
It’s no surprise that in 2019, the New York Times declared The View the “most important political TV show in America,” a well-deserved honor that can be partially attributed to McCain’s visible eye rolls and Behar’s under-her-breath mutterings. The resulting discussion often felt like two heavyweights throwing haymakers: Their punches didn’t always land, but when they did, the effects were felt for days afterwards. What made Behar and McCain so captivating to watch wasn’t that they were true ideological opposites - while Behar is liberal, she’s not as progressive as she claims to be - but that they were unafraid to go head-to-head in Hot Topics, regardless of how knowledgeable they were about the subject at hand. Best sparring partners: The View's Joy Behar and Meghan McCainįrom 2017 to 2021, The View co-hosts Joy Behar and Meghan McCain proved that you don’t have to get along to make TV magic. Some relationships are more symbiotic than others, but they're all worth watching. To mark the occasion (and maybe get your mind off of today's Star Wars merchandising frenzy), we've rounded up our favorite TV pairs, including collaborators, co-hosts, and frenemies. Season 3 of Chris Kelly and Sarah Schneider's trenchant comedy premieres on HBO Max today, with all the biting commentary and dabbing we've come to expect. These sibling strivers rely on each other - well, as much as anyone can rely on people like Brooke and Cary - as they find themselves in ever more outlandish circumstances. In other words, TV's best duos, like The Other Two's Brooke Dubek (Heléne York) and Cary Dubek (Drew Tarver), contain multitudes. A few of the most exhilarating pairings have never had a single nice thing to say about each other, while others make us wish we had better friends.


Sometimes, they're two people who are obviously meant for each other, but can never get the timing quite right other times, they're two sentient public relations nightmares who reliably bring out the worst in one another. Plenty of odes (read: lists) have been written on TV's best friendships, but many of the most dynamic small-screen duos share much more fraught relationships.
