Veteran Emmy-winning television anchor Doug Johnson lists charming Hamptons home for $11.8M

Doug Johnson, a seasoned Emmy Award-winning erstwhile anchor pinch WABC News successful New York, is listing his East Hampton home for $11.8 cardinal — down from its $13 cardinal asking value successful September.

Johnson shared nan home, astatine 38 Darby Lane, pinch his precocious woman Liz Robbins, a Washington powerfulness lobbyist who launched nan country’s first woman-owned lobbying patient successful 1977.

She was known for her activity pinch non-profits, children’s wellness attraction and poorness reduction, and for her high-profile clients for illustration nan Whitney Museum.

The mates bought nan location successful 2007 for $4.2 million, a spokesperson told Gimme Shelter. It was formerly owned by bestselling writer Gail Sheehy. 

Johnson and Robbins had owned a residence successful nan Hamptons for decades and were known for entertaining high-profile guests, including then-First Couple Bill and Hillary Clinton — along with Nancy Pelosi, Paul McCartney, Jimmy Buffett, Billy Joel, Jon Bon Jovi and Alec Baldwin.

The listing was first reported successful 27 East.

The accepted shingled-style location comes pinch 7 bedrooms, 5½ bathrooms and sits connected 1.95 acres.

Inside, nan 6,000-square-foot dispersed features a light-filled unfastened surviving and eating room pinch floor-to-ceiling windows. There’s besides an eat-in state chef’s kitchen, six fireplaces and a screening room. Design specifications see vaulted ceilings and exposed beams. Outside, there’s besides a pool, a 400-square-foot, one-bedroom impermanent cottage and a two-story garage/barn.

The landscaped grounds see roseate of Sharon bushes and specimen trees.

The listing agent is Sheila Smith of Corcoran.