[25][26] On July 28, 2014, the program debuted a slightly updated set, which includes a new, larger monitor behind the anchor desk. With Jennings as lead anchor, World News Tonight was the most-watched national newscast from February 27, 1989 to November 1, 1996, but from then on until February 2007, it placed second behind its main rival, NBC Nightly News. The program returned to using separate anchors for the weekend broadcasts afterward, with Cecilia Vega being named anchor of the Saturday broadcast and Tom Llamas named anchor of the Sunday edition in February 2015. Eventually, Melissa got promotion and became Noon Anchor for KBAK-TV. [16], On August 25, 2008, World News became the fourth and final network evening newscast to begin broadcasting in HD. [40] In New Zealand, WNT is shown at 5:10 p.m. on Sky News New Zealand. 6ABC anchor Jim Gardner at his desk in April 2013. NBC10 … This marked the first time in seven years that the program finished at #1, beating out NBC Nightly News in all categories. 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Ratings slowly climbed to the point where World News Tonight eventually beat both NBC Nightly News and the CBS Evening News, marking the first time ever that ABC had the most-watched network evening newscast. The weekend editions of World News Tonight may periodically be abbreviated or preempted outright due to sports telecasts that overrun into its timeslot or occasionally air immediately following the program (the latter preemption situation commonly affects stations in the Pacific and Mountain Time Zones); this is particularly common during fall, as the Saturday broadcast does not air at all from September through mid December due to ABC's college football coverage and during the winter and spring, when the Sunday broadcast is sometimes delayed or preempted due to overruns of the network's NBA telecasts. Anchor Shirleen Allicot said goodbye to the 6abc family on Action News at 4 Wednesday. It was also available on the BBC's on-demand service BBC iPlayer for 28 days after its domestic broadcast. [23] World News at the time had a 60% female viewership, the highest of the three major network evening newscasts.[24]. ABC first attempted an early evening weekend newscast in July 1975, when it debuted a Saturday bulletin that was anchored by Ted Koppel and taken over by Tom Jarriel and Sylvia Chase in 1977. Jeff Skversky. In Hong Kong, the program was broadcast live on TVB Pearl daily at 07:30 until 08:00 HKT until May 31, 2009, when it was replaced by NBC Nightly News. In September 1984, the program was renamed World News Tonight with Peter Jennings in order to reflect its sole anchor and senior editor. [17], On September 2, 2009, ABC News announced that Gibson would retire from ABC News altogether on December 18, 2009, and that Sawyer would assume the anchor desk on December 21, 2009. Shedden, David (April 4, 2006; updated September 8, 2011). On June 25, 2014, ABC News announced that Sawyer would step down as the weekday anchor of ABC World News; Sawyer would be succeeded by the program's then weekend anchor, David Muir, effective September 2. [3] At the same time, Good Morning America co-host George Stephanopoulos assumed the news division's Chief Anchor position that had traditionally been assigned to the anchor of World News. During the spring of 2006, Vargas mostly anchored the broadcast alone, becoming the first de facto solo female evening news anchor. [22], The Sawyer tenure was marked by a shift towards more "news you can use" features, and less of a focus on hard international news. Previous anchors have included John Chancellor, David Brinkley, Tom Brokaw and Brian Williams. ALEJANDRO A. ALVAREZ / Staff File Photo . As of August 10, 2020, World News Tonight Marked 11 Consecutive Weeks as America's Most-Watched Show.[33]. In 1975, Howard K. Smith was moved to a commentator role, and Reasoner briefly assumed sole-anchor responsibilities until he was paired with Barbara Walters, who became the first female network anchor when she joined the program on October 4, 1976. Tom Llamas, the weekend anchor of ABC’s World News Tonight, has dramatically quit the network to move to rival NBC. ABC News programs, including ABC World News Tonight, are shown for several hours a day on the 24-hour news network OSN News in MENA Region. Llamas subsequently left in January 2021, to join NBC News. [29] Following the departure of Diane Sawyer, the title of the program was also silently rebranded back to World News Tonight for the first time since 2006, albeit with "ABC" attached to the title now. ABC Evening News anchors lists the announcers, journalists, newscasters and commentators who have appeared as principal news presenters for the American ABC network's flagship weekday evening news program which, since December 21, 2009, has been titled ABC World News with Diane Sawyer. ABC World News Tonight (titled as ABC World News Tonight with David Muir for its weeknight broadcasts since September 2014 and simply ABC World News Tonight for its weekend broadcasts) is the flagship daily evening television news program of ABC News, the news division of the American Broadcasting Company (ABC) television network in the United States. Jamie Apody. The newscast was aired on a delay, in part because of the need to remove commercial advertisements, as the BBC's domestic channels operate as commercial-free services via a television license fee, replacing them with promotions for different BBC News special programs. ", "ABC News changes mark a big 'turning point, "ABC's 'World News Tonight' anchor David Muir reflects on two years behind the desk", "World News Tonight Is No. Charles Gibson was then named sole anchor of the program, effectively replacing Vargas and her injured co-anchor Woodruff. [20] A new set for the program debuted on August 23, 2010. During her time away from the cameras, Kituri embarked on consultancy services such as Public Relations and Branding for corporates and companies. Image: Melissa during her work at 6abc news channel Additionally, she has also worked for CBS/Fox affiliate located in Bakersfield, California, where another journalist Clarissa Ward also served. On January 29, 2006, Woodruff and his cameraman, Doug Vogt, were injured by a road-side bomb while riding in an Iraqi military convoy. This is a listing of current and former New York City television news anchors. After Cochran left the program, Peter Jennings, a Canadian journalist who was 26 years old at the time, was named anchor of the retitled Peter Jennings with the News. [27] By the time Sawyer left World News, the program was the #1 network evening newscast in all major key demographics and significantly closed the ratings gap with NBC Nightly News in total viewership.[28]. In Japan, it airs on NHK BS 1 as part of the weekday morning program Ohayo Sekai (Wake Up To The World),[41] and in clip form during the English language educational program ABC News Shower.[42]. Most recently, she co-anchored the 5 p.m. newscast with Rick Williams (starting in 2003). When Diana went to anchor ABC's World News Now, he congratulated her from his live television show. As a tribute to its late anchor, ABC continued to introduce the broadcast as World News Tonight with Peter Jennings in the week following his death. [32] by Pages in category "Television anchors from New York City" The following 179 pages are in this category, out of 179 total. [21] Substitute anchors for the program during Sawyer's tenure when she was away or on assignment, in addition to Vargas, included David Muir (who by that point, anchored the weekend editions of World News and served as a weekday correspondent), George Stephanopoulos, Cynthia McFadden, Dan Harris, Paula Faris and Byron Pitts (with the exception of McFadden, who left ABC News in August 2014, most of these anchors/correspondents have also served as substitutes following Muir's appointment as anchor of the program). Ratings for the nightly news broadcast declined shortly thereafter, possibly due in part to the lack of chemistry between Reasoner and Walters. The program also introduced a segment called the "Instant Index", a feature appearing as the penultimate segment of each night's broadcast focusing on news stories that are trending on social media, pop culture and entertainment-related stories and viral videos. Matt Pellman. [9] Vargas cited her doctors' recommendation to cut back her schedule considerably because of her maternity leave, and her wish to spend more time with her new baby. The ratings increased steadily, but still remained in third place, behind dominant CBS and NBC. Prior to 1975, the only network newscasts that ABC stations broadcast on weekends were 15-minute late-night updates on Saturdays and Sundays, known as ABC Weekend News and later, ABC News Weekend Report. Anchors of the program during the early 1960s, sometimes for short periods, included Alex Dreier, John Secondari, Fendall Winston Yerxa, Al Mann, Bill Shadel, and the three-person team of John Cameron Swayze (formerly of NBC), Bill Lawrence, and Bill Sheehan. Daly, who had served as host of the CBS game show What's My Line? [14] Primary substitutes are Stephanopoulos, World News weekend anchor Tom Llamas, as well as reporters Rebecca Jarvis and Amy Robach. David Muir became the weekday anchor and managing editor of the program on September 1, 2014, while retaining his duties as co-anchor of 20/20. Diane Sawyer ultimately decided to end her tenure as anchor of ABC World News nearly a week before Muir began as anchor of the weeknight editions on August 27, 2014, in order to spend time with family. The broadcast was produced live three times per day – the regular live broadcast for the Eastern and Central Time Zones, plus separate broadcasts for the Mountain and Pacific Time Zones. Harry Reasoner, formerly of CBS News and 60 Minutes, joined ABC News in 1970 to co-anchor the relaunched ABC Evening News with Smith, beginning that December, replacing Reynolds. Chris Sowers. ABC began a nightly newscast in the summer of 1948, when H. R. Baukhage and Jim Gibbons hosted News and Views. World News with Charles Gibson won the May 2007 sweeps period decisively over NBC Nightly News, marking Gibson's second consecutive sweeps win and widening the program's lead in the evening news race. [10], Some media analysts found the reasons for the appointment of Gibson as anchor to be merely a cover for ABC News's real intentions to bring stability to its flagship news program, which had seen its ratings slip, and to attract some older viewers away from the CBS Evening News with interim anchor Bob Schieffer. Good luck in the Big Apple, Shirleen! Source: Facebook@Ducis Rodgers. [13] The network chose to make the, albeit minor, change to remove "Tonight" from the title in order to reflect the program's expansion into the "24-hour space created by the digital world".[14]. Former Action News anchor Lisa Thomas-Laury is launching the next chapter of her life - authoring an autobiography. The newly renamed ABC Evening News was hosted, in succession, by Bob Young (October 1967 to May 1968), and then by Frank Reynolds (May 1968 to December 1970), who was later joined by Howard K. Smith (May 1969 to December 1970). According to the The Star Press, Bell, was the first anchor for ABC News ’ Good Morning America in 1975 and covered a slew of historical events over the years. Some ABC affiliates air the Sunday edition of World News Tonight at 6:00 p.m. Eastern and Pacific Time (5:00 p.m. Central and Mountain)‍—‌one half-hour earlier than the weekday broadcasts. She is moving to New York and will be seen on our sister station WABC. [12], On July 19, 2006, ABC News announced that World News Tonight would have its name officially changed to World News with Charles Gibson. On September 8, 2020, ABC World News Tonight debuted a new title card, reintroduced the long-time Bob Israel-composed opening theme (replacing the Hans Zimmer theme) and an updated set and new graphics package. 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He, along with former anchors Glenda Silvey, Beth Rengel, Scott Thompson, and Lisa Jones, joined Terry Hood to reflect on their glory years at News On 6. In the United Kingdom, the program was shown Tuesday through Fridays at 1:30 a.m. on BBC News, a channel that is frequently simulcast by BBC One at this time, meaning the program was broadcast on analogue terrestrial television in many parts of that country until the digital transition. In 1967, the inexperienced Jennings left the anchor chair and was reassigned by the news division as an international correspondent for the news program. Robinson left ABC News in 1984, after stints of anchoring news briefs and the weekend editions of World News Tonight; he died from complications of AIDS in 1988. On October 1, 2012, World News debuted a new logo, opening theme (which was composed by Hans Zimmer, replacing the longtime Bob Israel-composed theme), an updated set and new graphics package. In the fall of 1953, John Daly began anchoring the then-15-minute John Daly and the News. Trish Hartman. [8] Also starting in the spring of 2006, the West Coast editions of World News Tonight were scaled back because Vargas anchored the broadcast on her own at the time. It also has used various titles, including ABC Evening News from 1970 to 1978, World News Tonight from 1978 to 2006, World News from 2006 to 2009, and ABC World News from 2009 to 2014. Wendy Saltzman, the three-time Emmy Award-winning reporter from 6ABC, has left the station to start her own media consulting company, Philly Power Media. World News Tonight has broadcast from San Bernardino; Orlando, Fla.; Paris; and Brussels after terrorist attacks there, and Dallas, where five policemen were shot dead in July. [31], World News Tonight was the most-watched network evening newscast for the week of March 30, 2015. The August 8, 2005, edition of the program was dedicated in memory of Jennings and looked back at his four-decade career in news. In addition, a live webcast, World News Now (which, incidentally, carried the same title as ABC's overnight news program), with a newsbrief and a preview of that evening's broadcast, was launched. Tap backwards; European capital which is an anagram of solo; Buckley american singer who sang corpus christi carol entirely in falsetto; Kite follower; Robinson 1987 rock and roll hall of fame inductee who made falsetto singing popular; Pablo nobel winning chilean poet ; Shower from the sky; The hunger 2012 sci fi movie; … Time for another broadcast news hottie and if you are living in Philadelphia and its burbs you should be familiar with the hunkiness of 6ABC’s Brian Taff who co-anchors the TV station’s Action News at 4pm as well as Action News at 10. Jan. 27—Wichita is used to seeing them on television, but not like this. Occasional contributions included special reports by Walters, who was credited as anchor of the special coverage desk from New York City and worldwide, and commentary by Smith, who was easing into eventual retirement. The following 179 pages are in this category, out of 179 total. Following the Saturday news cancellation, and after the flagship weeknight broadcast became World News Tonight, the program premiered World News Sunday on January 28, 1979, and expanded to a full seven days with the restoration of a Saturday newscast (World News Saturday) on January 5, 1985, years after NBC and CBS had each launched their own weekend evening news programs. The program would return to a two-anchor format, when in early December 2005, ABC News announced that Elizabeth Vargas and Bob Woodruff would be the new permanent co-anchors of World News Tonight, replacing Jennings. Her memoir is titled: "On Camera and Off, When the News is Good and When it's Not." [6] Reynolds, who was demoted when the network hired Reasoner, returned as lead anchor, reporting from ABC News' Washington, D.C. bureau. For about a month, Good Morning America co-hosts Charles Gibson and Diane Sawyer had alternated co-anchoring the newscast with Vargas. Some former anchors of the weekend news broadcasts include Sam Donaldson (Sunday edition, 1979–1989), Kathleen Sullivan (Saturday edition, 1985–1987), Barry Serafin (Saturday edition, 1987–1988), Forrest Sawyer (Sunday edition, 1989–1993), Carole Simpson (Saturday edition, 1988–1993; Sunday edition, 1993–2003), Elizabeth Vargas (Saturday edition, 1997–2003; Sunday edition, 2003–2004), Jim Avila (Saturday edition, 2006–2007), Terry Moran (Saturday edition, 2004–2005), Bob Woodruff (Sunday edition, 2004–2005), Dan Harris (Sunday edition, 2006–2011) and David Muir (Saturday edition, 2007–2011; Saturday and Sunday editions, 2011–2014). The programs were fed to affiliates at 11:00 pm Eastern/10:00 pm Central and were seen in tandem with the stations' own late newscasts, although some stations opted to tape-delay the network updates until immediately before their regular sign-off time (rival CBS also offered a 15-minute Sunday night bulletin during the 1970s until 1997). Chung came into the limelight as the first woman to co-anchor "CBS Evening News" in 1993. Both men suffered head injuries in the incident, even though they were both wearing body armor and helmets. In Belize, Great Belize Television carries all editions of World News Tonight each weekday at 8:00 p.m. and weekends at 7:00 p.m. Evening television news in the United States, Peter Jennings's second solo tenure (1983–2005), Bob Woodruff and Elizabeth Vargas (January–May 2006), CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (. In Australia, WNT were aired every morning at 10:30 a.m. AET on Sky News Australia, until move to SBS and SBS Viceland in July 2019. Anchors of the program during the early 1960s, sometimes for short periods, included Alex Dreier, John Secondari, Fendall Winston Yerxa, Al Mann, Bill Shadel, and the three-person team of John Cameron Swayze (formerly of NBC), Bill Lawrence, and Bill Sheehan. WPVI Action News (TV Series 1970– ) - Full Cast & Crew - IMDb [7] However, New York Post columnist Cindy Adams reported that Gibson would become Woodruff's "temporary permanent replacement". At the time, it was unknown what ABC News planned to do until Woodruff returned to the anchor chair, which appeared not to be within the near future, and when Vargas began her maternity leave. It was the first time that World News had won consecutive sweeps periods since 1996, the year ABC News ceded the ratings crown to NBC Nightly News with Tom Brokaw. The program has been anchored at various times by a number of other presenters since its debut in 1953. Brian Taff 6ABC News Anchor, Shirtless, Wife or Girlfriend. Malpass joined WPVI-TV/Channel 6 in January of 1988 as a reporter / anchor. This list may not reflect recent changes . Sacrificed her career for Family. Once again, Gardner and his Action News crew were tops in the ratings despite some stiff competition, including the Olympics and the Super Bowl on NBC10. This is a listing of current and former New York City television news anchors. Bryant Gumbel, former anchor of NBC's Today Show and CBS' The Early Show; Savannah Guthrie, current co-anchor of NBC's Today Show; Tamron Hall, formerly of NBC's Today Show, NBC News and MSNBC; Judd Hambrick; Mike Hambrick; John Hambrick, formerly WEWS-TV, KRON-TV, KABC-TV, WNBC, WTVJ and WCIX; Leon Harris, WJLA-TV; Paul Harvey (deceased), News & Comment, ABC radio; Lester Holt, … Both underwent surgery at a U.S. military hospital in Balad, Iraq (50 miles (80 km) north of Baghdad). In April 2005, Jennings announced that he had been diagnosed with lung cancer and, as before, other ABC News anchors – mostly consisting of 20/20 co-anchor Elizabeth Vargas and Good Morning America co-anchor Charles Gibson – filled in for him. Moreover, Ducis is a loving and supportive husband. [18] Gibson's final broadcast ended with a video tribute that included all of the living former U.S. Presidents, former ABC anchors, actors and actresses, singers, comedians, Mickey Mouse, Kermit the Frog, athletes, the commander of the International Space Station, competitors Couric and Williams, and was capped off by U.S. President Barack Obama. Beginning on August 15, 2005, the broadcast was introduced simply as World News Tonight and it remained that way until January 2006. The program's distinct and easily identifiable theme (whose four-note musical signature was eventually used on other ABC News programs) was written by Bob Israel. He is the longest-serving anchor at 6ABC Action News, who has anchored the 6 p.m. and 11 p.m. broadcasts for the past 43 years. The program expanded from 15 to 30 minutes in January 1967, nearly 3​1⁄2 years after both CBS and NBC had expanded their evening news programs to a half-hour. Annie McCormick. Starting in 1973, before the advent of closed captioning, PBS began airing an open captioned version of the ABC Evening News that was distributed to various public television stations throughout the U.S, airing mostly in late-night timeslots five hours after the original ABC broadcast. This version was produced by WGBH, the Boston PBS station, which provided the captions and repackaged the broadcast with additional news stories – some of which were of special interest to the hearing impaired – as well as late-news developments, weather forecasts, and sports scores inserted in place of commercials. In February 2021, Whit Johnson and Linsey Davis were announced as anchors of the weekend edition, with Johnson anchoring on Saturday and Davis anchoring on Sunday.[38]. David Muir anchored the weekend program until he took over the weekday broadcast in September 2014. However, the original names were restored on July 19, 2006, concurrent with the retitling of the weekday broadcasts, but the opening title sequence displayed the name as World News for both the Saturday and Sunday editions. [19], Long-time ABC journalist and anchorwoman Diane Sawyer began anchoring the broadcast, which amended its title to ABC World News, on December 21, 2009. Rumors flew that Sawyer wanted to become the sole anchor of World News Tonight in order to beat Katie Couric's switch to the anchor chair at the CBS Evening News. The program was replaced again by Asia Business Report and Sport Today on March 30, 2015.[39]. It is currently the most watched network newscast in the United States, with an average of 2 million more than its nearest rival, NBC Nightly News. Since 2014 the program has been called ABC World News Tonight. The last time World News held the top spot was during the 1998–99 season when Peter Jennings sat at the anchor's desk, according to Nielsen. Not even the Super Bowl and the Olympics were enough to stop the ratings dominance of Jim Gardner and his colleagues at 6ABC. Jeannette Reyes will leave Philadelphia's 6ABC to join FOX5 in Washington, D.C., where she will be a morning co-anchor on "Good Day DC," beginning Dec. 7. [clarification needed]. [30] In November 2016, World News Tonight was the most-watched network primetime newscast for the first time in 18 years. Former ABC News and Good Morning America anchor, Steve Bell died Friday at the age of 83 in Muncie, Indiana. Within a few months after Woodruff's accident, ABC News announced that Vargas was pregnant and due to give birth to her second child in late summer. . Affiliates usually carried the program on Saturday evenings in the time slots where the main newscast aired on weeknights. This list may not reflect recent changes (learn more). Since 2015, the broadcast has been anchored by Lester Holt on weeknights, José Díaz-Balart on Saturday and Kate Snow on Sunday. Marc Howard (born February 13, 1937) is a retired longtime Philadelphia news anchor.He last anchored at KYW-TV beginning in 2003 when he fronted the late newscasts, but soon only anchored the 4 p.m. news. Another feature introduced during Sawyer's tenure was "Made in America", a feature segment reported by David Muir, chronicling enterprising American companies. Muir, who had taken over World News Saturday in 2007, took over the Sunday broadcast in 2011, ending the practice of using separate anchors for the Saturday and Sunday editions of the program, with ABC renaming both broadcasts as ABC World News with David Muir as a result. Jim, at the age of 72, hasn't even hinted at retirement, and he currently works for 6abc Action News/WPVI-TV in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. That night's broadcast ended with one of Jennings's favorite pieces of music instead of the traditional theme music. In May 2006, Vargas announced her resignation from World News Tonight. The program was replaced by Asia Business Report and Sport Today on June 14, 2011, but later returned to the channel on August 20, 2012. During his career, Jennings had reported from every major world capital and war zone, and from all 50 U.S. states, according to the network. Max Robinson – who became the first African American network news anchor upon his appointment on the program – anchored national news from the news division's Chicago bureau. Even in areas with three full-time network affiliates, ABC stations often opted to broadcast the news program in the 6:00 p.m./5:00 p.m. timeslot to entice viewers by presenting the day's national and international news first, thus making it more likely that they would stay tuned to the station's local newscast immediately following the program (or one half-hour afterward), instead of turning to CBS or NBC. by. contemporaneously, anchored the newscast until 1960, with multiple hosts and formats succeeding him. People in the news industry looked at the choice of Vargas and Woodruff by ABC News as the start of a new era in network television news. https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Category:Television_anchors_from_New_York_City&oldid=949482394, Television personalities from New York City, Template Category TOC via CatAutoTOC on category with 101–200 pages, CatAutoTOC generates standard Category TOC, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, This page was last edited on 6 April 2020, at 18:39. Katherine Scott. Always the perennial third in the national ratings, ABC News president Roone Arledge reformatted the program, relaunching it as World News Tonight in July 1978. Furthermore, she focused on her Youtube channel dubbed I_am_Isabela_Kituri in which she … [4] In 1962, Ron Cochran was appointed as full-time anchor, staying with the program until 1965. She … Home; Latest Clues. The program, which had affiliate clearance problems and was thus unsuccessful in terms of ratings, ended in 1975, replaced by the network's inaugural Saturday newscast (see above). 1 for First Time in 18 years", "ABC World News Tonight is No. Because of declining affiliate interest (in part because of the proliferation of 24-hour cable news channels such as CNN) and low viewership, ABC discontinued the late-night weekend reports in September 1991. His death ended the era of the so-called "Big Three" anchors: Jennings, NBC's Tom Brokaw, and CBS's Dan Rather (the latter two had retired from their positions as the respective anchors of NBC Nightly News and the CBS Evening News within the year prior to Jennings's death). NBC Nightly News retook first place in the November 2007 sweeps[15] and the two programs remained in a tight race until the fall of 2008, when the NBC program established a consistent lead. 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