MERYL STREEP, FRED ARMISEN, KENNETH BRANAGH, MARIO CANTONE
AND JOEY MCINTYRE ON “THE VIEW,” DECEMBER 19-23
First Time Musical Guests Florence + The Machine, Live, December 19
“A Very Funny Christmas,” Featuring Scott Schwartz (“Flick”) and Zack Ward (“Scut Farkus”)
From “A Christmas Story”; the Funniest Christmas Gifts and Videos on the Internet,
Plus a Holiday Edition of Whoopi’s “Is It Just Me? Or Is It Nuts Out There?, Live, December 21
Meryl Streep (“Iron Lady”), Fred Armisen (“SNL” and “Portlandia”), Kenneth Branagh (“My Week with Marilyn”) and music from Mario Cantone (“Sex and the City”) and former “NKOTB” band member Joey McIntyre and first time guests Florence + The Machine are featured DECEMBER 19-23 on ABC’s “The View” (live weekdays; 11:00 a.m.-12:00 noon, ET; broadcast live in stereo; CLOSED-CAPTIONED; TV-14).
“A Very Funny Christmas,” Live, DECEMBER 21, featuring the funniest Christmas gifts with guest and stand-up comic Chuck Nice; Whoopi asking the studio audience Is It Just Me? Or Is It Nuts Out There?: Holiday Edition; a festive installment of “Where Are They Now?” with actors Scott Schwartz (“Flick”) and Zack Ward (“Scut Farkus”), co-stars in the holiday classic, “A Christmas Story”; the funniest Christmas videos on the Internet.
Scheduled guests for the week of December 19-23 are as follows (subject to change):
MONDAY, DECEMBER 19 – First time musical guests Florence + The Machine; hosts Joy Behar and Whoopi Goldberg showcase a variety of “gifts from Grandma.”
TUESDAY, DECEMBER 20 – Fred Armisen (“SNL” and “Portlandia”).
WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 21 – “A Very Funny Christmas,” featuring the funniest Christmas gifts with guest and stand-up comic Chuck Nice; Whoopi asking the studio audience Is It Just Me? Or Is It Nuts Out There?: Holiday Edition; a festive installment of “Where Are They Now?” with actors Scott Schwartz (“Flick”) and Zack Ward (“Scut Farkus”), co-stars in the holiday classic, “A Christmas Story”; the funniest Christmas videos on the Internet.
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 22 – Kenneth Branagh (“My Week with Marilyn”); an 83 year-old woman with plastic surgery and her doctor, Michael Niccole; Jim Caras (author, The Petite Advantage: Achieve That Long Lean Look. The Specialized Plan for Women 5’4″ and Under).
FRIDAY, DECEMBER 23 – Meryl Streep (“Iron Lady”); director Phyllida Lloyd (“Iron Lady”); “Sex and the City” star Mario Cantone and former “NKOTB” band member Joey McIntyre sing a holiday classic; makeovers from “The View” crew hair and makeup teams.
About “The View”
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