If Whoopi Goldberg and Joy Behar are easily offended, they may want to change the channel. The latest episode of Paramount+’s Landman delivers a brutal, no-nonsense takedown of ABC’s The View, and it’s already turning heads.
The hit drama, created by Taylor Sheridan — the mind behind Yellowstone, Tulsa King, and a growing empire of heartland-friendly television — stars Billy Bob Thornton as Tommy, a grizzled oilfield fixer who has little patience for elite nonsense. In Sunday’s episode, Tommy offers a suggestion that quickly spirals into a cultural gut punch.
People Magazine recounted the scene in which Tommy advises oil executive T.I., played by Sam Elliott, to “read a book or watch TV — watch one of them daytime talk shows, you know, like The View or something.”
When Elliott’s character asks what that is, Thornton’s Tommy doesn’t hold back.
“[It’s] a bunch of pissed-off millionaires b*tching about how much they hate millionaires — and Trump and men and you and me and everybody else they got a bee up their ass about,” Tommy said. “It’s pretty funny.”
Then comes the closer, delivered with perfect deadpan contempt.
“Well, it ain’t joke funny. It’s like fart in church funny, you know what I mean?”
Harsh? Maybe. Accurate? Many viewers would say absolutely.
For years, The View panel — currently featuring Goldberg, Behar, Sunny Hostin, Sara Haines, Ana Navarro, and Alyssa Farah Griffin — has leaned hard into progressive hysteria. The hosts have labeled Donald Trump a “dictator,” accused him of threatening the press, and even floated claims that he would deploy the National Guard to interfere with the 2028 election. This is daytime television dressed up as moral authority, delivered by some of the wealthiest women in media.
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That disconnect is exactly what Landman skewers — and it fits neatly into Taylor Sheridan’s broader creative universe, where working Americans are portrayed as competent adults and elite lecturing is treated with open skepticism.
Thornton himself has made clear he shares that frustration. Appearing on Joe Rogan’s podcast last month, the actor took aim at Hollywood celebrities who hijack awards shows to preach politics.
“Don’t go up there and talk about saving the badgers in Wisconsin or something, you know what I’m saying?” he said. “And people would argue and say, ‘Well, no, because I have a voice and because everybody knows me. This is a great platform for me to put this out there.’”
Thornton wasn’t buying it.
“Well, how about this? If you have a billion dollars, and you want to save the badgers, f*cking save them. I mean, you got plenty of money to save the badgers, trust me.”
That blunt realism — the same tone that fuels Landman — is precisely why audiences are tuning in. While legacy media panels scold America from their cushioned studios, shows like Landman are reminding viewers why Hollywood used to know how to entertain instead of lecture.
