The plan is for her retirement to be announced in May , giving a year for ABC to pay tribute to her before she stops working in May 2014 , Deadline.com reported . NBC ' ` ` no comment '' to reports Barbara Walters will retire in December 2014 . New York Times and on Deadline.com cite unnamed network sources . Walters began her national broadcast career on NBC 's ` ` Today Show '' in 1979 . She 's interviewed every U.S. president and first lady since Richard and Pat Nixon .
NBC ' ` ` no comment '' to reports Barbara Walters will retire in December 2014 . New York Times and on Deadline.com cite unnamed network sources . Walters began her national broadcast career on NBC 's ` ` Today Show '' in 1979 . She 's interviewed every U.S. president and first lady since Richard and Pat Nixon .