Happy 50th “SNL!"

Some public figures achieve immortality with buildings or monuments named after them.

Barbara Walters was that rarest of TV personalities: a cultural fixture.

Reaction poured in from around the world to the death of TV news pioneer and “The View” creator Barbara Walters.

Barbara Walters, the first woman to become a TV news superstar, has died.

A key aide to the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. says she’s deeply saddened by the hate crimes that are terrorizing people across America.

The Met Gala is back.

Conservative firebrand Meghan McCain says she decided to leave ‘The View’ the day after she returned from maternity leave last winter when colleague Joy Behar said ‘I did not miss you’ during a political argument.

Conservative firebrand Meghan McCain says that she's quitting ABC's daytime talk show ‘The View’ after four years.

John Warner was a powerful figure in the U.S. Senate, a centrist Republican whose influence was key in military affairs.

Prince Philip was known for occasional off-the-cuff remarks that could be embarrassing.

It aired a night later in Britain, where ITV said it had 13.3 million viewers, a huge number for a smaller country. Powered by Winfrey and royals, CBS won the week with an average of 6 million viewers in prime time. ABC had 3.5 million, NBC had 3.2 million, Fox had 2.5 million, Univision had 1.3 million, Ion Television had 1.1 million and Telemundo had 1 million. MSNBC had 1.88 million, TNT had 1.41 million, CNN had 1.25 million and HGTV had 1.11 million. ABC's “World News Tonight” won the evening news ratings race with an average of 9.3 million viewers.

Today is Friday, Sept. 25, the 269th day of 2020. On this date:In 1789, the first United States Congress adopted 12 amendments to the Constitution and sent them to the states for ratification. The Boston Red Sox play against the Tampa Bay Rays during the eighth inning of a baseball game at Fenway Park, Thursday, Aug. 13, 2020, in Boston. In 1956, the first trans-Atlantic telephone cable officially went into service with a three-way ceremonial call between New York, Ottawa and London. In 1992, NASA’s Mars Observer blasted off on a $980 million mission to the red planet (the probe disappeared just before entering Martian orbit in August 1993).