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World News Tonight anchor David Muir has started to lead coverage of major special events and breaking on ABC News, as the network has phased out the title of “chief anchor” that had been given to Good Morning America co-anchor George Stephanopoulos. The change started last month with Muir leading a special report on…

Updated: ABC News World News Tonight anchor David Muir landed an interview with Donald Trump during his trip to Arizona on Tuesday, and one of the bigger pieces of news out of the conversation was the president’s acknowledgement that there may be some fatal tradeoffs as states reopen their economies. Asked if lives…

Before he goes on the air each night, ABC World News Tonight anchor David Muir listens in his earpiece to the White House coronavirus press briefings, which usually offer a mix of important updates on the pandemic — mixed in with President Donald Trump’s complaints about the media, Democratic governors and the World…

ABC News chief anchor George Stephanopoulos, World News Tonight‘s David Muir, ABC News correspondent Linsey Davis, and local New Hampshire affiliate WMUR-TV’s Adam Sexton and Monica Hernandez will moderate the next Democratic presidential debate. It is set for February 7 at 8 PM ET in Manchester, N.H., wedged between…

ABC’s World News Tonight with David Muir beat the other broadcast network evening newscasts in the November sweep by posting a win in total viewers and a narrow victory in the key 25-54 audience. The network said that it was the first time since 1996 that the newscast posted a November victory in both categories. It…

The final Nielsen numbers for the just-completed 2018-2019 network news season are in, and ABC’s World News Tonight with David Muir again finished first in total viewers and NBC Nightly News with Lester Holt beat its rivals in key demographics. But viewership was flat or down across the board, even as the networks…

The questioners are set for next month’s Round 3 of the Democratic presidential debates on ABC and Univision. Good Morning America co-host George Stephanopoulos, World News Tonight David Muir anchor and ABC News correspondent Linsey Davis will be posing the questions along with Univision’s Jorge Ramos. The next…

John Oliver closed out his latest edition of Last Week Tonight mocking the Instagram antics of TV news talent, aka  “people who already have outlets to express themselves.” “An adult asking you to follow them on social media gives the same vibe as a clown asking you to join him in a sewer,” Oliver observed,  after…

ABC News' World News Tonight With David Muir ranked as the No. 1 evening newscast in total viewers during an Olympics week for the first time in more than 25 years. Last time that happened was the week of August 3, 1992 – Week 2 of the 1992 Summer Olympics. During the week of February 12, ABC’s evening newscast…

NBC Nightly News with Lester Holt has won its eighth straight sweep in the news demographic, viewers 25-54. ABC’s World News Tonight with David Muir took the May sweep in total viewers, after February and November sweep wins in same metric, marking ABC News’ first such streak since Peter Jennings anchored 21 years…

Saturday’s rally in Florida that the White House announced Wednesday afternoon is a campaign rally for President Donald Trump’s re-election in four years, ABC News anchor David Muir told Jimmy Kimmel last night his late-night show, as they discussed Trump’s reactions to reports that his aides communicated with Russian…

ABC late-night host Jimmy Kimmel mined his network’s interview with President Donald Trump and came up with gold. Kimmel noted how cartoonishly villainous Trump sounded at times during his interview with David Muir – particularly when Muir asked if he thought denying help to Syrian refugees would result in more anger…