Michael Schneider Variety Editor at Large ABC News Studios is teaming up with Imagine Documentaries to tell the story of Barbara Walters, the legendary broadcast journalist, anchor and host who died in 2022.
Emmy winner Jackie Jesko is set to direct the film, which will debut on Hulu in 2025. The untitled doc will chronicle Walters’ entire groundbreaking career, which started at NBC’s WNBT in the 1950s and led to “Today,” where she was the show’s first female co-host.
Walters then made history by joining the “ABC Evening News” as the first female network news anchor, and at the time the highest-paid of anyone in history.
Walters then became known for “Barbara Walters Specials,” in which she landed some of the biggest gets in all of interview jounalism; she also co-anchored “20/20” and then created “The View” — which she anchored until retiring. “The documentary will examine Walters’ pivotal role in the history of broadcast journalism and her trailblazing example for women in the industry,” the logline said. “By speaking to a broad audience, the film will explore themes of sexism, power and the price of ‘having it all.'” The film is expected to dig into the ABC archives for unaired footage of Walters’ work, as well as interviews with people who knew and worked with her. “Barbara left her indelible stamp not just on those of us who had the honor of working with her at ABC News, but on the entire news industry,” said David Sloan, senior executive producer, ABC News.
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