As Barbara Walters Retires, the Big TV Interview Signs Off, Too

Ms. Walters has been the queen of the TV celebrity “get.” But stars and politicians no longer need the networks to reach their public.



The 11th Most Fascinating Person Ever

Barbara Walters, who says she is retiring from television on May 16, has talked to practically everybody, but a few interviews stand out.



ABC Announces Barbara Walters Sign-Off Date

The ABC News star will end her career on May 16, with a two-hour special on prime time.



Actress to Fill One Vacancy in the Cast of ‘The View’

Ms. McCarthy, the former Playboy Playmate and actress, will fill one of the empty chairs left by the departures of Joy Behar and Elisabeth Hasselbeck.

    

Barbara Walters to Announce 2014 Retirement on ‘The View’

Network television’s first anchorwoman plans to announce Monday that next year she will leave the business where she broke barriers and rules for more than 50 years.

    

The TV Watch: Barbara Walters’s Career Mirrors the Trajectory of TV

Barbara Walters’s announced retirement is a reminder that her long career mirrors the trajectory of television: as more and more viewers abandon broadcast TV, so does she.

    

Media Decoder Blog: The Breakfast Meeting: Awkwardness at NBC, and Barbara Walters’ Retirement

NBC has yet to learn how to handle successions gracefully, Barbara Walters will retire in 2014, and Christopher Cuomo and Kate Bolduan will host a new CNN morning show.

Media Decoder Blog: Barbara Walters Said to Be Nearing Retirement

Barbara Walters, whose television career spans more than a half century, will retire in May 2014, according to an executive familiar with the newswoman’s plans.

Media Decoder Blog: Barbara Walters to Return to ‘The View’

After more than a month sidelined with chicken pox, Ms. Walters will return to the hit ABC daytime show starting next week.