Barbara Walters To Retire By 2014

Barbara Walters To Retire By 2014

Barbara Walters is set to announce her retirement from TV journalism at her talk show on ABC, The View. She will be leaving behind a legacy that spans six decades including nearly four decades in ABC News. Her retirement will reportedly come in the summer of 2014.

However, she will continue to be a part of the show that she created as an executive producer. In between her announcement and her retirement, she will still be a part of ABC news, and will anchor specials including the “10 Most Fascinating People” specials that are normally aired in December.

Walters revealed that she is happy with the decision and is looking forward to a wonderful year with ABC News and The View.

The career of Barbara Walters started as a writer for The Morning Show of CBS in the 1950s. The Today Show on NBC marked the start of her career as an anchor in 1961. She ultimately became a co-host of the show. She said that she was surprised with her on-air career since she did not consider herself as beautiful as the other women who were on the program.

Walters later became the first female anchor of the Evening News of ABC in 1976. By 1979, she co-hosted the newsmagazine show 20/20.

Ben Sherwood, ABC News president, revealed that Barbara Walters is a very unique person, and the network plans to make her last year as remarkable and newsworthy as the legendary newscaster herself.

Rumors about her upcoming retirement emerged in the early part of the year. The icon revealed that she is looking forward to the break. Barbara Walters added that she does not want to have another program, and she simply wants to be able to admire the talented women and men who will take her place.

Posted by Kade Quinn on Monday May 13 2013, 8:36 AM EST. Ref: USA Today. Link. All trademarks acknowledged. Filed under Entertainment, Featured News. Comments and Trackbacks closed. Follow responses: RSS 2.0