The BEST episodes of The View season 12

#1 - Dr. Condoleezza Rice

Season 12 - Episode 39 - Aired 1/29/2009

Former Secretary of State, Dr. Condoleezza Rice

#2 - Michael Bloomberg

Season 12 - Episode 24 - Aired 12/18/2008

New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg; music from Renée Fleming.

#3 - Comedy Theme Show

Season 12 - Episode 25 - Aired 12/22/2008

Comedy Theme Show featuring Andy Dick, John Pinette, Judy Gold and former `Third Rock from the Sun` star Kristin Johnston (`Celebrity Autobiography`).

#4 - Perez Hilton

Season 12 - Episode 30 - Aired 1/5/2009

`Day of Hot Topics,` Ann Coulter, kick-off of `Kimberly Clark Room-A-Day Giveaway` sweepstakes, `The View` guest dressing room makeovers.

#5 - America Ferrera

Season 12 - Episode 31 - Aired 1/6/2009

#6 - Tim Daly

Season 12 - Episode 32 - Aired 1/7/2009

#7 - Toni Collette

Season 12 - Episode 33 - Aired 1/16/2009

Actress Toni Collette and writer Diablo Cody (`The United States of Tara`); at-home gym with trainer Jillian Michaels.

#8 - Washington D.C.

Season 12 - Episode 34 - Aired 1/19/2009

Elisabeth Hasselbeck's Oval Office encounter with President George W. Bush; ABC News' Jake Tapper tours the pre-Inauguration hot spots with co-host Sherri Shepherd; a retrospective of Barbara Walters' Presidential interviews; a live remote from Washington D.C. with ABC News' Charles Gibson.

#9 - Sigourney Weaver

Season 12 - Episode 35 - Aired 1/21/2009

Sigourney Weaver (`Prayers for Bobby`); Susie Essman (`Loving Leah`); the co-hosts discuss the inauguration, the parties, the speeches and the clothes.

#10 - Ron Howard

Season 12 - Episode 36 - Aired 1/22/2009

Ron Howard (director, `Frost/Nixon`), The Duggar Family (`17 Kids and Counting`)

#11 - Susie Essman

Season 12 - Episode 37 - Aired 1/23/2009

Actress Susie Essman (`Loving Leah`).

#12 - Liam Neeson

Season 12 - Episode 38 - Aired 1/28/2009

Liam Neeson (Taken); Jason O'Mara (ABC's Life on Mars)

#13 - George Stephanopoulos, Seth Meyers

Season 12 - Episode 1 - Aired 11/3/2008

#14 - Hot Topics

Season 12 - Episode 41 - Aired 2/2/2009

A day of `Hot Topics.`

#15 - Julianne Moore

Season 12 - Episode 40 - Aired 1/30/2009

Actress Julianne Moore; actress Whitney Port; Peter Cincotti performs.

#16 - Paula Deen

Season 12 - Episode 42 - Aired 2/3/2009

Paula Deen; Dev Patel from `Slumdog Millionaire`; Amanda Knox's mother, Edda Knox

#17 - Jane Seymour

Season 12 - Episode 43 - Aired 2/4/2009

Jane Seymour; advice columnist Amy Dickinson; Academy Award® nominee Richard Jenkins ("The Visitor")

#18 - Cuba Gooding Jr.

Season 12 - Episode 44 - Aired 2/5/2009

Cuba Gooding Jr. (`Gifted Hands`); Maksim Chmerkovskiy (ABC's `Dancing with the Stars`).

#19 - Molly Ringwald

Season 12 - Episode 45 - Aired 2/6/2009

Today was a very special edition of The View that exposed the trends, traumas, fashions and passions of teenagers. First, the ladies welcomed Molly Ringwald and Shailene Woodley, the stars of the ABC Family hit show The Secret Life of the American Teenager,

#20 - Hot Topics

Season 12 - Episode 46 - Aired 2/9/2009

A day of `Hot Topics`; ABC News' Diane Sawyer (ABC News' `20/20` - A Hidden America: Children of the Mountains` and ABC News' `Good Morning America`); `Sex and the City` star Mario Cantone.

#21 - Joan Rivers

Season 12 - Episode 47 - Aired 2/10/2009

Comedienne Joan Rivers; Daniel Dae Kim (ABC's Lost).

#22 - Kate Winslet

Season 12 - Episode 48 - Aired 2/11/2009

Academy Award nominee Kate Winslet (The Reader and Revolutionary Road); Jane Krakowski (30 Rock).

#23 - The View Special Edition

Season 12 - Episode 49 - Aired 2/12/2009

The View Special Edition: Love theme show with Miss Piggy; Patti Stanger (Millionaire Matchmaker); Helen Fisher (author, Why Him Why Her).

#24 - Patricia Arquette

Season 12 - Episode 51 - Aired 2/16/2009

Patricia Arquette (`Medium`); Emily Osment.

#25 - Samuel L. Jackson

Season 12 - Episode 22 - Aired 12/16/2008

Samuel L. Jackson (`The Spirit`); music from Melissa Etheridge.