Reasoner would eventually return to CBS and 60 Minutes, while Walters became a regular on the newsmagazine 20/20. 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. 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. During her time away from the cameras, Kituri embarked on consultancy services such as Public Relations and Branding for corporates and companies. The practice continued until 1982, when real-time closed captioning was first introduced in the United States by the National Captioning Institute.[5]. 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]. 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. [12], On July 19, 2006, ABC News announced that World News Tonight would have its name officially changed to World News with Charles Gibson. Since 2014 the program has been called ABC World News Tonight. Woodruff and Vogt were then evacuated to a U.S. military hospital in Germany, before later being transferred to Bethesda Naval Hospital in Maryland for further treatment and released for outpatient treatment. 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. 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. [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. 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. 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. Brian Taff 6ABC News Anchor, Shirtless, Wife or Girlfriend. Anchor Shirleen Allicot said goodbye to the 6abc family on Action News at 4 Wednesday. 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. Gibson anchored the broadcast the first part of the week; Bob Woodruff anchored the final edition of World News Tonight with Peter Jennings on August 12, 2005. In addition, starting in 1973, weeknight co-anchor Harry Reasoner hosted The Reasoner Report, a half-hour topical analysis of important stories (especially breaking developments in the Watergate scandal) in the vein of CBS's 60 Minutes, which Reasoner himself co-moderated at two different times. [11] Indeed, the advertising campaign focused on Gibson's experience, calling him "Your Trusted Source," similar to a campaign for Jennings, "Trust Is Earned," in the wake of the Killian documents controversy at CBS and Brian Williams's assumption of the NBC anchor chair. 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. 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. She has since returned to co-anchor 20/20 and ABC News specials, and has served as a substitute anchor on World News Tonight under Gibson and his successors. Perez and her spouse are parents of two adorable children. 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]. [6] Reynolds, who was demoted when the network hired Reasoner, returned as lead anchor, reporting from ABC News' Washington, D.C. bureau. [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. 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, … 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. The webcast aired live at 3:00 p.m. Eastern Time on ABC News Now and ABCNews.com, and can be viewed throughout the rest of the day after 4:00 p.m. Eastern Time. She … Llamas subsequently left in January 2021, to join NBC News. [16], On August 25, 2008, World News became the fourth and final network evening newscast to begin broadcasting in HD. [7] However, New York Post columnist Cindy Adams reported that Gibson would become Woodruff's "temporary permanent replacement". Former ABC News and Good Morning America anchor, Steve Bell died Friday at the age of 83 in Muncie, Indiana. 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. Shedden, David (April 4, 2006; updated September 8, 2011). A rotation of anchors hosted the program until August 9, 1983, when ABC announced that Jennings became the sole anchor and senior editor of World News Tonight, which took effect September 5, and on that day, the program began broadcasting from New York City on a regular basis. 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. 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). 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. [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. She became one of the stations crucial anchors. 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. 1 for First Time in 18 years", "ABC World News Tonight is No. These editions added the word "Tonight" to the program title in the mid-1990s, further unifying it with the weekday editions, and in the mid-2000s, their respective names were shortened uniformly to World News Tonight to correspond with those broadcasts. In 1967, the inexperienced Jennings left the anchor chair and was reassigned by the news division as an international correspondent for the news program. 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. [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. In the fall of 1953, John Daly began anchoring the then-15-minute John Daly and the News. After Vega was named senior White House correspondent, Llamas was named sole weekend anchor in January 2017, as the practice of using separate anchors for the Saturday and Sunday editions ended once again. Christie Ileto. [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. Jeff Skversky. 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. 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. 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. 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. Annie McCormick. Jeff Chirico. Most recently, she co-anchored the 5 p.m. newscast with Rick Williams (starting in 2003). NBC10 … Both men suffered head injuries in the incident, even though they were both wearing body armor and helmets. In September 1984, the program was renamed World News Tonight with Peter Jennings in order to reflect its sole anchor and senior editor. When Diana went to anchor ABC's World News Now, he congratulated her from his live television show. Charles Gibson was then named sole anchor of the program, effectively replacing Vargas and her injured co-anchor Woodruff. [25][26] On July 28, 2014, the program debuted a slightly updated set, which includes a new, larger monitor behind the anchor desk. 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[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. [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. 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. In April 1983, Reynolds became ill, leaving both Jennings and Robinson to co-anchor the broadcast until his planned return; however, Reynolds would die three months later on July 20, 1983, from bone cancer. 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 (. 28 talking about this. Good luck in the Big Apple, Shirleen! 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, 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). 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. 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. Katherine Scott. This is a listing of current and former New York City television news anchors. [14] Primary substitutes are Stephanopoulos, World News weekend anchor Tom Llamas, as well as reporters Rebecca Jarvis and Amy Robach. 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. David Muir anchored the weekend program until he took over the weekday broadcast in September 2014. She is moving to New York and will be seen on our sister station WABC. Affiliates usually carried the program on Saturday evenings in the time slots where the main newscast aired on weeknights. Tom Llamas, the weekend anchor of ABC’s World News Tonight, has dramatically quit the network to move to rival NBC. 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. Image: Ducis Rodgers is a sports anchor currently working for 6abc Action News Sports. 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. 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. 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. It was also available on the BBC's on-demand service BBC iPlayer for 28 days after its domestic broadcast. 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. 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. 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. 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. This list may not reflect recent changes (learn more). Chung came into the limelight as the first woman to co-anchor "CBS Evening News" in 1993. Previous anchors have included John Chancellor, David Brinkley, Tom Brokaw and Brian Williams. The broadcast, however, was not carried by many stations, and was cancelled in January 1979. 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. Trish Hartman. This was succeeded by After the Deadlines in 1951 and All Star News in 1952. 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