The View is an American talk show created by broadcast journalist Barbara Walters. Currently in its 27th season, the show has aired on ABC as part of the network's daytime programming block since August 11, 1997. It features a multi-generational panel of women, who discuss the day's "Hot Topics", such as sociopolitical and entertainment news. In addition to the conversation segments, the panel also conducts interviews with prominent figures, such as celebrities and politicians. Production of the show was held in ABC Television Studio 23 in New York City. In 2014, it relocated to ABC Broadcast Center, also in New York City.
Broadcast journalist Barbara Walters created the series and co-hosted it from 1997 to 2014.
The co-hosts interview U.S. Navy Adm. Michael Mullen and his wife, Deborah, on November 24, 2010
Entertainer Whoopi Goldberg has co-hosted and moderated the series since 2007.
The co-hosts interview Barack Obama, President of the United States, on July 29, 2010
Barbara Jill Walters was an American broadcast journalist and television personality. Known for her interviewing ability and popularity with viewers, she appeared as a host of numerous television programs, including Today, the ABC Evening News, 20/20, and The View. Walters was a working journalist from 1951 until her retirement in 2015. Walters was inducted into the Television Hall of Fame in 1989, received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the NATAS in 2000 and a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2007.
Walters in 1979
Gene Shalit, Walters, and Frank McGee on The Today Show, 1973
Walters with George W. Romney and Richard Nixon in 1969
Walters interviewing President Gerald Ford and Betty Ford in 1976
