TV Bites: Barbara Walters Bids Farewell to Oscar Special

· After 29 years, Barbara Walters will retire her annual Oscar night celebrity interview special. The newswoman announced the sad news on The View, saying "ABC has asked me to keep doing these specials as they have been so successful -- and I'm thrilled we have such great stars and have such a wonderful show -- but to be honest, I feel like I've 'been there, done that.'" For Walters' final Oscar show on ABC this award season, she will talk to Academy Award nominees including Sandra Bullock and Mo'Nique. Meanwhile, Walters will continue her other annual ABC special, The 10 Most Fascinating People. [THR]

Betty White responds to the Saturday Night Live campaign, Vancouver is good to NBC, and more TV Bites after the jump.

· Betty White is not sure who started the campaign for her to host Saturday Night Live, but she would certainly accept the offer if Lorne Michaels makes it. [People]

· So far the Winter Olympic Games have been good to NBC, averaging 28.6 million viewers per day the first three days of coverage. That audience is 25 percent larger than that of the 2006 Torino Games for the same period. [THR]

· Fox shut down production on 24 for a week so that Kiefer Sutherland could undergo surgery for a ruptured cyst. [THR]

· So maybe medical dramas on television aren't the best resource for how to treat seizure patients. [USA Today]

· Family Guy is taking a little bit of heat for its episode this Sunday, in which Chris dates a mentally disabled girl who claims to be the daughter of the former governor of Alaska. [HuffPo]