Meredith Vieira is remembering Barbara Walters after she passed away at age 93 on Dec. 30.
Vieira, who worked with “The View” creator Walters as the show’s first moderator from 1997–2006, has written an essay for People magazine, paying tribute to the late broadcast journalist.
In the piece, Vieira recalled how Walters would often come out with some “naughty jokes.”
She wrote, “If you were lucky, as I was on a few occasions, you’d find yourself sitting with her at a dinner table with martinis in hand.
“And she would regale the other guests with really naughty jokes perfectly delivered. Barbara was funny and sexy and in those moments, she owned it.”
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Vieira added in the essay, “We all knew how important handwritten notes were to her. She must have penned hundreds of them.
“So… Dear Barbara,...
Vieira, who worked with “The View” creator Walters as the show’s first moderator from 1997–2006, has written an essay for People magazine, paying tribute to the late broadcast journalist.
In the piece, Vieira recalled how Walters would often come out with some “naughty jokes.”
She wrote, “If you were lucky, as I was on a few occasions, you’d find yourself sitting with her at a dinner table with martinis in hand.
“And she would regale the other guests with really naughty jokes perfectly delivered. Barbara was funny and sexy and in those moments, she owned it.”
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Vieira added in the essay, “We all knew how important handwritten notes were to her. She must have penned hundreds of them.
“So… Dear Barbara,...
- 1/4/2023
- by Becca Longmire
- ET Canada
“The View” started its first show of the new year by honouring co-creator and co-host Barbara Walters, who died Dec. 30 at age 93, with a beautiful tribute.
The tribute covered the extensive impact Walters has had on the industry for women. Co-host Whoopi Golberg credited the late journalist as “the reason we’re all sitting here,” referring to herself and her other co-hosts.
Joy Behar applauded Walters further for her perseverance.
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“She very much defied sexism and defied ageism, she went right into the jaws of the lion there when she had to deal with people like Harry Reasoner,” Behar said. “She was not just a friend to us, she was one of a kind and very important to the industry.”
.@JoyVBehar on Barbara Walters: "She very much defied sexism and she defied ageism. She went right into the jaws of the lion.
The tribute covered the extensive impact Walters has had on the industry for women. Co-host Whoopi Golberg credited the late journalist as “the reason we’re all sitting here,” referring to herself and her other co-hosts.
Joy Behar applauded Walters further for her perseverance.
Read More: Monica Lewinsky Reflects On Barbara Walters’ Death After Their Record-Breaking Interview
“She very much defied sexism and defied ageism, she went right into the jaws of the lion there when she had to deal with people like Harry Reasoner,” Behar said. “She was not just a friend to us, she was one of a kind and very important to the industry.”
.@JoyVBehar on Barbara Walters: "She very much defied sexism and she defied ageism. She went right into the jaws of the lion.
- 1/3/2023
- by Emerson Pearson
- ET Canada
“The View” kicked off its first show of the new year by honoring the one and only Barbara Walters, who died on Friday, Dec. 30, at the age of 93, with an hour that reunited several of her former “View” co-hosts and featured highlights from her many years on the daytime series.
“Tributes are pouring in from around the world to celebrate the life of Barbara Walters,” co-host Whoopi Goldberg said at the top of the ABC talk show Monday. Goldberg described “The View” creator and former co-host as “the reason why we’re all sitting here,” adding, “really, if not for her, I don’t know where most of us would be.”
Walters launched “The View” in 1997, with an original panel of Meredith Vieira, Star Jones, Debbie Matenopoulos and comedian Joy Behar. Behar remains the only original panelist still on the show, alongside current hosts Goldberg, Sunny Hostin, Sara Haines, Ana Navarro and Alyssa Farah Griffin.
“Tributes are pouring in from around the world to celebrate the life of Barbara Walters,” co-host Whoopi Goldberg said at the top of the ABC talk show Monday. Goldberg described “The View” creator and former co-host as “the reason why we’re all sitting here,” adding, “really, if not for her, I don’t know where most of us would be.”
Walters launched “The View” in 1997, with an original panel of Meredith Vieira, Star Jones, Debbie Matenopoulos and comedian Joy Behar. Behar remains the only original panelist still on the show, alongside current hosts Goldberg, Sunny Hostin, Sara Haines, Ana Navarro and Alyssa Farah Griffin.
- 1/3/2023
- by Emily Longeretta and Jennifer Maas
- Variety Film + TV
As reported by ABC, Barbara Walters, arguably the greatest celebrity interviewer in journalistic history and undisputed queen of television news, has passed away. The legendary figure was 93.
Walters was a trailblazer in the world of TV news, shattering glass ceilings for women everywhere, and serving as the highest-paid television journalist at one point. Walters got her start on "The Today Show" as a writer and segment producer of "women's interest stories," and became so popular, she became the co-host of the program, the first woman to ever hold such a prestigious position. In 1976, Walters would continue to make history, becoming the first female co-anchor of a network evening news program, when she joined Harry Reasoner on the "ABC Evening News."
Walters became a household name, creating "The View," and working on "20/20," and countless specials, most notably, her annual list of "Barbara Walters' 10 Most Fascinating People." She was a working journalist...
Walters was a trailblazer in the world of TV news, shattering glass ceilings for women everywhere, and serving as the highest-paid television journalist at one point. Walters got her start on "The Today Show" as a writer and segment producer of "women's interest stories," and became so popular, she became the co-host of the program, the first woman to ever hold such a prestigious position. In 1976, Walters would continue to make history, becoming the first female co-anchor of a network evening news program, when she joined Harry Reasoner on the "ABC Evening News."
Walters became a household name, creating "The View," and working on "20/20," and countless specials, most notably, her annual list of "Barbara Walters' 10 Most Fascinating People." She was a working journalist...
- 12/31/2022
- by BJ Colangelo
- Slash Film
Barbara Walters, the pioneering news broadcaster who became a force in a male-dominated industry and whose relentless journalism inspired generations of women, has died at the age of 93.
“Barbara Walters passed away peacefully in her home surrounded by loved ones. She lived her life with no regrets,” a rep for Walters said in a statement to Rolling Stone on Friday. “She was a trailblazer not only for female journalists, but for all women.”
Walter’s career spanned five decades, during which she won 12 Emmy awards, and whose television interviews with...
“Barbara Walters passed away peacefully in her home surrounded by loved ones. She lived her life with no regrets,” a rep for Walters said in a statement to Rolling Stone on Friday. “She was a trailblazer not only for female journalists, but for all women.”
Walter’s career spanned five decades, during which she won 12 Emmy awards, and whose television interviews with...
- 12/31/2022
- by Charisma Madarang
- Rollingstone.com
Barbara Walters, the legendary Emmy-award winning broadcast journalism pioneer and co-creator of “The View”, has died. She was 93 years old.
ABC News confirmed the news on Friday. No cause of death was given. Disney CEO Bob Iger tweeted that Walters died on Friday evening at her home in New York.
Throughout her more than 50-year career, Walter became a staple in broadcasting, helming the “Today” show ABC News, “20/20”, “The View”, and her annual “Most Fascinating People” special, while simultaneously paving the way for other female journalists.
Making a name in an industry dominated by men became an unspoken routine for Walters who began working for “20/20” in 1978. Joining the news magazine reunited Walters with her former “Today” co-host, Hugh Downs, and solidified what became her legacy.
Walters was born on September 25, 1929 in Boston, Massachusetts. She grew up in Boston, Miami and New York, the latter of which is where she launched...
ABC News confirmed the news on Friday. No cause of death was given. Disney CEO Bob Iger tweeted that Walters died on Friday evening at her home in New York.
Throughout her more than 50-year career, Walter became a staple in broadcasting, helming the “Today” show ABC News, “20/20”, “The View”, and her annual “Most Fascinating People” special, while simultaneously paving the way for other female journalists.
Making a name in an industry dominated by men became an unspoken routine for Walters who began working for “20/20” in 1978. Joining the news magazine reunited Walters with her former “Today” co-host, Hugh Downs, and solidified what became her legacy.
Walters was born on September 25, 1929 in Boston, Massachusetts. She grew up in Boston, Miami and New York, the latter of which is where she launched...
- 12/31/2022
- by Corey Atad
- ET Canada
Some pretty sad news to report as we wrap up 2022, as iconic TV journalist Barbara Walters, one of the most celebrated on-air personalities ever, has died at ninety-three. ABC News, her former employer, announced the news via Twitter. No word yet on the cause of death.
Breaking: Barbara Walters, who shattered the glass ceiling and became a dominant force in an industry once dominated by men, has died. She was 93. https://t.co/tydwREgTb2 pic.twitter.com/b4jOEHVYFE
— ABC News (@ABC) December 31, 2022
Her many accomplishments include being the first female anchor of a television news program and hosting the ABC Evening News opposite iconic broadcaster Harry Reasoner. This was only the beginning of Walters’ ascent, with her being named the host of ABC’s 20/20 in 1979, a job she kept until 2004. She was known for her brilliant, incisive interviews, where many tight-lipped celebs opened up in ways people didn’t expect,...
Breaking: Barbara Walters, who shattered the glass ceiling and became a dominant force in an industry once dominated by men, has died. She was 93. https://t.co/tydwREgTb2 pic.twitter.com/b4jOEHVYFE
— ABC News (@ABC) December 31, 2022
Her many accomplishments include being the first female anchor of a television news program and hosting the ABC Evening News opposite iconic broadcaster Harry Reasoner. This was only the beginning of Walters’ ascent, with her being named the host of ABC’s 20/20 in 1979, a job she kept until 2004. She was known for her brilliant, incisive interviews, where many tight-lipped celebs opened up in ways people didn’t expect,...
- 12/31/2022
- by Chris Bumbray
- JoBlo.com
Barbara Walters, the Emmy-winning pioneering journalist who paved the way for decades of women journalists in broadcast TV, died on Friday. She was 93.
“Barbara Walters, who shattered the glass ceiling and became a dominant force in an industry once dominated by men, has died,” tweeted ABC News Friday. Walters worked for ABC from 1976 to her retirement in 2014.
Breaking: Barbara Walters, who shattered the glass ceiling and became a dominant force in an industry once dominated by men, has died. She was 93. https://t.co/tydwREgTb2 pic.twitter.com/b4jOEHVYFE
— ABC News (@ABC) December 31, 2022
Walters got her start as a writer and segment producer on NBC’s “The Today Show.” By 1974, she became a co-host of the show — and two years later was named the first woman to co-anchor a network’s evening news show when she joined Harry Reasoner on “ABC Evening News.”
From 1979 to 2004, Walters co-hosted and produced...
“Barbara Walters, who shattered the glass ceiling and became a dominant force in an industry once dominated by men, has died,” tweeted ABC News Friday. Walters worked for ABC from 1976 to her retirement in 2014.
Breaking: Barbara Walters, who shattered the glass ceiling and became a dominant force in an industry once dominated by men, has died. She was 93. https://t.co/tydwREgTb2 pic.twitter.com/b4jOEHVYFE
— ABC News (@ABC) December 31, 2022
Walters got her start as a writer and segment producer on NBC’s “The Today Show.” By 1974, she became a co-host of the show — and two years later was named the first woman to co-anchor a network’s evening news show when she joined Harry Reasoner on “ABC Evening News.”
From 1979 to 2004, Walters co-hosted and produced...
- 12/31/2022
- by Jethro Nededog and Thom Geier
- The Wrap
Longtime TV news anchor and host Barbara Walters, known for her work on NBC’s Today and ABC’s 20/20 and The View, has died at the age of 93.
ABC News tweeted the news Friday evening, posting: “Barbara Walters, who shattered the glass ceiling and became a dominant force in an industry once dominated by men, has died. She was 93.”
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- 12/31/2022
- by Dave Nemetz
- TVLine.com
Longtime TV news anchor and host Barbara Walters, known for her work on NBC’s Today and ABC’s 20/20 and The View, has died at the age of 93.
ABC News tweeted the news Friday evening, posting: “Barbara Walters, who shattered the glass ceiling and became a dominant force in an industry once dominated by men, has died. She was 93.”
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ABC News tweeted the news Friday evening, posting: “Barbara Walters, who shattered the glass ceiling and became a dominant force in an industry once dominated by men, has died. She was 93.”
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- 12/31/2022
- by Dave Nemetz
- TVLine.com
Barbara Walters, the Emmy-winning TV personality and a trailblazer in a male-dominated broadcast journalism, has died. She was 93.
“Barbara Walters, who shattered the glass ceiling and became a dominant force in an industry once dominated by men, has died,” ABC News tweeted Friday night.
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Walters was the first woman to co-host a major network morning show, NBC’s Today, and later to co-anchor an evening newscast, albeit in an ill-fitting and ill-conceived attempt to pair her with Harry Reasoner on ABC in the mid-1970s.
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“Barbara Walters, who shattered the glass ceiling and became a dominant force in an industry once dominated by men, has died,” ABC News tweeted Friday night.
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Walters was the first woman to co-host a major network morning show, NBC’s Today, and later to co-anchor an evening newscast, albeit in an ill-fitting and ill-conceived attempt to pair her with Harry Reasoner on ABC in the mid-1970s.
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But that setback was just a prelude to a career as...
- 12/31/2022
- by Ted Johnson and Armando Tinoco
- Deadline Film + TV
Emmy-winning newswoman and celebrity interviewer Barbara Walters, the doyenne of television news, has died, her publicist confirmed to Variety. She was 93.
Having blazed a trail for women in TV news, Walters was the highest-paid television journalist at one time, earning as much as 12 million per year at ABC, where she worked from 1976 until her retirement from ABC News and from her show “The View” in May 2014. She put in 12 years at NBC’s “Today” show prior to that.
Walters received multiple Daytime Emmy nominations for best talk show host for her work on “The View,” winning in 2003 and 2009, and she also received multiple Primetime Emmy nominations for her specials, winning in 1983. She also won a Daytime Emmy in 1975 for “Today” and shared a News and Documentary Emmy for her work at ABC on coverage of the turn of the millennium.
As Variety wrote in an article on her retirement, “Walters...
Having blazed a trail for women in TV news, Walters was the highest-paid television journalist at one time, earning as much as 12 million per year at ABC, where she worked from 1976 until her retirement from ABC News and from her show “The View” in May 2014. She put in 12 years at NBC’s “Today” show prior to that.
Walters received multiple Daytime Emmy nominations for best talk show host for her work on “The View,” winning in 2003 and 2009, and she also received multiple Primetime Emmy nominations for her specials, winning in 1983. She also won a Daytime Emmy in 1975 for “Today” and shared a News and Documentary Emmy for her work at ABC on coverage of the turn of the millennium.
As Variety wrote in an article on her retirement, “Walters...
- 12/31/2022
- by Carmel Dagan
- Variety Film + TV
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Barbara Walters, the glass-ceiling-shattering newswoman whose intimate television interviews with celebrities and world figures blended show business and journalism and induced many a tear, has died. She was 93.
Walters, the first female co-host of the Today show, the first evening news anchorwoman in broadcast history and a co-creator and co-host of The View, died Friday evening at her home in New York, ABC News announced.
Walters revealed in May 2013 that she would retire from journalism upon the conclusion of The View season in 2014. “I thought it was better to go when people are saying, ‘Why is she leaving?’ than, ‘Thank goodness she’s leaving!’” she said.
Yet Walters soldiered on with exclusive interviews, like one with Peter Rodger, the father of Elliot Rodger, the Uc Santa Barbara student who killed seven people in May 2014.
Walters also was known for co-hosting the ABC news...
Barbara Walters, the glass-ceiling-shattering newswoman whose intimate television interviews with celebrities and world figures blended show business and journalism and induced many a tear, has died. She was 93.
Walters, the first female co-host of the Today show, the first evening news anchorwoman in broadcast history and a co-creator and co-host of The View, died Friday evening at her home in New York, ABC News announced.
Walters revealed in May 2013 that she would retire from journalism upon the conclusion of The View season in 2014. “I thought it was better to go when people are saying, ‘Why is she leaving?’ than, ‘Thank goodness she’s leaving!’” she said.
Yet Walters soldiered on with exclusive interviews, like one with Peter Rodger, the father of Elliot Rodger, the Uc Santa Barbara student who killed seven people in May 2014.
Walters also was known for co-hosting the ABC news...
- 12/31/2022
- by Mike Barnes
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Bill Kobin, a pioneering public television executive who ran Los Angeles pubcaster Kcet for 13 years and helped launch the careers of Bill Moyers, Huell Howser and many others, died Friday at his home in Brentwood, CA. He was 91. No cause of death was given.
Kobin worked as a television journalist in the early days of the medium with the Dumont Broadcasting, ABC and CBS News. He produced The Political Obituary of Richard Nixon, which landed him on Nixon’s famous enemies list. He worked with such famous names as Edward R. Murrow, Walter Cronkite, Harry Reasoner and Andy Rooney but eventually chose to leave the world of the big networks and align with Net in New York, the not-for-profit television startup that was the precursor to the PBS system. His public television career would last for more than 50 years.
In 1967, Kobin launched Black Journal, the first regularly scheduled series on...
Kobin worked as a television journalist in the early days of the medium with the Dumont Broadcasting, ABC and CBS News. He produced The Political Obituary of Richard Nixon, which landed him on Nixon’s famous enemies list. He worked with such famous names as Edward R. Murrow, Walter Cronkite, Harry Reasoner and Andy Rooney but eventually chose to leave the world of the big networks and align with Net in New York, the not-for-profit television startup that was the precursor to the PBS system. His public television career would last for more than 50 years.
In 1967, Kobin launched Black Journal, the first regularly scheduled series on...
- 1/9/2021
- by Bruce Haring
- Deadline Film + TV
Veteran news executive Bill Small, who served as the Washington bureau chief of CBS News and president of NBC News, died on Sunday following a brief illness unrelated to the coronavirus, CBS News announced. He was 93.
Small led CBS News’ political coverage from 1962-1974, covering such major events as Watergate, Vietnam and the Civil Rights Movement. He pulled together a team of reporters from within CBS that included Dan Rather, Marvin Kalb, Dan Schorr, Harry Reasoner and Eric Sevareid, and made new hires including Bob Schieffer, Ed Bradley, Bernard Shaw, Bernard Kalb and Bill Moyers.
He also, CBS noted, championed a number of women in his time as Washington bureau chief, hiring Diane Sawyer, Connie Chung, Lesley Stahl, Martha Teichner, Rita Braver and Susan Spencer.
“Bill Small was a hero to journalism,” CBS News president Susan Zirinsky said in a statement. “He hired me as a 20-year-old college student to...
Small led CBS News’ political coverage from 1962-1974, covering such major events as Watergate, Vietnam and the Civil Rights Movement. He pulled together a team of reporters from within CBS that included Dan Rather, Marvin Kalb, Dan Schorr, Harry Reasoner and Eric Sevareid, and made new hires including Bob Schieffer, Ed Bradley, Bernard Shaw, Bernard Kalb and Bill Moyers.
He also, CBS noted, championed a number of women in his time as Washington bureau chief, hiring Diane Sawyer, Connie Chung, Lesley Stahl, Martha Teichner, Rita Braver and Susan Spencer.
“Bill Small was a hero to journalism,” CBS News president Susan Zirinsky said in a statement. “He hired me as a 20-year-old college student to...
- 5/25/2020
- by Alex Stedman
- Variety Film + TV
Veteran news executive Bill Small passed away on Sunday after a brief illness unrelated to the coronavirus. The former CBS News Washington Bureau Chief, NBC News President, United Press International President and Chairman of the News & Documentary Emmy Awards, was 93.
Small served as CBS’ Washington Bureau Chief from 1962 to 1974 and formed a team of journalists that would go on to dominate political coverage throughout the era of the Vietnam War and Watergate. The roster he recruited from within CBS included Marvin Kalb, Dan Rather, Harry Reasoner, Dan Schorr and Eric Sevareid. New hires at the time, CBS said, included Bob Schieffer, Ed Bradley, Bernard Shaw, Bernard Kalb and Bill Moyers. CBS also noted Small championed the hiring of women including Lesley Stahl, Diane Sawyer, Connie Chung, Susan Zirinsky, Martha Teichner, Rita Braver and Susan Spencer.
“Bill Small was a hero to journalism,” said CBS News president Zirinsky in a statement.
Small served as CBS’ Washington Bureau Chief from 1962 to 1974 and formed a team of journalists that would go on to dominate political coverage throughout the era of the Vietnam War and Watergate. The roster he recruited from within CBS included Marvin Kalb, Dan Rather, Harry Reasoner, Dan Schorr and Eric Sevareid. New hires at the time, CBS said, included Bob Schieffer, Ed Bradley, Bernard Shaw, Bernard Kalb and Bill Moyers. CBS also noted Small championed the hiring of women including Lesley Stahl, Diane Sawyer, Connie Chung, Susan Zirinsky, Martha Teichner, Rita Braver and Susan Spencer.
“Bill Small was a hero to journalism,” said CBS News president Zirinsky in a statement.
- 5/25/2020
- by Nancy Tartaglione
- Deadline Film + TV
Bill Small, the former Washington bureau chief for CBS News and president of NBC News, died Sunday in a New York hospital after a brief illness unrelated to the coronavirus, the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences announced. He was 93.
Small led CBS' news operations in the nation's capital from 1962-74. He recruited Eric Sevareid, Marvin Kalb, Daniel Schorr, Harry Reasoner and Dan Rather from within the division and gave many producers and reporters their first commercial network news positions; those included Bob Schieffer, Ed Bradley, Bernard Shaw, Bill Moyers, Bernard Kalb and Tom Bettag.
Meanwhile, Diane ...
Small led CBS' news operations in the nation's capital from 1962-74. He recruited Eric Sevareid, Marvin Kalb, Daniel Schorr, Harry Reasoner and Dan Rather from within the division and gave many producers and reporters their first commercial network news positions; those included Bob Schieffer, Ed Bradley, Bernard Shaw, Bill Moyers, Bernard Kalb and Tom Bettag.
Meanwhile, Diane ...
- 5/25/2020
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
Susan Zirinsky, the new head of CBS News, has a lot on her plate, and she is making changes quickly. One thing she seemingly does not need to worry about — for now — is the Sunday night stalwart “60 Minutes,” still a top-10 rated primetime network broadcast series when it’s not a rerun.
The program has endured, even while gradually losing its all-star lineup. Mike Wallace, Harry Reasoner, Morley Safer, Ed Bradley, commentator Andy Rooney and legendary creator Don Hewitt, have died. Steve Kroft, who inherited the Mike Wallace tough-guy role, just retired. The show continues even though it’s been tarnished by #MeToo accusations that have led to the ouster of Jeff Fager, the executive producer after Hewitt, and contributor Charlie Rose.
So the timing of a new documentary, “Mike Wallace Is Here,” may either be a perfect salve, for longtime fans, or a lesson about great journalism for younger folks.
The program has endured, even while gradually losing its all-star lineup. Mike Wallace, Harry Reasoner, Morley Safer, Ed Bradley, commentator Andy Rooney and legendary creator Don Hewitt, have died. Steve Kroft, who inherited the Mike Wallace tough-guy role, just retired. The show continues even though it’s been tarnished by #MeToo accusations that have led to the ouster of Jeff Fager, the executive producer after Hewitt, and contributor Charlie Rose.
So the timing of a new documentary, “Mike Wallace Is Here,” may either be a perfect salve, for longtime fans, or a lesson about great journalism for younger folks.
- 7/24/2019
- by Mary Murphy and Michele Willens
- The Wrap
Steve Kroft will retire from 60 Minutes at the end of his 30th season on the newsmag, CBS News announced Friday.
America’s most-watched news program. The 73-year-old correspondent is currently the news magazine’s longest tenured reporter, having reported nearly 500 60 Minutes stories – many among the broadcast’s biggest moments.
Kroft, who arrived at CBS News in 1980, will announce his plans to step down this Sunday after the broadcast’s 51st season finale. The newsmag will celebrate his 50-year career with a tribute broadcast in September.
His last segment for the newsmag, airing this Sunday, is an investigation into bank fraud.
When Kroft came to 60 Minutes in 1989, he joined what CBS News is fond of calling its journalists’ Murderers’ Row – an all-male club that included Mike Wallace, Morley Safer, Harry Reasoner and Ed Bradley. Kroft’s first assignment for the newsmag took him to radioactive Chernobyl.
Among Kroft’s career highlights:...
America’s most-watched news program. The 73-year-old correspondent is currently the news magazine’s longest tenured reporter, having reported nearly 500 60 Minutes stories – many among the broadcast’s biggest moments.
Kroft, who arrived at CBS News in 1980, will announce his plans to step down this Sunday after the broadcast’s 51st season finale. The newsmag will celebrate his 50-year career with a tribute broadcast in September.
His last segment for the newsmag, airing this Sunday, is an investigation into bank fraud.
When Kroft came to 60 Minutes in 1989, he joined what CBS News is fond of calling its journalists’ Murderers’ Row – an all-male club that included Mike Wallace, Morley Safer, Harry Reasoner and Ed Bradley. Kroft’s first assignment for the newsmag took him to radioactive Chernobyl.
Among Kroft’s career highlights:...
- 5/17/2019
- by Lisa de Moraes
- Deadline Film + TV
Veteran “60 Minutes” Steven Kroft will retire from the show where he has been a fixture since joining in 1989.
“Steve Kroft’s reporting for ’60 Minutes’ has been as important as any correspondent’s in the history of this broadcast,” executive producer Bill Owens said in a statement on Friday. “Steve, with his sharp eye for detail, rich writing and demanding journalism, has set the bar at ’60 Minutes’ for three decades.”
Kroft’s last show will be May 19 but the program will plan a special broadcast in September to celebrate his 50-year career in journalism.
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Kroft, who first joined CBS in 1980, is one of the network’s most celebrated reporters, and has amassed a trove of journalism awards including Peabodys and Polks during his years at the network. When he first signed on with “60 Minutes,...
“Steve Kroft’s reporting for ’60 Minutes’ has been as important as any correspondent’s in the history of this broadcast,” executive producer Bill Owens said in a statement on Friday. “Steve, with his sharp eye for detail, rich writing and demanding journalism, has set the bar at ’60 Minutes’ for three decades.”
Kroft’s last show will be May 19 but the program will plan a special broadcast in September to celebrate his 50-year career in journalism.
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Kroft, who first joined CBS in 1980, is one of the network’s most celebrated reporters, and has amassed a trove of journalism awards including Peabodys and Polks during his years at the network. When he first signed on with “60 Minutes,...
- 5/17/2019
- by Jon Levine
- The Wrap
CBS News has big shoes to fill at “60 Minutes,” now that it has ousted the show’s longtime executive producer, Jeff Fager. The CBS unit faces a big question: Should it hire someone for the job who hasn’t recently trod the halls at the show’s West 57th Street headquarters?
The list of people who have held the top job at “60 Minutes” is so minuscule it can’t even be called short: Since the venerable newsmagazine launched in 1968 with Harry Reasoner and Mike Wallace, only two executives have supervised it: Don Hewitt, its founding producer, and his successor, Jeff Fager. Hiring an outsider would be unthinkable to many on the staff.
Without years of experience reporting and editing stories at a very high level, said one person familiar with the show, a new boss would not be welcomed. Two people familiar with the show said the executive producer role...
The list of people who have held the top job at “60 Minutes” is so minuscule it can’t even be called short: Since the venerable newsmagazine launched in 1968 with Harry Reasoner and Mike Wallace, only two executives have supervised it: Don Hewitt, its founding producer, and his successor, Jeff Fager. Hiring an outsider would be unthinkable to many on the staff.
Without years of experience reporting and editing stories at a very high level, said one person familiar with the show, a new boss would not be welcomed. Two people familiar with the show said the executive producer role...
- 9/12/2018
- by Brian Steinberg
- Variety Film + TV
Every week, IndieWire asks a select handful of TV critics two questions and publishes the results on Tuesday. (The answer to the second, “What is the best show currently on TV?” can be found at the end of this post.)
This week’s question: What is your favorite murder mystery show?
Erik Adams (@ErikMAdams), A.V. Club
It has to be “Twin Peaks,” right? I’m one of those annoying people who insists the show is so much more than “Who killed Laura Palmer?”, but that is our entry point to David Lynch and Mark Frost’s weird little world, and the question that briefly made “Twin Peaks” a pop-culture phenomenon. And the chapters of the series that deal with finding Laura’s murderer are some of the most compelling, from the dream-sequence enhanced “Zen, Or The Skill To Catch A Killer” or the eventual solution to the mystery, a...
This week’s question: What is your favorite murder mystery show?
Erik Adams (@ErikMAdams), A.V. Club
It has to be “Twin Peaks,” right? I’m one of those annoying people who insists the show is so much more than “Who killed Laura Palmer?”, but that is our entry point to David Lynch and Mark Frost’s weird little world, and the question that briefly made “Twin Peaks” a pop-culture phenomenon. And the chapters of the series that deal with finding Laura’s murderer are some of the most compelling, from the dream-sequence enhanced “Zen, Or The Skill To Catch A Killer” or the eventual solution to the mystery, a...
- 2/22/2017
- by Hanh Nguyen
- Indiewire
Veteran newsman and 60 Minutes mainstay Morley Safer died on Thursday at age 84, just days after the CBS newsmagazine celebrated his 46-year run and recently announced retirement with a one-hour special. A cause of death has not yet been noted, though he was said to be in declining health when he announced his retirement on May 11.
RelatedMorley Safer Announces Retirement From 60 Minutes
“Morley was one of the most important journalists in any medium, ever,” CBS Chairman and CEO Leslie Moonves said in a statement. “He broke ground in war reporting and made a name that will forever be synonymous with 60 Minutes.
RelatedMorley Safer Announces Retirement From 60 Minutes
“Morley was one of the most important journalists in any medium, ever,” CBS Chairman and CEO Leslie Moonves said in a statement. “He broke ground in war reporting and made a name that will forever be synonymous with 60 Minutes.
- 5/19/2016
- TVLine.com
Barbara Walters said goodbye to The View, the woman-powered talk show she created for ABC in 1997, Friday morning.
"I may be available for supermarket openings and charity auctions," she joked at the hour's close before going on to mention her interviews of the powerful and famous on her specials and then on to her many years as the unmistakeable head of the table on The View, on which she'll remain executive producer.
This had been billed, somewhat delicately, as Walters's farewell to daytime television, but her summing up sounded very much like a pronounced "I'm outta here!"
It was a...
"I may be available for supermarket openings and charity auctions," she joked at the hour's close before going on to mention her interviews of the powerful and famous on her specials and then on to her many years as the unmistakeable head of the table on The View, on which she'll remain executive producer.
This had been billed, somewhat delicately, as Walters's farewell to daytime television, but her summing up sounded very much like a pronounced "I'm outta here!"
It was a...
- 5/16/2014
- by Tom Gliatto
- People.com - TV Watch
Barbara Walters said goodbye to The View, the woman-powered talk show she created for ABC in 1997, Friday morning. "I may be available for supermarket openings and charity auctions," she joked at the hour's close before going on to mention her interviews of the powerful and famous on her specials and then on to her many years as the unmistakeable head of the table on The View, on which she'll remain executive producer. This had been billed, somewhat delicately, as Walters's farewell to daytime television, but her summing up sounded very much like a pronounced "I'm outta here!" It was a...
- 5/16/2014
- by Tom Gilatto
- PEOPLE.com
Hillary Clinton and Oprah Winfrey joined just about every female anchor currently on network TV to bid farewell today to Barbara Walters, who is retiring this week from The View and ABC News.
After taping a reunion with current and former co-hosts of The View (welcome back, Star Jones, Rosie O’Donnell and Lisa Ling!) that aired earlier today, Walters, 84, rejoined current hosts Whoopi Goldberg, Jenny McCarthy and Sherri Shepherd for one last lovefest behind the desk for a final show that’ll run Friday. Dressed in a white jacket and black skirt, Walters walked on stage for one last...
After taping a reunion with current and former co-hosts of The View (welcome back, Star Jones, Rosie O’Donnell and Lisa Ling!) that aired earlier today, Walters, 84, rejoined current hosts Whoopi Goldberg, Jenny McCarthy and Sherri Shepherd for one last lovefest behind the desk for a final show that’ll run Friday. Dressed in a white jacket and black skirt, Walters walked on stage for one last...
- 5/15/2014
- by Lynette Rice
- EW - Inside TV
Barbara Walters has announced what will be her final day on daily television before she begins her retirement.
Walters's last day co-hosting the show she created, The View, will be May 16, ABC News reports.
"This was the right time," Walters, 84, told Aarp Magazine. "The kinds of interviews I did all these years, nobody wants them anymore. You have three minutes of a morning show. That's different from before."
A two-hour special on her groundbreaking career will air that same night, from 9-11 p.m. Et.
Joining the network in 1976 as the first female news anchor was not easy.
"When I...
Walters's last day co-hosting the show she created, The View, will be May 16, ABC News reports.
"This was the right time," Walters, 84, told Aarp Magazine. "The kinds of interviews I did all these years, nobody wants them anymore. You have three minutes of a morning show. That's different from before."
A two-hour special on her groundbreaking career will air that same night, from 9-11 p.m. Et.
Joining the network in 1976 as the first female news anchor was not easy.
"When I...
- 4/7/2014
- by Sheila Cosgrove Baylis
- People.com - TV Watch
The 50th-anniversary coverage of the Kennedy assassination on CBS News won’t include the recollections of its longtime anchor Dan Rather, further proof of the lingering bitterness following Rather’s messy exit and subsequent lawsuit against the network.
Rather helped organize CBS’ plans for President John F. Kennedy’s visit to Dallas on Nov. 22, 1963, and as a young reporter was a key component of assassination coverage. Now 82, with his own show on Axs-tv, he’s one of the few reporters on the story that day who’s still active in journalism.
Rather, who later became CBS News’ top anchor for 24 years,...
Rather helped organize CBS’ plans for President John F. Kennedy’s visit to Dallas on Nov. 22, 1963, and as a young reporter was a key component of assassination coverage. Now 82, with his own show on Axs-tv, he’s one of the few reporters on the story that day who’s still active in journalism.
Rather, who later became CBS News’ top anchor for 24 years,...
- 11/5/2013
- by Associated Press
- EW - Inside TV
Joy Behar exited "The View" today with her trademark wit and foul mouth.Aside from creator Barbara Walters, Joy was the only remaining original cohost on the show. The 70-year-old comedienne served on the panel for 16 years.A slew of guests, including former "View" moderator Meredith Vieira, Regis Philbin, Mario Cantone, and Joan Rivers, celebrated Joy's farewell. 87-year-old Tony Bennett made a rare appearance to serenade her.Joy has the last say, of course, and she made the most of it, simultaneously thanking and embarrassing her cohosts. Watch: If you don't get Joy's profane parting jab, Harry Reasoner was Barbara Walters' coanchor on "ABC Evening News" from 1976-1978. Harry and Barbara didn't get along well and he reportedly made her job -- and life -- difficult.Earlier this summer, conservative cohost Elisabeth Hasselbeck exited the show. When Season 17 premieres on September 9th, Jenny McCarthy will take her place. Read...
- 8/9/2013
- by tooFab Staff
- TooFab
After 16 seasons, Joy Behar bid farewell to The View today. The hour-long goodbye episode, taped Thursday, was billed as “This Was Your Life on The View” and was hosted by comic Mario Cantone (Sex and the City). In addition to showing taped messages from stars and choice clips — including Behar buckling Tom Cruise onto the couch, her declining fashion advice from RuPaul, her walking away from Bill O’Reilly, and her getting a foot massage from Matthew McConaughey – producers lined up a slew of surprise in-studio guests.
First up was Regis Philbin, who told the story of how Behar...
First up was Regis Philbin, who told the story of how Behar...
- 8/9/2013
- by Mandi Bierly
- EW - Inside TV
After 16 years as a co-host on ‘The View,’ Joy said goodbye to the talk show in her final episode on Aug. 9. The tribute show was a perfect celebration of Joy’s 16-year run — and it ended with one final diss from Joy herself!
On Aug. 9, Joy Behar said goodbye to The View couch after 16 years. Her final show featured a bundle of celebrity guests, lots of kissing, emotional moments and Joy dissing a certain former TV anchor!
Joy Behar’s Last Day On ‘The View’
Many of Joy’s celebrity friends came to pay tribute to her, including Regis Philbin, Meredith Vieira, Alan Alda, and Joan Rivers. Tony Bennett also stopped by and performed “The Good Life.”
Of course, it wouldn’t be Joy’s final show without some kissing! The View flashed back to some of her most epic kissing partners, including Jane Fonda and former co-host Meredith! Meredith...
On Aug. 9, Joy Behar said goodbye to The View couch after 16 years. Her final show featured a bundle of celebrity guests, lots of kissing, emotional moments and Joy dissing a certain former TV anchor!
Joy Behar’s Last Day On ‘The View’
Many of Joy’s celebrity friends came to pay tribute to her, including Regis Philbin, Meredith Vieira, Alan Alda, and Joan Rivers. Tony Bennett also stopped by and performed “The Good Life.”
Of course, it wouldn’t be Joy’s final show without some kissing! The View flashed back to some of her most epic kissing partners, including Jane Fonda and former co-host Meredith! Meredith...
- 8/9/2013
- by HL Intern
- HollywoodLife
CBS News has reported the death of longtime 60 Minutes correspondent Mike Wallace, a reporter who racked up 21 Emmys for his incomparably hard-hitting contributions to TV journalism, and whose dogged, uncompromising interview style so embodied the mark of “Tough But Fair,” Wallace himself said he wanted that as his epitaph. Wallace died at the age of 93, after a long history of heart trouble. “Nosy and insistent” was another of Wallace’s favorite means of describing himself; treading “a fine line between sadism and intellectual curiosity” was another. As his colleague Harry Reasoner put it, Wallace was capable of ...
- 4/9/2012
- avclub.com
"What are the four most dreaded words in the English language? Mike Wallace is here." So read a 60 Minutes ad that once hung on a wall in Mike's office, overlooking the Hudson River. Mike commanded attention, whether seated quietly at his desk or gracefully walking the hollowed halls of the 60 Minutes' offices on New York's West Side.
60 Minutes was created by the late great Don Hewitt, its brilliant and tirelessly energetic executive producer. He asked the late Harry Reasoner, a superb broadcast writer, and Mike Wallace, a demanding interviewer, to anchor the program. 60 Minutes is one of the greatest television programs of all time. The broadcast has finished the season first in the television ratings five times, and it has finished among the season's top 10 programs 23 times.
Since its inception, its quality story-telling and fiercely competitive spirit has characterized 60 Minutes. And working for the powerful 60 Minutes brand name over the years were legendary journalists like,...
60 Minutes was created by the late great Don Hewitt, its brilliant and tirelessly energetic executive producer. He asked the late Harry Reasoner, a superb broadcast writer, and Mike Wallace, a demanding interviewer, to anchor the program. 60 Minutes is one of the greatest television programs of all time. The broadcast has finished the season first in the television ratings five times, and it has finished among the season's top 10 programs 23 times.
Since its inception, its quality story-telling and fiercely competitive spirit has characterized 60 Minutes. And working for the powerful 60 Minutes brand name over the years were legendary journalists like,...
- 4/8/2012
- by Joe Peyronnin
- Aol TV.
CBS News announced that it will air a special program next Sunday, April 15 dedicated to 60 Minutes correspondent Mike Wallace, who passed away on Saturday, April 7, at the age of 93.
“It is with tremendous sadness that we mark the passing of Mike Wallace. His extraordinary contribution as a broadcaster is immeasurable and he has been a force within the television industry throughout its existence. His loss will be felt by all of us at CBS,” Leslie Moonves, president and CEO, CBS Corporation, says in the statement.
Read the entire statement from CBS News below:
“60 Minutes” Icon Mike Wallace Dies At 93
CBS News legend Mike Wallace,...
“It is with tremendous sadness that we mark the passing of Mike Wallace. His extraordinary contribution as a broadcaster is immeasurable and he has been a force within the television industry throughout its existence. His loss will be felt by all of us at CBS,” Leslie Moonves, president and CEO, CBS Corporation, says in the statement.
Read the entire statement from CBS News below:
“60 Minutes” Icon Mike Wallace Dies At 93
CBS News legend Mike Wallace,...
- 4/8/2012
- by Nuzhat Naoreen
- EW - Inside TV
"CBS newsman Mike Wallace, the dogged, merciless reporter and interviewer who took on politicians, celebrities and other public figures in a 60-year career highlighted by the on-air confrontations that helped make 60 Minutes the most successful primetime television news program ever, has died," reports the AP. He was 93. "His late colleague Harry Reasoner once said, 'There is one thing that Mike can do better than anybody else: With an angelic smile, he can ask a question that would get anyone else smashed in the face.' … Wallace himself became a dramatic character in several projects, from the stage version of Frost/Nixon, when he was played by Stephen Rowe, to the 1999 film The Insider, based in part on a 1995 60 Minutes story about tobacco industry whistle-blower Jeffrey Wigand, who accused Brown & Williamson of intentionally adding nicotine to cigarettes. Christopher Plummer starred as Wallace and Russell Crowe as Wigand. Wallace was unhappy with the film,...
- 4/8/2012
- MUBI
Chicago – The television journalism world lost a titan on Nov. 4, 2011 when Andy Rooney – the irascible pundit on the long-running TV news magazine “60 Minutes” – died at the age of 92.
Andy Rooney was born in Albany, N.Y. and attended nearby Colgate University. He was drafted into the U.S. Army four months before the Pearl Harbor attack, and spent World War II getting his feet wet as a journalist, working for the army’s Stars and Stripes newspaper. After the war, he worked as a writer in radio and early television for entertainer Arthur Godfrey, which led to a gig with CBS News on their public affairs programming like “The Twentieth Century.”
In the 1960s, he began penning on-air essays for CBS News correspondent Harry Reasoner, a precursor to his future “60 Minutes” monologues. At the same time, he became an award winning producer of light hearted new specials like “Mr. Rooney goes to Washington.
Andy Rooney was born in Albany, N.Y. and attended nearby Colgate University. He was drafted into the U.S. Army four months before the Pearl Harbor attack, and spent World War II getting his feet wet as a journalist, working for the army’s Stars and Stripes newspaper. After the war, he worked as a writer in radio and early television for entertainer Arthur Godfrey, which led to a gig with CBS News on their public affairs programming like “The Twentieth Century.”
In the 1960s, he began penning on-air essays for CBS News correspondent Harry Reasoner, a precursor to his future “60 Minutes” monologues. At the same time, he became an award winning producer of light hearted new specials like “Mr. Rooney goes to Washington.
- 11/7/2011
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
From 1978 until last month, Andy Rooney, who has died aged 92, regularly occupied the last minutes of the CBS Sunday evening show 60 Minutes. Wry, often tart, sometimes combative and always beguiling, he presented a miniature essay on a topic of his choice. The programme's phenomenal audience figures in the Us and around the world made him one of the best known news commentators, even though his segment was only – to borrow its name – A Few Minutes With Andy Rooney.
Staring out from under a wiry thicket of eyebrows, he would rummage in his desk drawer and comment caustically on its contents, compare the shrinking quantities of coffee tins, ruminate on the existence of God – he was an agnostic – or mock the absurdities of the politically correct. His liberal tendencies brought enmity from the right, but his stalwart, old-fashioned values sometimes...
Staring out from under a wiry thicket of eyebrows, he would rummage in his desk drawer and comment caustically on its contents, compare the shrinking quantities of coffee tins, ruminate on the existence of God – he was an agnostic – or mock the absurdities of the politically correct. His liberal tendencies brought enmity from the right, but his stalwart, old-fashioned values sometimes...
- 11/6/2011
- by Christopher Reed
- The Guardian - Film News
Andy Rooney, the wry observer of current events for 33 years on 60 Minutes, died Friday night in a New York City hospital, CBS News reports. The TV journalist was 92 and had undergone minor surgery during the third week of October, only to suffer what were termed "serious complications." Rooney, a widower since 2004, is survived by his four children. A mere two weeks before his hospitalization, on Oct. 2, Rooney signed off a final time from the CBS Sunday-night weekly newsmagazine that made him a household name - thanks to 1,097 essays on topics ranging from religion to his messy office. Speaking to People...
- 11/5/2011
- by Stephen M. Silverman
- PEOPLE.com
After seeing Andy Rooney cantankerously spout his opinions at the end of every “60 Minutes” episode, I never thought I’d see the day when he would retire. But that day has come. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Rooney, 92, will make his last appearance on “60 Minutes” this Sunday. According to the article, Rooney had been a part of the television broadcast since 1978, but has been with the show since its conception in 1968, writing and producing segments for Harry Reasoner. A career retrospective interview between Rooney and correspondent Morley Safer will be shown before Rooney makes the announcement in his segment. Jeff Fager, CBS News chairman and executive...
- 9/28/2011
- by monique
- ShockYa
Mary Fickett, who played compassionate nurse Ruth Martin on ABC's "All My Children," has died at age 83.
The veteran daytime drama star died Thursday at her home in Virginia, the network said.
Fickett was an original cast member of "All My Children," which premiered in 1970, and for decades she appeared alongside Ray MacDonnell, who played her on-screen husband, Dr. Joe Martin, in the fictional town of Pine Valley, Pa. She retired from the show in 2000.
In 1973, she became the first performer to receive an Emmy for work on a daytime soap opera. As the mother of a young man who was drafted to fight in the Vietnam War, Ruth Martin gave an impassioned anti-war speech that won Fickett the award.
A native of Bronxville, N.Y., she was a seasoned stage, film and TV actress before "All My Children."
Her first feature was "Man on Fire" with Bing Crosby...
The veteran daytime drama star died Thursday at her home in Virginia, the network said.
Fickett was an original cast member of "All My Children," which premiered in 1970, and for decades she appeared alongside Ray MacDonnell, who played her on-screen husband, Dr. Joe Martin, in the fictional town of Pine Valley, Pa. She retired from the show in 2000.
In 1973, she became the first performer to receive an Emmy for work on a daytime soap opera. As the mother of a young man who was drafted to fight in the Vietnam War, Ruth Martin gave an impassioned anti-war speech that won Fickett the award.
A native of Bronxville, N.Y., she was a seasoned stage, film and TV actress before "All My Children."
Her first feature was "Man on Fire" with Bing Crosby...
- 9/12/2011
- by AP
- Huffington Post
Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy (2004) is, along with Freddy Got Fingered (2001) and Wet Hot American Summer (2001) , one of my favorite comedies of the aughts (and I guess Dan seems to agree with me, at least in the case of two out of the three). Adam McKay's film is one of the handful of movies that, when I encounter it anywhere, it seduces my attention. I'm not really sure why the film appeals to me this strongly so, in order to try to make heads from tails, I'm writing up another real-time review.
1:17: I think part of what makes this film work so well is that it takes the classic screwball formula of the battle of the sexes as its foundation. Ron Burgundy (Will Ferrell) and Veronica Corningstone (Christina Applegate) are characters that, while hilarious, also have oddly "real" motivations for inhabitants of a comedy. Ron, despite his womanizing,...
1:17: I think part of what makes this film work so well is that it takes the classic screwball formula of the battle of the sexes as its foundation. Ron Burgundy (Will Ferrell) and Veronica Corningstone (Christina Applegate) are characters that, while hilarious, also have oddly "real" motivations for inhabitants of a comedy. Ron, despite his womanizing,...
- 1/28/2011
- by Drew Morton
New York -- A lot has changed in the "big get" TV interview business since ABC's Barbara Walters and "60 Minutes" correspondent Steve Kroft began.
While the personal approach used to work back in the day, both TV journalists said Tuesday that today there are plenty of handlers between interviewer and interviewee.
"Even murderers have agents and lawyers," Walters told the New Yorker's Ken Auletta during a Newhouse breakfast session Tuesday attended by the likes of former New York Mayor Ed Koch, Sony chairman Howard Stringer and others of Manhattan's media elite.
Everyone is now press-savvy, Walters said. Interview subjects now ask how many minutes they'll get on air and other questions that used to be left unsaid. And, as Kroft mentioned, most people want to get on the air only to serve their purposes, like pushing a book or some other profit-making enterprise.
"It's like landing an advertising account. You...
While the personal approach used to work back in the day, both TV journalists said Tuesday that today there are plenty of handlers between interviewer and interviewee.
"Even murderers have agents and lawyers," Walters told the New Yorker's Ken Auletta during a Newhouse breakfast session Tuesday attended by the likes of former New York Mayor Ed Koch, Sony chairman Howard Stringer and others of Manhattan's media elite.
Everyone is now press-savvy, Walters said. Interview subjects now ask how many minutes they'll get on air and other questions that used to be left unsaid. And, as Kroft mentioned, most people want to get on the air only to serve their purposes, like pushing a book or some other profit-making enterprise.
"It's like landing an advertising account. You...
- 2/17/2009
- by By Paul J. Gough
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
NEW YORK -- Veteran CBS News producer Elliot Bernstein, who won many awards and launched "Sunday Morning" in 1979, died Monday of multiple myeloma at his home in Stamford, Conn. He was 68. Bernstein had a number of credits at CBS, which he joined in the late 1970s after working at ABC News. He was a senior producer on "60 Minutes," where he worked with Mike Wallace and Harry Reasoner, as well as on the late Charles Kuralt's "On the Road" series. But Bernstein made his mark at "Sunday Morning," which he helped start with Shad Northshield. There, he produced stories ranging from the fall of the Soviet Union in 1990 to the restoration of the Church of St. Francis of Assisi in 1998.
- 8/28/2002
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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