Bill Geddie

Bill Geddie, along with Barbara Walters, serves as executive producer of The View, ABC Daytime's critically acclaimed live talk and entertainment program produced by ABC Daytime and Ms. Walters' Barwall Productions.

Mr. Geddie has been with Barwall Productions for the past 20 years as the executive producer of The Barbara Walters Specials and The 10 Most Fascinating People, which he also co-writes and directs.

Mr. Geddie and Ms. Walters joined creative forces nearly twelve years ago for The View and have watched their original idea of women of different ages, experiences and backgrounds discussing the most exciting events of the day grow and evolve into one of Daytime's most popular and talked-about programs. The View is the recipient of 28 Daytime Emmy® Awards, numerous Daytime Emmy Award nominations, including 11 consecutive nominations for Outstanding Talk Show. The View received the 2003 Daytime Emmy Award for "Outstanding Talk Show." 

The View is the original forum where real women discuss relevant, everyday issues and share their daily, no-holds-barred opinions and lively, colorful conversations. The program has received critical acclaim since premiering August 11, 1997, and is broadcast live weekdays from New York City. The program celebrated its 2000th show in February 2006 and is currently in its 13^th season on the ABC Television Network. Mr. Geddie is also Barbara Walters' sidekick on her weekly Sirius Radio program, Barbara Live!, providing his own unique brand of humor and insight on a variety of topics.

The Barbara Walters Specials are continuously the top-rated specials of the year and have included such legends as Sir Laurence Olivier, Bing Crosby, John Wayne, Bette Davis and Audrey Hepburn. More recent interviews of superstars have included Miley Cyrus, Harrison Ford, George Clooney, David and Victoria Beckham and Justin Timberlake. Ms. Walters' The Ten Most Fascinating People special broadcast, launched in 1993, offers a year-end review of the most prominent newsmakers of the year, as well as the selection of the "most fascinating person" of the year.

Prior to Barwall Productions, Mr. Geddie produced for Good Morning America. He is the recipient of three Emmy Awards, two for news and one as executive producer of The View. He is a screenwriter in his spare time. His script, Unforgettable, was made into a movie starring Ray Liotta and Linda Fiorentino.

His production company Bill Geddie Productions produced 60 original hours for the Discovery Channel. Mr. Geddie and his wife Barbara have two daughters.