Did ABC cancel "The View" and replace it with "The Charlie Kirk Show" hosted by the late conservative activist's widow, Erika Kirk, and other people, including Megyn Kelly? No, none of that is true: The show continued to be on air after the beginning of this wave of online rumors. Neither the hosts nor the network made a public announcement about the program's cancellation.
The claim appeared in a post (archived here) on Facebook, where it was published on October 26, 2025. The attached image showed the following, randomly capitalized text:
The View officially replaced withThe charlie Kirk Show On ABC'Hosted by megyn kelly and erika kirk'.
This is what it looked like on Facebook at the time of writing:
(Source: Lead Stories screenshot of post by "Classic Notes" at facebook.com)
The post read further:
SHOCKING TELEVISION SHAKE-UP: Just Now in New York City, USA -- ABC Officially Cancels The View and Announces Its Replacement, The Charlie Kirk Show, Hosted by Erika Kirk and Megyn Kelly
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In a move that's sending shockwaves through the entertainment world, ABC has officially confirmed the cancellation of The View -- one of the longest-running daytime talk shows in television history. The network has announced its replacement: a brand-new program titled The Charlie Kirk Show, to be hosted by Erika Kirk and Megyn Kelly.
What began as a rumor of creative changes within ABC has now exploded into a full-blown media storm. Executives described the decision as part of a "major network realignment," calling the new show "a bold step toward fresh perspectives and meaningful conversations."
Reactions across social media have been swift and divided -- some praising the network's willingness to take risks, others lamenting the end of an iconic era. Industry insiders are already calling it 'a defining moment for American television.'
Whether viewed as controversial or courageous, one thing is certain: this marks the beginning of a new era in broadcasting, and all eyes are now on Erika Kirk, Megyn Kelly, and the powerful stage they're about to step onto.
"The View" (archived here) is an ABC talk show featuring an all-female panel of television personalities who discuss recent events. It has been broadcast since 1997 (archived here) and was co-hosted by the late Barbara Walters until 2014 (archived here), when she retired. Online rumors about the show's cancellation were so persistent that, in early September 2025, its current panelists went on the record to refute it on camera (archived here).
Lead Stories reviewed recordings of the three episodes of the show aired after the post's publication, but none of them featured a cancellation announcement. The section of the ABC website featuring news and updates from the network (archived here) said, as of this writing, nothing about it, either. As of October 30, 2025, searches on Google News (archived here) and Yahoo News (archived here) still did not yield credible media reports corroborating the claim reviewed in this fact check.
Two online AI detectors, Quillbot.com and Originality.ai, concluded that the wording was AI generated:
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The account that shared the article claimed (archived here) that it was a Minnesota-based group on Facebook, but according to the Transparency Tab, it was managed from Vietnam:
(Source: Lead Stories screenshot of the "Classic Note" account on facebook.com)
According to the WhoIs data (archived here), the website that published the article from the post was also registered in Vietnam:
(Source: Lead Stories screenshot of whois.domaintools.com)
The same domain published other unsubstantiated claims: As Lead Stories previously wrote, Sharon Osbourne did not donate $20 million to the Charlie Kirk Memorial Fund and did not storm off the Jimmy Kimmel or Jimmy Fallon Show over remarks mentioning Charlie Kirk.
A domain's location alone may not always automatically mean that a story is fake, but in recent months, Lead Stories has debunked many other fake stories originating from Facebook pages managed overseas and linking to low-quality fly-by-night websites, which could be characterized as "made-for-advertising" or MFA sites (archived here).
