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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…

ABC News’ World News Tonight with David Muir again was the most watched show in broadcast and cable last week, as the traditional evening newscasts enjoy a resurgence during the coronavirus crisis. But the network said that the half-hour broadcast also reached a ratings milestone for the season to date, ranking No. 1…

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…

UPDATE, 6:04 p.m. PT: President Donald Trump chimed in on ABC News’ apology for airing a video it initially said was footage of a bombing in northern Syria when it was in fact from a Kentucky gun demonstration. He connected the error to the network’s planned interview with Hunter Biden on Tuesday. Trump wrote, “A big…

NBC Nightly News with Lester Holt finished first among evening newscasts in the news demographic for a 22nd consecutive full season (see numbers below). And, for a third consecutive 52-week season, NBC News' programs finished first in three marquee derbies in the demo, also including a morning news win for Today and…

ABC’s World News Tonight edged past NBC Nightly News last week to sweep both the total viewers and the key ratings demographics, extending its own hot hand and snapping an NBC demo win streak that had stood for 21 months. David Muir’s broadcast for the week of March 5-9 averaged 9.2 million total viewers, 1.988…

ABC News said this morning that Tom Llamas will anchor the Saturday and Sunday iterations of World News Tonight, and Cecilia Vega has been moved to become Senior White House Correspondent. In an announcement, Llamas was named Chief National correspondent, and Jonathan Karl is Chief White House Correspondent. Here is…

ABC evening news anchor David Muir today moderated a "virtual audience" with Pope Francis at the Vatican, ahead of his trip to the U.S. next month. Pope Francis spoke simultaneously, via satellite, to students at Cristo Rey Jesuit High School in Chicago, congregants from a McAllen, Texas, church near the U.S.-Mexico…

Jeb Bush has mapped out a TV blitz following his long-awaited announcement he’s running for the White House. NBC’s Tonight Show host Jimmy Fallon last week landed the finally-made-it-official presidential candidate for tomorrow night at 11:30 PM ET. But  before Presidential Candidate Jeb Bush makes his late-night…

UPDATED, 8:49 AM: Almin Karamehmedovic, Executive Producer of ABC’s World News Tonight With David Muir, has released a statement trumpeting the newscast’s first win in years over NBC Nightly News: “I’m so proud of David and this incredible team. They’ve been intently focused on the viewers from the moment we started…

For NBC Nightly News‘ final week of Wee Hour Viewer Melding, the broadcast averaged 8.71 million viewers, leading ABC’s World News Tonight by 112,000 viewers (and CBS Evening News by 1.97 mil). Neither NBC nor Nielsen is releasing stats detailing how many viewers NBC is adding by factoring in those pre-dawn repeats of…

ABC News made it official this morning, naming Cecilia Vega and Tom Llamas anchors of ABC World News Tonight‘s Saturday and Sunday editions. ABC News chief James Goldston’s memo to staff: Team, I have exciting news to share about our “World News Tonight” weekend broadcasts and our 2016 political team. Cecilia Vega and…