after Meghan McCain‘s exit to be the more conservative voice on the panel.
Schneider’s new talk show appears to be in early development, with no title or names attached just yet.
But Schneider said he hopes to begin filming episodes before Donald Trump’s inauguration, which is scheduled for Jan. 20, 2025.
