The special weeklong event "ABC: A Barbara Celebration" kicks off live on Monday as The View honors the broadcast legend during her final days as co-host. Follow the conversation all week long #celebratebarbara.“Everyone at The View is honored to be part of Barbara’s final week as co-host and we recognize how fortunate we are to be witnessing television history,” said executive producer Bill Geddie. “If there’s one thing I’m sure of it’s that the stars will never align to create another Barbara Walters. She is irreplaceable,” Geddie added.
It's "Deja View" when, for the first time in television history, all 11 co-hosts of The View, past and present, will share the same stage, live, Thursday, May 15 to celebrate the show’s creator Barbara Walters. Journalist Meredith Vieira, lawyer Star Jones, comedian Joy Behar, television personality Debbie Matenopoulos, journalist Lisa Ling, comedian Rosie O’Donnell, and talk show host Elisabeth Hasselbeck will join Sherri Shepherd, Jenny McCarthy, Whoopi Goldberg and Walters for this momentous, once in a lifetime television event. Follow the conversation at #theviewreunion.
Highlights for the celebration include:
What are the greatest television shows of all time? Who are our favorite TV mom and dad? Who is our favorite television host of all time? It's America's turn to decide, as a collaboration between ABC News and PEOPLE magazine gave TV fans the opportunity to vote online at www.bestintelevision.com for their favorites of all time. With more than one million votes cast, the results will be revealed during an unprecedented two-hour broadcast, a special edition of 20/20, "Best in TV: The Greatest TV Shows of Our Time with Barbara Walters," airing Tuesday, September 18 at 9 p.m. ET/PT on ABC, in conjunction with ABC's broadcast of the Emmy Awards.