New venue for Walters’ old specials

Whenever he sees Barbara Walters, George Clooney mentions how he’s still paying for telling her in an interview that he was never going to marry again.

Future Clooney dates will have an opportunity to revisit that talk, and hundreds of other interviews Walters has conducted for ABC News specials over the past three decades, thanks to a deal announced Monday with Sirius Satellite Radio.

Sirius will air a weekly two-hour series, starting next year, that will replay many of the interviews Walters has conducted since joining ABC in 1976. Each program will feature about four interviews, with new introductions by Walters to place them in the context of the time.

Separately, Walters will also conduct some call-in programs for Sirius.