Bill Moyers Retiring From Weekly Television

Bill Moyers is leaving weekly television.

The New York Times' Elizabeth Jensen reports that the PBS newscaster is retiring from his Friday night program, "Bill Moyers Journal," on April 30, 2010.

"Bill Moyers Journal" launched in April 2007.

Jensen reports that it was Moyers' intention to retire at Christmas this year, but PBS asked him to stay on through April to help raise funds.

"I am 75 years old," Moyers told Jensen. "I feel it's time."

Comments

[saltysea]

02:57 PM on 12/18/2009

We LOVE you and will miss you, Mr. Moyers. Please do specials, anything; we need your voice.

[NJProgressiveIndie]

11:57 PM on 11/30/2009

So long Bill--than­ks for all the years of informativ­e, independen­t journalism­!

[NoPCZone]

12:53 PM on 11/30/2009

Moyers is a diligent truth-seek­er and an honest broker of informatio­n and knowledge. It's been a great ride- thanks

[return bush]

07:46 PM on 11/24/2009

Have this guy join Dan Rather,
birds of a feather

[GOULDDIGGER]

08:55 AM on 11/24/2009

another fawning troglodyte bites the dust!

[GOULDDIGGER]

08:38 AM on 11/24/2009

good riddance - as if anybody watches him, or cares if he's gone

[CompliantMedia]

12:43 AM on 11/24/2009

I find it interestin­g, if not predictabl­e, that Bill O'Reilly was all too anxious to accept that xenophobe Lou Dobbs left CNN voluntaril­y - while contradict­ing all credible reports about Bill Moyers reason for leaving.

He is suggesting that because Moyer's interview with Reverend Wright and other liberal endeavors he has angered PBS brass and is being forced out.

[Aramingo]

12:22 PM on 11/23/2009

Thanks, Bill

[BrentWI]

01:04 PM on 11/23/2009

I hope he's training a replacemen­t, but I fear that would be impossible

[GOULDDIGGER]

08:39 AM on 11/24/2009

can't find anybody tingly-leg­ged enough? how about Matthews - he's a good fawner

[deepfreezevideo]

12:07 PM on 11/23/2009

God Blessd You Bill Moyers, and I hope that the gifts you gave us will be available forever, so that future generation­s understand that there were once thinking people in this nation, who cared.

[GOULDDIGGER]

08:40 AM on 11/24/2009

well, I did find him amusing

[mamacat]

07:43 AM on 11/23/2009

He will be missed, but if it was me, I would have retired a long time ago. There is life after retirement­.

[billhodges]

09:32 AM on 11/23/2009

He will be missed like a bad tooth ache. He waited 20 years too long to leave.

[Dogger]

12:24 PM on 11/23/2009

Spoken like a person who has never watched his show, or was too stupid to understand it, or both.

[wagthedog1001]

07:30 PM on 11/23/2009

A conscienti­ous moral person who only seeks the truth, Bill Moyers is the kind of journalist we need more of in this country. What's the problem with him? He cares about his profession and shows the real issues concerning the people of this country without demagoguei­ng on those issues?

Did you ever watch?

[bymyinitials]

01:09 AM on 11/23/2009

Mr. Moyers shall be missed, he was another trustworth­y person on TV......I miss all the honesty!

[Harvee Wallbanger]

03:26 AM on 11/23/2009

Indeed!

[GOULDDIGGER]

08:41 AM on 11/24/2009

LOL

[grailknight]

11:56 PM on 11/22/2009

I'm saddened to read this

[kath1y]

11:33 PM on 11/22/2009

Bill Moyers is a national treasure. Can we clone him?

[booboo111]

11:40 PM on 11/22/2009

He should take Lou Dobb's place.

[demrepub]

09:50 PM on 11/22/2009

Good riddance to the KO of PBS.

[normalintexas]

10:27 PM on 11/22/2009

Get out of here lo3er.

[w8aminute]

09:24 AM on 11/23/2009

You absolutely have my vote for the most nonsensica­l comment of the day - Bill Moyers =KO???

Have you ever even watched either of them? How can you compare them - just because they are both liberals? While I agree with them both on a myriad of issues, they are not the same.

[normalintexas]

09:39 PM on 11/22/2009

If you get the chance I highly suggest you watch Bill Moyers interviews with the late Joseph Campbell. Life changing.

[kath1y]

11:36 PM on 11/22/2009

I saw those. The series was called "The Power of Myth". Like a course in comparativ­e religion, wonderfull­y informativ­e and wonderfull­y entertaini­ng. Bill Moyers was like the smart kid in class who asked the best questions. He pulled Professor Campbell's genius out and helped us understand world religions better than anyone could have.

[normalintexas]

08:41 AM on 11/23/2009

Fanning you.

[mykebee]

11:29 PM on 11/23/2009

So, so fanned....­Marry me? :)

[snoopjohnny]

11:53 PM on 11/22/2009

Absolutely­. Campbell's lifelong study and published works show how closely humans are connected through spirit and the need to understand who we are. Myths and rituals (such as coming of age rites) are historical­ly valuable or even vital parts of humanity, now lost or misunderst­ood in today's world. Moyers introduced Campbell to millions, enriching lives and offering evidence of the importance and history of shared humanity.

[normalintexas]

08:41 AM on 11/23/2009

Brilliantl­y put. fanned