The liberal co-hosts of ABC's "The View" have spent much of the past decade routinely bashing and hating on President Donald Trump and his supporters on a near-daily basis, but that may soon be a relic of the past.

Anonymous sources recently revealed that network producers for the relatively popular daytime talk show have ordered the co-hosts to "dial back" and "tone down" their incessant anti-Trump rhetoric, according to the New York Post.

At least one source claimed that "morale is low" for the show's co-hosts and employees, in part because of the Trump-related order but also because of ABC's broader cost-cutting efforts that moved them to a smaller shared studio and concerns that more layoffs by the network could be on the horizon.

Co-hosts ordered to tone down anti-Trump talk

Per the Post's unnamed inside sources at ABC, the executive producer of "The View," Brian Teta, instructed the program's staffers in January that they and the co-hosts that they needed to be "going easy" on President Trump and his administration, at least initially.

That order followed in the wake of multiple instances during the transition period in which the co-hosts were required to make embarrassing on-air disclaimers and "legal notes" disavowing false and defamatory allegations and statements they'd made about the incoming Republican president and some of his Cabinet nominees.

There was also previous anonymously sourced reporting about "high-level meetings" among network executives about bringing in more openly pro-Trump and conservative co-hosts to help balance out the constant "negativity" being aired nearly every day.

The outlet noted that, since then, there has been a noticeable reduction in anti-Trump rhetoric from the panelists and even a few surprise admissions from some of the co-hosts.

One example involved co-host Sarah Haines acknowledging that the panelists were "out-of-touch" with the majority of Americans who'd voted for Trump, while another involved co-host Alyssa Farah Griffin, a former Trump first term White House staffer turned critic, admitting that she supported some of Trump's policies while urging her fellow co-hosts to try to find "common ground" with the president's supporters.

"Morale is low"

The New York Post's Page Six reported that per one unnamed source, there was real fear behind the scenes at "The View" about job security after Executive Producer Teta recently laid off nine employees from the program, including two senior producers who'd been with the show for awhile.

"People were shocked that he’d fire such experienced, well-respected producers," the source said and added that "Morale is low" and there is "a lot of anxiety" while "everybody is waiting for the other shoe to drop" with potentially more firings by the network.

That said, another unidentified source disputed the claim that the co-hosts had been ordered to reduce their on-air criticisms of President Trump and his administration, and told the Post, "No one holds back their opinions on 'The View.' It’s a place for dynamic conversations from diverse points of view. That’s what makes it so popular."

Ratings have dipped only slightly

Meanwhile, at least for now, the Post noted that the ratings for "The View" have largely held steady with an average of 2.6 million viewers since President Trump's election last November and his Inauguration in January.

However, according to TVInsider, "The View" is no longer the top-rated daytime talk show, as that honor has shifted to Fox News' "The Faulkner Focus" featuring host Harris Faulkner, both of which air during the same 11 am ET time slot.

After peaking at around 2.7 million viewers immediately after Trump's Inauguration, average viewership for "The View" has dipped to around 2.5 million while Faulkner's viewership increased to an average of 2.55 million -- a feat that is all the more remarkable given that "The View" airs on a broadcast network while "The Faulkner Focus" is on a cable channel.