Barbara Walters News

High-spirited Tim Conway takes the Van Wezel stage Sun. Jan. 22 @ 7 PM with humorist friends Chuck McCann and Louise DuArt.

FREUD'S LAST SESSION, the runaway hit play by Mark St. Germain now in its second successful year in New York, is coming "for a session" at the Mercury Theater (3745 N. Southport, Chicago), making its Midwest Premiere previewing March 21, opening March 28 with tickets on sale through June 3. FREUD'S LAST SESSION won the 2011 Off Broadway Alliance Award for Best Play.

FREUD'S LAST SESSION, the play by Mark St. Germain now in its second successful year in New York, is coming "for a session" at the Mercury Theater (3745 N. Southport, Chicago), making its Midwest Premiere previewing March 21, opening March 28 with tickets on sale through June 3.

HUNGER: IN BED WITH ROY COHN is a world premiere fantasy play by Joan Beber about Roy Cohn, the attorney whose hunger for power and prominence ultimately destroyed him.

Playwright Mark St. Germain and the stars of his Off-Broadway play, FREUD'S LAST SESSION, will host special post performance discussions January 5, 12, 15, 21, 27 & 29 at New World Stages (340 West 50th Street).

JERSEY SHORE is returning to MTV for Season 5 beginning January 5, 2012. The gang reunites in Seaside Heights, New Jersey for another season of smoking, drinking and partying.

EWonline reports that former Penn State Assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky may be getting ready to appear in a host of upcoming television interviews, including sit downs with Oprah Windrey and Barbara Walters. Sandusky has recently been charged with sexually abusing young boys during his tenure at Penn State.

Entertainment One US will release CAROL CHANNING: LARGER THAN LIFE in New York and Los Angeles on January 20, 2012, with additional markets to follow. The film, directed by Dori Berinstein (ShowBusiness: The Road to Broadway, Some Assembly Required, Gotta Dance), examines the life and career of Tony Award-winning Broadway legend, Carol Channing - her extraordinary stage life, her offstage struggles and survival and the extraordinary storybook romance that found her reunited with her junior high school sweetheart after over 70 years. BroadwayWorld has gotten a glimpse of the movie's trailer and brings you a sneak peek below!

President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama participated in an ABC interview with Barbara Walters in the Green Room of the White House on December 15, 2011. The interview will air in its entirety as a '20/20 Exclusive from the White House' on Friday, December 23 (10-11pm, ET) on the ABC Television Network.

Entertainment One US will release CAROL CHANNING: LARGER THAN LIFE in New York and Los Angeles on January 20, 2012, with additional markets to follow. The film, directed by Dori Berinstein (ShowBusiness: The Road to Broadway, Some Assembly Required, Gotta Dance), examines the life and career of Tony Award-winning Broadway legend, Carol Channing - her extraordinary stage life, her offstage struggles and survival and the extraordinary storybook romance that found her reunited with her junior high school sweetheart after over 70 years.

New York Women in Communications will present the 2012 Matrix Awards on Monday, April 23, 2012 to honor eight remarkable women who have established themselves in communications industry, during a luncheon at the Waldorf=Astoria in New York City. The ceremony, hosted by Interpublic Group, will feature distinguished honorees including Glenn Close, Tyra Banks, Ann Curry and Peggy Noonan.

The primetime ratings report for the week of December 12, 2011 (Based on National Live + Same Day Program Ratings) shows that ABC is up Year to Year for the 3rd straight week on Monday with Young Adults.

President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama participated in an ABC interview with Barbara Walters in the Green Room of the White House on December 15, 2011. The interview will air in its entirety as a '20/20 Exclusive from the White House' on Friday, December 23 (10-11pm, ET) on the ABC Television Network.

Meryl Streep, Fred Armisen, Kenneth Branagh and Mario Cantone are among the upcoming guests on ABC's THE VIEW for the week of December 19 - 23.

Barbara Walters Presents: The 10 Most Fascinating People of 2011 generated big year-over-year improvement for ABC in the 90-minute time period, with Total Viewers (+102%), Adults 18-49 (+53%) and Adults 25-54 (+61%).

Barbara Walters has named the late Steve Jobs as the Most Fascinating Person of the Year on her special BARBARA WALTERS 10 MOST FASCINATING PEOPLE OF 2011 which aired last night on ABC.

BARBARA WALTERS PRESENTS 10 MOST FASCINATING PEOPLE OF 2011 will air as a 90-minute ABC News special highlighting some of the year's most prominent names in entertainment, sports and popular culture, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 14 (9:31-11:00 p.m., ET) on the ABC Television Network.

According to the Primetime Ratings Report For the week of December 5, 2011 (Based on National Live + Same Day Program Ratings), the ABC network aired 6 of the week's Top 20 Entertainment Shows in Adults 18-49.

Barbara Walters PRESENTS 10 MOST FASCINATING PEOPLE OF 2011 will air as a 90-minute ABC News special highlighting some of the year's most prominent names in entertainment, sports and popular culture, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 14 (9:31-11:00 p.m., ET) on the ABC Television Network.

CBS dramas surged in victory in last night's broadcast ratings. Here are the highlights of the 16 ad-sustained programs that aired in primetime on the broadcast networks last night: