TV Legend Retiring: Art Moore announces retirement on ‘Live with Kelly and Mark’ [Video]

NEW YORK — Art Moore announced on Wednesday’s “Live with Kelly and Mark” that he plans to retire in September.

Moore works as the Vice President of Programming at WABC-TV. He’s been part of the ABC family for a remarkable 53 years!

He began his career at WKBW-TV in Buffalo, NY when ABC was known as Capital Cities/ABC.

He then worked as the director of programming at WPVI in Philadelphia for many years before joining WABC in 1989.

As head of programming, he has played a role in countless series and specials that helped shape WABC’s identity and the station’s enduring relationship with viewers.

He is a multi-Emmy award winner and has been in charge of production for some of the most successful and prolific series in syndication history, including “Road to Gold,” an Academy Award preview show that ran for 20 years, and, of course, most notably, the #1 entertainment talk show …