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May 27, 2012

Barbara Walters snags the Obamas for a sit down

by Allison Waldman, posted Nov 25th 2008 12:06PM

Baba WawaYou know that Barbara Walters-Rosie O'Donnell dust up this week with the two former View co-stars trading comments/insults about the sins of the past? Well, it smelled to me of a publicity stunt and now I'm convinced of it.

Turns out both divas will be having TV specials on Wednesday night, November 26. That's tomorrow night. Rosie Live will air at 8 o'clock on NBC.

Meanwhile, Barbara Walters has snagged Barack and Michelle Obama for a one-hour news special to air at 10 o'clock on ABC on November 26. What a coincidence!

If there were any real truth to the hatred, don't you think Walters would have wanted her hour to go head to head with Rosie? ABC has no loyalty to Pushing Daisies at 8, so I don't think that would have been a hard sell.

So, my cynical self sees this as TV opportunism. Both ladies have garnered lots of attention and now their shows, presumably, will benefit.

For Barbara Walters, the Obama get is important. It shows ABC she still has the clout to land the biggest names in the news, and the President-elect and future First Lady, are that. Their appearance on 60 Minutes was a ratings boon to the CBS news magazine. Barbara will be talking about the transition, moving into the White House, the Obama family and even some hard news like the economy and foreign policy.

ABC will promote/spread out the Obama-vision all day on Wednesday with clips of the interview airing on Good Morning America, the nightly news and Nightline. What, no Jimmy Kimmel?

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Leona909

lol, Barbara could have been worse.... "if you guys could be a tree, what kind of tree would you be?" at least she learned not to ask THAT question again... and I agree that she is an angry old woman now a days.. Off camera i can just imagine what a diva she is..

But gosh, the Obama's on Jimmy Kimmel I would pay good money to see... HE would ask what Americans REALLY want to know, lol, HE'D ask those hard hitting and side splitting questions...haha...if only, probably hook him up to a lie detector and start asking him questions like, how much did you really hate Bush? and Did You REALLY think Hillary would win? and then random funny stuff

November 28 2008 at 6:35 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Nicholas

Barbara must be wetting her depends.

November 27 2008 at 1:02 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Laraine

Barbara is a low life. She treated Mc Cain like a dog
when he was on her show. No Respect! I do not
watch the View or Barbara's specials anymore.
The sooner that old bag retires the better off we will
all be.
Now we know why Barbara was kissing Obama's Butt!
A Special one on one.
I respect Obama because he is our President. It would
have been nice if Barbara and gang would have done
the same for John Mc Cain (a war hero). For Whoppie
to ask him if she was going to become a slave again,
was beyond the pail! She was NEVER a slave, just
a no talent hack.

November 26 2008 at 12:23 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Joe stalin

I can just imagine the grilliing that they're in for ...
"Do .. you ... like ....... candy?"
"How ... about .... pie?"
"What ... are ... you thankful for?"
The mind boggles!

November 26 2008 at 7:40 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply

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