EDITION: INTERNATIONAL U.S. MÉXICO ARABIC TV: CNNi CNN en Español Set edition preference Sign up Log in Home Video World U.S. Africa Asia Europe Latin America Middle East Business World Sport Entertainment Tech Travel iReport SHARE THISPrintEmailMore sharingRedditStumbleUponDelicious/* push in config for this share instance */cnn_shareconfig.push({"id" : "cnn_sharebar1","url" : "http://www.cnn.com/2013/03/28/showbiz/barbara-walters-retires/index.html","title" : "Reports: Barbara Walters set to retire"});Reports: Barbara Walters set to retireBy Alan Duke, CNNMarch 29, 2013 -- Updated 1648 GMT (0048 HKT)if (typeof cnnArticleGallery=="undefined"){var cnnArticleGallery={};if(typeof cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList=="undefined"){cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList=[];}}var expGalleryPT00=new ArticleExpandableGallery();expGalleryPT00.setImageCount(18);expGalleryPT00.setAdsRefreshCount(3);//cnn_adbptrackpgalimg("Barbara Walters\' amazing career", 1);.cnn_html_slideshow_metadata > .cnn_html_media_utility::before{color:red;content:'>>';font-size:9px;line-height:12px;padding-right:1px}.cnnstrylccimg640{margin:0 27px 14px 0}.captionText{filter:alpha(opacity=100);opacity:1}.cnn_html_slideshow_media_caption a,.cnn_html_slideshow_media_caption a:visited,.cnn_html_slideshow_media_caption a:link,.captionText a,.captionText a:visited,.captiontext a:link{color:#004276;outline:medium none}.cnnVerticalGalleryPhoto{margin:0 auto;padding-right:68px;width:270px}
There are reports that after a journalism career spanning a half century, Barbara Walters is headed for retirement. We look back on the career of Walters, shown here with President Barack Obama, first lady Michelle Obama and Joy Behar on the set of "The View" in September 2012 in New York. cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length]={"currentPicture":true,"x":0,"y":0,"pos":1,"title":"Barbara Walters\' amazing career"}
Walters' annual specials on the year's "most fascinating people" focused on big names in entertainment, sports, politics and popular culture. In 2012 she interviewed then-Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length]={"currentPicture":false,"x":0,"y":0,"pos":2,"title":"Barbara Walters\' amazing career"}Only the possibility of war in Iraq in 2003 could cause the postponement of her annual pre-Oscars interview special. She attended ABC's 50th Anniversary Special at the Pantages Theatre that year.cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length]={"currentPicture":false,"x":0,"y":0,"pos":3,"title":"Barbara Walters\' amazing career"}In 2005, Walters met with President George W. Bush and first lady Laura Bush for their first joint interview since winning the November 2004 election. cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length]={"currentPicture":false,"x":0,"y":0,"pos":4,"title":"Barbara Walters\' amazing career"}Walters and Elmo attended the Third Annual Sesame Workshop Benefit Gala at Cipriani 42nd Street in 2005 in New York. cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length]={"currentPicture":false,"x":0,"y":0,"pos":5,"title":"Barbara Walters\' amazing career"}
Only the possibility of war in Iraq in 2003 could cause the postponement of her annual pre-Oscars interview special. She attended ABC's 50th Anniversary Special at the Pantages Theatre that year.cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length]={"currentPicture":false,"x":0,"y":0,"pos":3,"title":"Barbara Walters\' amazing career"}
In 2005, Walters met with President George W. Bush and first lady Laura Bush for their first joint interview since winning the November 2004 election. cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length]={"currentPicture":false,"x":0,"y":0,"pos":4,"title":"Barbara Walters\' amazing career"}
Walters and Elmo attended the Third Annual Sesame Workshop Benefit Gala at Cipriani 42nd Street in 2005 in New York. cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length]={"currentPicture":false,"x":0,"y":0,"pos":5,"title":"Barbara Walters\' amazing career"}
"The View" hosts Elisabeth Hasselbeck, Whoopi Goldberg, Barbara Walters, Joy Behar and Sherri Shepherd attended the New York Times Art and Leisure Weekend at TheTimesCenter in 2009 in New York. The group became known for their spirited conversations on the show.cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length]={"currentPicture":false,"x":0,"y":0,"pos":6,"title":"Barbara Walters\' amazing career"}Katie Couric and Barbara Walters attended the 30th annual News & Documentary Emmy Awards at Frederick P. Rose Hall in 2009 in New York. cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length]={"currentPicture":false,"x":0,"y":0,"pos":7,"title":"Barbara Walters\' amazing career"}Walters knows celebs like no one else. She and George Clooney attended the Bloomberg & Vanity Fair cocktail reception after the 2012 White House Correspondents' Association Dinner at the residence of the French ambassador in Washington. cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length]={"currentPicture":false,"x":0,"y":0,"pos":8,"title":"Barbara Walters\' amazing career"}
Katie Couric and Barbara Walters attended the 30th annual News & Documentary Emmy Awards at Frederick P. Rose Hall in 2009 in New York. cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length]={"currentPicture":false,"x":0,"y":0,"pos":7,"title":"Barbara Walters\' amazing career"}
Walters knows celebs like no one else. She and George Clooney attended the Bloomberg & Vanity Fair cocktail reception after the 2012 White House Correspondents' Association Dinner at the residence of the French ambassador in Washington. cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length]={"currentPicture":false,"x":0,"y":0,"pos":8,"title":"Barbara Walters\' amazing career"}
The women of the view became stars in their own right. Here, Lisa Ling, Star Jones, Joy Behar, and Walters are interviewed by Jay Leno on "The Tonight Show."cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length]={"currentPicture":false,"x":0,"y":0,"pos":9,"title":"Barbara Walters\' amazing career"}Her reporting has made Walters an international star. She and actor Richard Gere greeted the Dalai Lama when he visited St. John the Divine in New York in 1992.cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length]={"currentPicture":false,"x":0,"y":0,"pos":10,"title":"Barbara Walters\' amazing career"}NBC News' Jim Hartz and Walters reported during the 1976 New Hampshire Democractic Primary. cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length]={"currentPicture":false,"x":0,"y":0,"pos":11,"title":"Barbara Walters\' amazing career"}Donald Trump, Don King and Barbara Walters are shown in an undated photo.cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length]={"currentPicture":false,"x":0,"y":0,"pos":12,"title":"Barbara Walters\' amazing career"}
Her reporting has made Walters an international star. She and actor Richard Gere greeted the Dalai Lama when he visited St. John the Divine in New York in 1992.cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length]={"currentPicture":false,"x":0,"y":0,"pos":10,"title":"Barbara Walters\' amazing career"}
NBC News' Jim Hartz and Walters reported during the 1976 New Hampshire Democractic Primary. cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length]={"currentPicture":false,"x":0,"y":0,"pos":11,"title":"Barbara Walters\' amazing career"}
Donald Trump, Don King and Barbara Walters are shown in an undated photo.cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length]={"currentPicture":false,"x":0,"y":0,"pos":12,"title":"Barbara Walters\' amazing career"}
Walters interviewed American novelist, short story writer and playwright Truman Capote for "Today" inside his New York apartment in 1967. cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length]={"currentPicture":false,"x":0,"y":0,"pos":13,"title":"Barbara Walters\' amazing career"}
Walters was called "a former hostess of a morning TV show, an interviewer of the famous and all-around glamour girl personality in her own right" when "ABC Evening News with Harry Reasoner and Barbara Walters" debuted in 1976, making her television's first network anchorwoman. cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length]={"currentPicture":false,"x":0,"y":0,"pos":14,"title":"Barbara Walters\' amazing career"}
Jack Lescoulie, Hugh Downs, Walters and Frank Blair conduct a discussion on NBC's "Today Show," in New York. She worked for the show from 1961 to 1976.cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length]={"currentPicture":false,"x":0,"y":0,"pos":15,"title":"Barbara Walters\' amazing career"}Walters takes a phone call at her desk in New York in 1962.cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length]={"currentPicture":false,"x":0,"y":0,"pos":16,"title":"Barbara Walters\' amazing career"}
Walters takes a phone call at her desk in New York in 1962.cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length]={"currentPicture":false,"x":0,"y":0,"pos":16,"title":"Barbara Walters\' amazing career"}
A promotional portrait from 1976 shows Walters on the set of the "Today Show."cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length]={"currentPicture":false,"x":0,"y":0,"pos":17,"title":"Barbara Walters\' amazing career"}
From left, Gene Shalit, Walters, and Frank McGee sit behind the news desk in a promotional portrait for the "Today Show" in 1973. cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length]={"currentPicture":false,"x":0,"y":0,"pos":18,"title":"Barbara Walters\' amazing career"}HIDE CAPTIONBarbara Walters' amazing careerBarbara Walters' amazing careerBarbara Walters' amazing careerBarbara Walters' amazing careerBarbara Walters' amazing careerBarbara Walters' amazing careerBarbara Walters' amazing careerBarbara Walters' amazing careerBarbara Walters' amazing careerBarbara Walters' amazing careerBarbara Walters' amazing careerBarbara Walters' amazing careerBarbara Walters' amazing careerBarbara Walters' amazing careerBarbara Walters' amazing careerBarbara Walters' amazing careerBarbara Walters' amazing careerBarbara Walters' amazing career<<<
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18>>>Event.observe(window,'load',function(){if(typeof(cnn_adbptrackpgalimg) == 'function' && typeof(cnnArticleGallery) != 'undefined'){cnn_adbptrackpgalimg(cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[0].image,"Reports: Barbara Walters set to retire");}});STORY HIGHLIGHTSABC says "no comment" to reports Barbara Walters will retire in May 2014New York Times and on Deadline.com cite unnamed network executivesWalters began her national broadcast career on NBC's "Today Show" in 1961She's interviewed every U.S. president and first lady since Richard and Pat Nixon(CNN) -- Longtime ABC News personality Barbara Walters will retire from broadcasting next year after a half-century trailblazing career, according to several media reports Thursday.
ABC, where Walters has worked as a news anchor and talk show host since 1976, answered with "no comment" when CNN called about the reports quoting unnamed network sources in the New York Times and on Deadline.com.Viewers see Walters, 83, mostly these days as co-host of ABC's daytime talker "The View," which she helped create in 1997.The plan is for her retirement to be announced in May, giving a year for ABC to pay tribute to her before she stops working in May 2014, Deadline.com reported.var currExpandable="expand15";if(typeof CNN.expandableMap==='object'){CNN.expandableMap.push(currExpandable);}var mObj={};mObj.type='video';mObj.contentId='';mObj.source='bestoftv/2013/03/29/ac-carter-barbara-walters-retiring.cnn';mObj.videoSource='CNN';mObj.videoSourceUrl='http://ac360.blogs.cnn.com/';mObj.lgImage="D:\Other\ABS\Auto Blog Samurai\data\Rich Network\CNN entertainment\130328212053-ac-carter-barbara-walters-retiring-00004012-story-body.jpg";mObj.lgImageX=300;mObj.lgImageY=169;mObj.origImageX="214";mObj.origImageY="120";mObj.contentType='video';CNN.expElements.expand15Store=mObj;
Will TV news legend retire?var currExpandable="expand25";if(typeof CNN.expandableMap==='object'){CNN.expandableMap.push(currExpandable);}var mObj={};mObj.type='video';mObj.contentId='';mObj.source='us/2013/03/28/nr-brooke-barbara-walters-retiring.cnn';mObj.videoSource='CNN';mObj.videoSourceUrl='';mObj.lgImage="D:\Other\ABS\Auto Blog Samurai\data\Rich Network\CNN entertainment\130328185442-nr-brooke-barbara-walters-retiring-00053919-story-body.jpg";mObj.lgImageX=300;mObj.lgImageY=169;mObj.origImageX="214";mObj.origImageY="120";mObj.contentType='video';CNN.expElements.expand25Store=mObj;
Report: Barbara Walters retiring in 2014var currExpandable="expand35";if(typeof CNN.expandableMap==='object'){CNN.expandableMap.push(currExpandable);}var mObj={};mObj.type='video';mObj.contentId='';mObj.source='bestoftv/2013/03/06/pmt-barbara-walters-on-death-of-hugo-chavez.cnn';mObj.videoSource='CNN';mObj.videoSourceUrl='http://piersmorgan.blogs.cnn.com/';mObj.lgImage="D:\Other\ABS\Auto Blog Samurai\data\Rich Network\CNN entertainment\130305215633-pmt-barbara-walters-on-death-of-hugo-chavez-00004427-story-body.jpg";mObj.lgImageX=300;mObj.lgImageY=169;mObj.origImageX="214";mObj.origImageY="120";mObj.contentType='video';CNN.expElements.expand35Store=mObj;
Barbara Walters on Hugo ChavezWalters went through a health scare in January when she suffered a cut on her forehead after falling on a stair while visiting the British ambassador's residence in Washington.She underwent surgery to repair a heart valve three years ago.Walters' national broadcast career began in 1961 as a reporter, writer and panel member on NBC's "Today Show." She was promoted to co-host in 1974, but she was hired away by ABC in 1976.At ABC, she began "The Barbara Walters Specials" and "10 Most Fascinating People," which has become a regular year-end program.Walters has interviewed every U.S. president and first lady since Richard and Pat Nixon.She spent two decades, starting in 1984 as co-host and correspondent for ABC's news magazine show "20/20." She still reports on occasion.Walters, who was born in Boston in 1929, is the daughter of a theater producer.0Comments »SHARE THISPrintEmailMore sharingRedditStumbleUponDelicious/* push in config for this share instance */cnn_shareconfig.push({"id" : "cnn_sharebar2","url" : "http://www.cnn.com/2013/03/28/showbiz/barbara-walters-retires/index.html","title" : "Reports: Barbara Walters set to retire"});var OB_permalink='http://edition.cnn.com'+location.pathname;var OB_langJS='http://widgets.outbrain.com/lang_en.js';var OB_widgetId='AR_1';var OB_Template="cnnedition";if (typeof(OB_Script)!='undefined'){OutbrainStart();}else{var OB_Script=true;var str="cnnad_createAd("632805","http://ads.cnn.com/html.ng/site=cnn_international&cnn_intl_pagetype=mmst&cnn_intl_position=607x95_adlinks&cnn_intl_rollup=entertainment&page.allowcompete=no¶ms.styles=fs","95","607");cnnad_registerSpace(632805,607,95);cnnad_createAd("416261","http://ads.cnn.com/html.ng/site=cnn_international&cnn_intl_pagetype=mmst&cnn_intl_position=336x850_rgt&cnn_intl_rollup=entertainment&page.allowcompete=no¶ms.styles=fs","850","336");cnnad_registerSpace(416261,336,850);
.cnn_strycrcntrnwsp .cnn_mtpmore { padding:10px 0px 1px 0px; }.cnn_stryccnwsp2 .cnn_stryccnwsp3 { width:100% }Most PopularToday's five most popular storiesCyborg bugs and glow-in-the-dark cats: How we're engineering animalsLifetime cancels 'America's Most Wanted'U.S. Defense officials: North Korean threats are 'bellicose rhetoric'State media: North Korea in 'state of war' with South, threatens to 'dissolve' U.S.Russian photographer apologizes for pyramid photos 
var cnn_oburlStr = location.pathname + '';cnn_oburlStr = (cnn_oburlStr.indexOf('?') > -1) ? cnn_oburlStr.substr(0, cnn_oburlStr.indexOf('?')) : cnn_oburlStr;var OB_permalink= 'http://edition.cnn.com' + cnn_oburlStr;var OB_Template="cnnedition";var OB_widgetId= 'VR_1';var OB_langJS ='http://widgets.outbrain.com/lang_en.js';if ( typeof(OB_Script)!='undefined' ) {OutbrainStart();} else {var OB_Script = true;var str = "var OB_Template="cnnedition";var OB_widgetId= 'SB_2';var OB_langJS ='http://widgets.outbrain.com/lang_en.js';if ( typeof(OB_Script)!='undefined' ) {OutbrainStart();} else {var OB_Script = true;var str = ".OB_SB_1, .OB_SB_2 { padding:0px; }#outbrain_container_1_stripBox .strip-like, #outbrain_container_2_stripBox .strip-like { font-size:18px; }#ob_strip_container_rel_1_stripBox { }#ob_strip_container_rel_1_stripBox .item-container, #ob_strip_container_rel_2_stripBox .item-container { padding-top:8px;border-top:1px solid #E5E5E5; }cnnad_createAd("681208","http://ads.cnn.com/html.ng/site=cnn_international&cnn_intl_pagetype=mmst&cnn_intl_position=300x150_rgt&cnn_intl_rollup=entertainment&page.allowcompete=no¶ms.styles=fs","150","300");cnnad_registerSpace(681208,300,150);cnnad_createAd("722326","http://ads.cnn.com/html.ng/site=cnn_international&cnn_intl_pagetype=mmst&cnn_intl_position=336x280_adlinks&cnn_intl_rollup=entertainment&page.allowcompete=no¶ms.styles=fs","280","336");cnnad_registerSpace(722326,336,280); Loading weather data ...
Home | Video | World | U.S. | Africa | Asia | Europe | Latin America | Middle East | Business | World Sport | Entertainment | Tech | Travel | iReport Tools & Widgets | RSS | Podcasts | Blogs | CNN Mobile | My Profile | E-mail Alerts | CNN Radio | CNN Shop | Site map | CNN Partner Hotels CNN en ESPAÑOL | CNN Chile | CNN México | ??????? | ??? | Türkçe 
© 2013 Cable News Network. Turner Broadcasting System, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Terms of service | Privacy guidelines | Ad choices
| Advertise with us | License our content | About us | Contact us | Work for us | Help CNN TV | HLN | Transcripts cnnad_ugsync();var cnn_edtnswtchver="edition";msQueueManager.init('requestFrame',ms_blankURL);$$('.cnn_sectbincntnt2 ul').each(function(bulletlist,idx){while(bulletlist.getHeight()>145){bulletlist.childElements().last().remove();}});if(ms_isLoggedIn()){CNN_setCookie('CNN_member',true,854400,'/',document.domain);}var jsmd=_jsmd.init(),pageURL=location.href.toLowerCase();if (pageURL.indexOf("/.element/ssi/ads.iframes/")==-1&&pageURL.indexOf("/doubleclick/dartiframe.html")==-1&&pageURL.indexOf("/search/")==-1){if (_jsmd.plugin.gQuery("refresh")){jsmd.trackMetrics("dynamic-autoRefresh","autorefresh","cnn-autorefresh");} else if (_jsmd.plugin.gQuery("is_LR")){} else if (cnn_metadata.template_type_content!="gallery"){jsmd.send();}}/*globals CNN_CB, cnnsocial *//* configure apis to load and specify their callbacks */cnnsocial.setapiconfig([{'site' : 'facebook','success' : function() {/* trigger connect-cnnsocial.js calls */window.cnn_fbAsyncInit();}},{ 'site' : 'twitter' }]);/* add the multiple config instance for sharebars */cnnsocial.share.setconfig(cnn_shareconfig);$j(document).ready(function () {'use strict';loadChartbeat("showbiz", "Alan Duke, CNN");CNN.initFlipperTicker();/* initialize cnnsocial */cnnsocial.init();});