By Phil Rosenthal | Barbara Walters’ Oscar special, an annual ABC tradition she began in 1981, is coming to end after this year, Walters announced on Monday’s edition of “The View.”

Barabra Walters and Oprah Winfrey arrive at a 2006 gala  in New York City. (AP Photo/Dima Gavrysh) >>

“I think I’m sick of them,” said Walters, who turned 80 in September. “I feel I’ve been there, done that. I mean, 29 years is enough.

Don’t be surprised if the void is filled on ABC beginning next year by some kind of special hosted by Oprah Winfrey, one of Walters’ previous Oscar-night interviewees. Winfrey’s Chicago-based syndicated daytime talk show, which continues through September 2011, airs on many ABC afilliates and Disney-owned ABC always welcomes her when it can get a special from her Harpo Productions.

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