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'World News Now' Celebrates 20 Years - Posted January 6, 2012
While NBC celebrates 60 years of "Today" next week, today ABC is marking 20 years of "World News Now." ABC News president Ben Sherwood calls the overnight news show, "the unsung hero of our news division." And to the production team, "You all have the confidence and creativity to take risks... [TVNewser]

Who Were The Most Used Network Correspondents in 2011? And What Were the Big Evening Newscast Stories? - Posted January 3, 2012
TV news analyst Andrew Tyndall has released his latest report, the 2011 network news year in review. As usual, he listed the most frequently used network correspondents for the year. This year, the top five were: ABC's ... [TVNewser]

ABC News Stars Assemble for Photo Shoot - Posted October 26, 2011
Just about anybody who is on ABC News was in a photo studio on Manhattan's West Side this morning for what ABC News president Ben Sherwood calls a one-of-a-kind photo shoot. "Never in the history of the industry has ther... [TVNewser]

How the Evening Newscasts Reported the Death of Muammar Gaddafi - Posted October 21, 2011
The three U.S. evening newscasts spent a combined 32 minutes and 45 seconds on the killing of Muammar Gaddafi on their newscasts Thursday evening, extending their first blocks beyond the 10-minute mark. [caption id="attachment_93994" align="alignright" width="300" caption="A Libyan news anchor smiles while reporting the news of Muammar Gaddafi's death, as shown on... [TVNewser]

Evening News Ratings: Week of October 10 - Posted October 18, 2011
As he prepares for his primetime debut, Brian Williams's evening newscast remains locked in first place. "NBC Nightly News" was also up +3% in Total Viewers compared to the ... [TVNewser]

ABC News Partners with Yahoo! - Posted October 3, 2011
Diane Sawyer, Barbara Walters, David Muir, ... [TVNewser]

As Famine Worsens, David Muir Returns to Somalia - Posted September 14, 2011
ABC News anchor David Muir, who traveled to Somalia in July to report on the spreading famine, has returned to Mogadishu to cover the deepening crisis. This time around, Muir will also go to Kenya as he travels with both African troops delivering food and UNICEF. Muir's first report was yesterday... [TVNewser]

TV News Reflects on 9/11/2001: ASU's Aaron Brown, ABC's David Muir - Posted September 11, 2011
With the 10th anniversary of the 9/11/2001 terrorist attacks approaching, TVNewser reached out to anchors, reporters, producers and executives for their thoughts on that day, and what they believe has changed in the last 10 years. Arizona State University's "W... [TVNewser]

Broadcast Networks Cover 10th Anniversary of 9/11/01 - Posted September 10, 2011
The broadcast networks will all devote significant portions of tomorrow to special coverage marking the 10th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks. The evening news anchors -- Brian Williams for NBC, ... [FishbowlNY]

ABC News Plans Special Coverage For Anniversary of 9/11 Attacks - Posted August 24, 2011
On the 10th anniversary of September 11, Diane Sawyer -- who anchored "Good Morning America" on 9/11/01 -- and George Stephanopoulos will anchor a special thr... [TVNewser]

NBC's Kevin Tibbles to Report from Joplin Tonight - Posted August 17, 2011
•All three of the broadcast networks will have filed reports from Joplin, Missouri today. In addition to CBS' Chris Wragge and ABC's David Muir, NBC News correspondent ... [TVNewser]

CBS Sends Scott Pelley, Erica Hill to Africa - Posted August 8, 2011
While most of the U.S.-based news organizations to place their focus on the economy, CBS News is ensuring that time is being spent covering a crisis that is resulting unspeakable death and tragedy. This evening Scott Pelley will anchor ... [TVNewser]

Networks Air Special Reports to Report Dow Plunge - Posted August 4, 2011
Just after 4 PM, when the markets closed, the big three broadcast networks all broke into regular programming to air brief special reports on the loss of more than 500 points by the Dow Jones Industrial Average. Brian Williams anchored for NBC, Scott Pelley anchored for CBS and ... [TVNewser]

David Muir on Somalia Famine: 'It's Heartbreaking' - Posted July 29, 2011
Although the news cycle this week has been dominated by politics as Republicans and Democrats struggle to come to a deal on the debt ceiling, there is another major story happening far away from Washington -- a devastating famine in Somalia. David Muir... [FishbowlNY]

Katie Couric Gets Acquainted With ABC News - Posted June 22, 2011
The Huffington Post reports that former "CBS Evening News" anchor and soon-to-be ABC News contributor Katie Couric atten... [TVNewser]

ABC's 'Made in America' helps sell American-made products - Posted June 8, 2011
ABC's "World News with Diane Sawyer" continues the "Made in America" series tonight with the focus on American car manufacturing. David Muir and ... [TVNewser]

Pentagon Correspondents Briefed on Osama Bin Laden Intelligence Trove; Networks vary in how Beard-Dyed Bin Laden tapes are Broadcast - Posted May 7, 2011
The network news Pentagon correspondents have just been briefed on the massive intelligence trove taken during the raid on Osama Bin Laden's compound last Sunday. MSNBC immediately aired the videos of a beard-dyed Bin Laden as NBC's Pentagon correspondent ... [FishbowlNY]

Speaking Words of Wisdom - Posted May 1, 2011
'Tis the graduation season once again. And that means numerous commencement speeches from TV journos and analysts. Here now, then, is TVNewser's fourth annual list of who's-speaking-where-and-when (in alphabetical order): CNBC's Maria Bartirom... [TVNewser]

With Obama in Brazil, Clinton in France, and news from Libya, no slow Saturday for News Nets - Posted March 19, 2011
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Diane Sawyer leaves Japan - Posted March 16, 2011
Diane Sawyer left Japan today as the nuclear situation at the Fukushima Daiichi plant worsens. This morning on "Good Morning America" George Stephanopoulos... [TVNewser]

TV News crews in Japan on the move with radiation fears mounting - Posted March 15, 2011
With dozens of U.S. TV news journalists now on the ground in Japan, the bosses back home are becoming increasingly concerned about the potential for radiation poisoning due to the deteriorating conditions at t... [TVNewser]

Quake Update: Shepard Smith, Bill Weir, BloombergTV - Posted March 14, 2011
Some late-afternoon Monday notes on earthquake/tsunami coverage: Shepard Smith anchored today from Tokyo: first "Studio B" at 3pmET and next, Fox Report at 7pmET/8am Tuesday in Tokyo. "Behind me is the rainbow bridge. It is usually lit up in ... [FishbowlNY]

NBC's Lester Holt, ABC's David Muir and Christiane Amanpour report from Japan; Diane Sawyer en route - Posted March 13, 2011
The U.S. TV news anchors began arriving in Japan Saturday and two of the weekend anchors were in place for shows Saturday evening: NBC's Lester Holt and ABC"s David Muir. Christiane Amanpour also arrived Saturday where she reported for "World N... [TVNewser]

Who the networks are sending to Japan - Posted March 11, 2011
Christiane Amanpour is among the network anchors packing their bags and heading for Japan. Amanpour will host "This Week" from Tokyo on Sunday, the only Sunday show host to d... [TVNewser]

ABC correspondent on Egypt threats: 'It was terrifying. We really thought we were finished.' - Posted February 4, 2011
In addition to Christiane Amanpour's off-camera interview with Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak -- the first since the choas in his country began -- last night's one-hour "Nightline" explored the violence against journalists over the last 48 hours. Anch... [TVNewser]

TV News Reporters Roughed Up, Caught in the Midst of Violent Protests in Egypt - Posted February 2, 2011
Anderson Cooper is not the only reporter ... [TVNewser]

Brian Williams preps 'Nightly News' live from Cairo - Posted January 31, 2011
As we've been following the movements ... [FishbowlNY]

Haiti: One Year Later - Posted January 12, 2011
One year after the earth shook under Haiti, TV news reporters and anchors, producers and photographers, looked at the devastation and the recovery with return trips, special reports, and interviews with celebrities making a difference. Fox News' ... [TVNewser]

ABC News Partners with Facebook for Specials on Shootings in Tucson - Posted January 9, 2011
In conjunction with Facebook, ABC News produced a special this morning on the tragedy in Tucson. The 15-minute report streamed live on ABCNews.com at 11amET and was anchored by Christiane Amanpour and Dan Harris in Tucson. Another special will stream tonight at 7pmET anchored by ... [WebNewser - SocialTimes.com]

ABC News Partners with Facebook for Specials on Shootings in Tucson - Posted January 9, 2011
In conjunction with Facebook, ABC News produced a special this morning on the tragedy in Tucson. The 15-minute report streamed live on ABCNews.com at 11amET and was anchored by Christiane Amanpour and Dan Harris in Tucson. Another special will stream tonight at 7pmET anchored by ... [TVNewser]

More Anchors Heading to Arizona - Posted January 8, 2011
ABC's George Stephanopoulos will co-anchor tomorrow's "Good Morning America" live from the scene of the shootings in Tucson, joined by anchor Dan Harris. NBC's Lester Holt is on his way to Arizona, where he ... [TVNewser]

More Anchors Heading to Arizona - Posted January 8, 2011
ABC's George Stephanopoulos will co-anchor tomorrow's "Good Morning America" live from the scene of the shootings in Tucson, joined by anchor Dan Harris. NBC's Lester Holt is on his way to Arizona, where he ... [FishbowlNY]

Cable Coverage: Shooting of Arizona Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, Others, at Event in Tucson - Posted January 8, 2011
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Which Correspondents and Stories Got the Most Airtime on the Network Evening Newscasts in 2010? - Posted January 6, 2011
TV news analyst Andrew Tyndall released his 2010 year in review report. The report examines which news stories got the most coverage last year, as well as which reporters g... [TVNewser]

Evening News Ratings: Week of December 27 - Posted January 4, 2011
The last week of 2010 was a strong one for the broadcast evening news programs, with all three broadcasts up week over week and year over year in total viewers. As usual, "NBC Nightly News with Brian Williams" was the top program, followed by "ABC World News with ... [TVNewser]

'ABC World News' Looks Back At 2010... Using Disney Shareholder Steve Jobs' Latest Creation - Posted December 29, 2010
Tonight "ABC World News with Diane Sawyer" is running a 2010 retrospective, looking back at the biggest stories of the year: These types of stories lend themselves well to flashy graphics, and ABC is no exception. ... [TVNewser]

Who Threw the Best TV News Holiday Bash? - Posted December 17, 2010
Your TVNewsers are over at the mediabistro.com holiday lunch right now (posting will resume later). So, this is a good time to size up some of the other holiday parties. Barbara Walters and "The View" EP ... [FishbowlNY]

ABC News Clears the air about Andrew Breitbart's Participation in their Election Night Coverage - Posted October 30, 2010
It didn't take long, after conservative author, commentator and webtrepreneur Andrew Breitbart announced he would be participating in ABC N... [TVNewser]

Diane Sawyer to Anchor 'World News' From China - Posted October 18, 2010
ABC's "World News with Diane Sawyer" will originate live from China November 15-17, the network says. Sawyer will anchor, while correspondents David Muir and Clarissa Ward examine what makes China the second largest economy in the world. Sawyer... [TVNewser]

'World News' Viewers Weigh in Online - Posted October 4, 2010
Diane Sawyer regularly engages her ABC News viewers asking them to send in their stories and comments on controversial issues and topics in the news. And in two recent cases she's turning the online comments into on-air stories. "World News" ended Friday's broadcast with Sawyer and correspondents David Muir, ... [WebNewser - SocialTimes.com]

Diane Sawyer, other ABCNewsers, head home to see what works - Posted September 22, 2010
ABC News anchors and correspondents are getting out of New York to prove you can go home again. Diane Sawyer and four reporters on her broadcast, will return to their hometowns to report on success stories of the economic recovery. For Sawyer, it's a return to Louisville,... [TVNewser]

Evening News Ratings: Week of August 16 - Posted August 24, 2010
The three evening newscasts saw sizable week-to-week drops last week, particularly "CBS Evening News," which as we reported earlier tied its all-time low for total viewers. "NBC Nightly News," which featured live reporting ... [TVNewser]

Evening News Ratings: Week of Aug. 9 - Posted August 17, 2010
"NBC Nightly News with Brian Williams" was the most-watched newscast again last week, adding 370,000 Total Viewers from the week prior. Ann Curry substituted for Williams, whose father, ... [TVNewser]

'ABC World News' Honors Peter Jennings - Posted August 9, 2010
Saturday marked five years since "ABC World News" anchor Peter Jennings passed away from lung cancer. The network remembered the star journalist with a package looking at that day and his career, as well as providing some updated statistics on smoking and lung cancer. As David Muir said on the night's broadcast: "Always... [TVNewser]

'GQ Brigade' Deployed to the Gulf Coast - Posted July 14, 2010
Daily Beast's Rebecca Dana writes today about ABC News' crew of male "talent" covering the oil spill in the gulf: This summer, the network has sent a boy band's assemblage of bright-eyed, sharp-tongued correspondents to the Gulf Coast, where they've broken news, landed big-get interviews and done it all in impossibly tight... [TVNewser]

Newsers Return to Haiti Six Months After the Quake - Posted July 8, 2010
July 12 will mark the six month anniversary of the tragic earthquake in Haiti and newsers including CNN's Anderson Cooper and Sanjay Gupta, who were bo... [TVNewser]

Obama Speaks from White House After BP Meeting - Posted June 16, 2010
President Obama will deliver a statement this afternoon following his meeting with executives from BP on the oil spill. It is expected that the president will announce a deal with BP for a $20 billion spill-victim fund. ABC will break in with a special report anchored by ... [TVNewser]

Evening News Ratings: Week of June 7 - Posted June 15, 2010
"NBC Nightly News" was the top-rated newscast during a week where hockey and basketball championships preempted some of the evening news broadcasts. "ABC World News," which was anchored by George Stephanopoulos on Thursday and ... [TVNewser]

Jeremy Hubbard Leaving 'World News Now;' Rob Nelson to Join - Posted May 13, 2010
First on TVNewser: "World News Now," ABC's middle-of-the-night news program, is about to see another change at the anchor desk. TVNewser has learned that Jeremy Hubbard, who joined t... [TVNewser]

'World News Now' Stage Manager to Give his Final Cue - Posted April 29, 2010
Friday morning on World News Now (yes, you'll either have to stay up really late, or wake up really early) the show will say goodbye to Peter Grimm who has been World News Now's stage manager for the past 17 years. Grimm, who we hear will sleep in until Noon on Monday,... [TVNewser]

'World News' Looks at Glenn Beck 'Social Justice' Comments - Posted March 12, 2010
Sharyn Alfonsi delivered a report for "ABC World News" tonight about Fox News' Glenn Beck and his recent comments about Christianity and the term "social justice." Rev. Jim Wallis of the Sojourners, who recently... [TVNewser]

Toyota Goes After ABC News Report - Posted March 8, 2010
ABC News and investigative reporter Brian Ross have been delivering the most prominent television reports on Toyota's recent electronic acceleration system issues. Today, Toyota put on a full demonstration and put out a ... [TVNewser]

The Olympics as News and NBC's Big Saturday Night - Posted February 15, 2010
The AP's David Bauder adds up how much of the news hole the Olympics filled on the network newscasts this weekend. On Sunday: The "CBS Evening News" led with a report on the offensive in Afghanistan and the shooting at an Alabama colleg... [TVNewser]

Michelle Kwan Joins 'GMA' for Olympics - Posted February 8, 2010
Olympic figure skater Michelle Kwan is joining ABC's "Good Morning America" as a special correspondent for the 2010 Winter Olympics. She will provide skating analysis and commentary as well as report on other stories starting Friday, Feb. 12. ABC News' Da... [TVNewser]

ABC 'World News' Issues Correction - Posted December 31, 2009
ABC News investigative correspondent Brian Ross was the first reporter to show the alleged underwear bomber's hiding place -- his unde... [TVNewser]

ABC 'World News' Decade Look-Back Incorrectly IDs Eliot Spitzer - Posted December 29, 2009
On "World News with Diane Sawyer" last night, correspondent David Muir was wrapping up the decade in politics for one of those show closing pieces you'll see a lot of this week. Unfortunately, he got the title wrong for one of the subjects. Muir's track went like this: ... [TVNewser]

'World News:' Where Things Stand - Posted September 14, 2009
ABC News is going to spend considerable time this week talking about what happened this week, one year ago. "From Wall Street to Main Street: Where Things Stand" is a 5-part series airing on 'World News' with Charles Gibson. • Tonight - Betsy Stark reports on jobs - Where can you find... [TVNewser]

Stephanopoulos Anchoring 'World News' Tonight - Posted September 3, 2009
If you're watching ABC "World News" tonight and wondering where Charlie Gibson went, put away your spiral notebook of conspiracy theories, he's on vacation. An ABC News spokesperson told TVNewser that Gibson had long planned to take a few days off around Labor Day. "He always... [TVNewser]

Muir on the Menu: "There's Still an Appetite For Heavy Lifting" - Posted April 24, 2009
Today on the mediabistro.com Morning Media Menu we were joined by ABC News' David Muir, to talk about his 20/20 report tonight about the "Black Widow" murder case. "This is one of those true crime genres stories," he s... [TVNewser]

Morning Reading List 04.24.09 - Posted April 24, 2009
Photo by Getty Images Good morning FishbowlDC! Got a blind item, interesting link, funny note, comment, birthday, anniversary or anything of the sort for Morning Reading List? Drop us a line. Its day ... [FishbowlDC]

ABC News' Muir Talks "Black Widow" and More on the Menu - Posted April 23, 2009
Tomorrow on the mediabistro.com Morning Media Menu we're joined by ABC News' David Muir. The World News Saturday anchor is moving to Friday this week, for a report on tonight's 20/20 about the "Black Widow" murder case. The report took him back to his hometown of Syracuse, whi... [TVNewser]

Kagan Talks Twitter, Oprah, Going to "Grad School" on Menu - Posted April 23, 2009
Today on the Menu podcast we were joined by Daryn Kagan, creator and host of DarynKagan.com, which focuses on "inspirational, motivational stories." "Let's be honest, you can't do traditional news for as long as I did and not know that bad things happen in the world," said Kagan. "But the s... [TVNewser]

How The Evening Newscasts Covered the Tea Parties - Posted April 15, 2009
• NBC Nightly News led with two stories on tax day. Lee Cowan reported on the tea parties while Savannah Guthrie reported on the White House message of middle class tax cuts. In his open, Brian Williams said the tea parties were, "organiz... [TVNewser]

San Antonio Really Wants to be Part of GMA's Holiday Windows - Posted March 23, 2009
Good Morning America passed along this video of a surprise mariachi band performance in Diane Sawyer's office today. Why were they there? The band was hired by the San Antonio Convention and Visitors Bureau, who came to NYC to make an in-person pitch to be part of this year's holiday windows... [TVNewser]

Flight 3407 Crash: Network News Notes - Posted February 13, 2009
Some notes from the network news coverage of the Flight 3407 crash (and some anonymous tips after the jump):• ABC's Good Morning America had Chris Cuomo and ... [TVNewser]

The Ticker: Suze, NBR, Writers... - Posted February 10, 2009
> Slate's James Scurlock writes about "a bottle-blond former waitress and self-described '55-year-old virgin' with a taste for the good life [who] became the financial messiah for millions of Americans..." That would be ... [TVNewser]

Evening News Ratings: Week of Dec. 29 - Posted January 7, 2009
The final week of 2008 was an odd one for the evening newscasts. NBC Nightly News finished first in Total Viewers and the A25-54 demo, but was based on a four-day average (only excluding Wednesday). CBS' ratings are based on a three-day average (excluding Wednesday and Friday) while ABC's are based on... [TVNewser]

Why it Took Two Reporters To Cover a Two Minute Segment - Posted July 31, 2008
The closing report on last night's ABC World News related to, "something everyone can debate over their dining room table." The report was about an upcoming study from the Journal of Happiness Studies about which gender is happiest. But as anchor ... [TVNewser]

Morning Reading List, 02.04.08 - Posted February 4, 2008
Good morning Washington. Quickly navigate Morning Reading List: NEWSPAPERS | TV | ONLINE MEDIA | MAGAZINES | RADIO | BOOKS | JOBS Most of you ... [FishbowlDC]