A Broadcasting Legend Is Retiring! Tomorrow One Of The Female Pioneers Of Television Is Saying Goodbye After More Than 35 Years On The Air!

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A television legend is calling it quits. After countless television shows, Oscar specials and reporting there will be an official retirement announcement tomorrow.

According to Deadline Hollywood None other than The View executive producer and co-host Barbara Walters is shutting off her microphone.

Tomorrow Barbara will make the official announcement on The View (right in the middle of may sweeps!). She isn’t going anywhere fast however, as she is planning on making it through one more television season. There will be one more 10 Most Fascination People special and one more Oscar special as well.

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The date of her official departure is going to be next May.

Barbara Walters has been an amazing presence onscreen and is a broadcasting legend. She was the first woman to co-host a news program when she joined Today in 1974. She was on 20/20 for well.. 20 years and then started her own series with The View which has had a wide range of co-stars.

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