Gail from Maine. Is the photo of a Maine Coon Cat? My grandfather had one. Mean. One man only. Certainly didn't like me. But most cats don't like 6 year olds as a matter of self preservation.
Your answer works fine for Music but it doesn't work for Podcasts. When looking at Podcasts, there is nothing under the View menu to hide or show Podcasts in the Cloud.
I read all the messages on this theme and discovered that I could indeed Hide and Show Music in the Cloud when I have Music selected but the option goes away when I have Podcasts selected. I think this likely not a PC versus Mac issue nor a which version of the Mac OS you are running but rather a design change that Apple made with the version of iTunes that we are all discussing.
But your comments and those of others did lead me to better understand what was going on.
I would love for Apple to restore the ability to Hide Podcasts in the Cloud to work like Hide Music in the Cloud.