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ABC News will pay tribute to legendary journalist Barbara Walters in two specials over this holiday weekend – Our Barbara: A Special Edition of 20/20 on ABC and The View Honors Barbara Walters on ABC News Live. Walters joined ABC News in 1976. She was the 20/20 co-host and chief correspondent for 25…

A 25th anniversary celebration of Rodgers & Hammerstein's Cinderella will air with a news special cast reunion and presentation of the original film as part of Disney Princess Week. The package, Cinderella: The Reunion, A Special Edition of 20/20, airs on ABC-TV on Tuesday, Aug. 23 stating at 8 PM ET/PT and will…

The suspicious death of a six-year-old profiled by ABC newsmag 20/20 and the WWE Friday Night SmackDown shared top demo honors as viewers begin to ease into summer. In the warmup to this weekend's wrestling PPV and Peacock event Hell in a Cell, the WWE's Friday Night SmackDown on Fox came in with a 0.4, continuing its…

ABC’s 20/20 won the Friday night demo wars with a huge 1.0, as the newsmag and interviewer Diane Sawyer profiled the “House of Horror” story of the Turpin family, whose 12 children suffered unimaginable torture and sexual abuse at the hands of their parents. The show was seen by more than 7 million viewers. Earlier…

It was a Friday night filled with sharing the ratings wealth among the networks. A three-way tie atop the demo wars on the night saw ABC’s Shark Tank and newsmag 20/20 both score an 0.5, with the WWE Friday Night SmackDown on Fox also coming in with an 0.5, the latter a momentum-builder for next weekend’s Survivor’s Se…

UPDATED with latest winners: The Peabody Awards revealed its complete list of winners for its 81st edition, recognizing the year’s most compelling and empowering stories in broadcasting and streaming media, topics that in the year 2020 included Covid-19, racial equality, immigration and social justice. Joining the…

Janice Johnston has been promoted to executive producer of ABC’s newsmagazine 20/20. Johnston, who has been senior producer of the show, is only the fourth person to lead the show as EP since its launch in 1978 (with original hosts Harold Hayes and Robert Hughes quickly replaced by Hugh Downs). Johnston will report to…

ABC News will air a one-hour primetime special tonight on the life and legacy of Alex Trebek, the iconic television host of "Jeopardy!" who died earlier today. Alex Trebek, Remembered: A '20/20' Special hosted by ABC News' Chris Connelly airs tonight at10 PM on the ABC Television Network. In interviews over the past…

Ava DuVernay will headline a fundraiser for Cory Booker’s Senate reelection campaign on Wednesday. Booker’s re-election is widely predicted, as he faces Rik Mehta, a biotech entrepreneur. But the New Jersey incumbent has long ties to the entertainment industry that extend to his days as the mayor of Newark. Booker and…

A trio of shows on a trio of networks shared top honors in Friday’s broadcast primetime ratings, with Fox airing the fall premiere of WWE SmackDown, NBC showing Game 4 of the Stanley Cup Finals and ABC a fresh 20/20. Fox, NBC and ABC tied for the nightly win in the demo, while ABC was the night’s most-watched network…

The world continues to remember Chadwick Boseman, evident on Sunday night when ABC aired Disney/Marvel’s groundbreaking Black Panther uninterrupted followed by the 20/20 special Chadwick Boseman: A Tribute for a King. The Best Picture Oscar-nominated superhero movie starring Boseman dominated primetime, delivering a…

Hugh Downs, who began appearing on television at the dawn of the medium and gained fame as co-host of 20/20, host of Today and as Jack Paar’s sidekick on the Tonight Show, has died. The Washington Post and New York Times cited a statement from Downs’ family in reporting his death on July 1 at his home in Scottsdale…