Both ABC and CBS are looking to end NBC’s 256-week streak as the most popular evening newscast. David Muir takes over after Labor Day as anchor of the second-place World News at ABC. Steve Capus, former NBC news president and longtime Williams producer, is in charge behind the scenes as Scott Pelley’s executive producer at the CBS Evening News. So far this year, Nightly News has averaged 8.9 million viewers and widened its lead over ABC (8 million) and CBS (6.8 million).
LOS ANGELES (AP) — ABC News reporter Elizabeth Vargas has returned to a recovery center to be treated for alcohol dependency, she and the network said Sunday. The “20/20” co-anchor […]
Ann Compton, who has covered six presidents for ABC News, is retiring after four decades with the network. Compton, president of the White House Correspondents’ Association, has had a career that included being the sold broadcast reporter to remain with President George W. Bush on Air Force One when he was unable to return to Washington after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks.
ABC News said it apologized for streaming video of actor Robin Williams’ home after news of his death broke Monday. “When we realized there was no news value to the live stream, we took it down immediately,” the network unit said in a statement. “Our intention was not to be insensitive to his family, friends and fans, and for that we apologize.”
Jonathan Greenberger, the youngest executive producer of the ABC Sunday talker, says he’s trying to tap ABC News’ global resources to boost the show’s content. “There are so many interesting things happening around the country and around the world about important issues and we’re trying to get out there, spend more time in the field and tell the stories in that way,” he says.
Exclusives
ABC News has apologized for mistaking a photo of Palestinians for Israelis. “On Tuesday night World News aired a report on the conflict between the Palestinians and Israelis, including attacks from both sides. In the introduction to the story, we mistakenly identified a family depicted in a still photo,” the network. “They are Palestinian, not Israeli. We regret the error and will correct it.”
ABC’s Good Morning America will soon have new supervision in place over each of its two hours, the latest maneuver in a long, ongoing battle to maintain morning-show dominance over NBC’s venerable Today.
ABC News is the first major television news outlet to launch on Apple TV, with a lineup of free, ad-supported content — including live hourly updates and some local dispatches – with no pay-TV subscription required.
TEMPE, Ariz. (AP) — “Good Morning America” co-host Robin Roberts will receive the 2014 Walter Cronkite Award for Excellence in Journalism from Arizona State University’s Cronkite School. The university announced […]
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — ABC’s news anchor Diane Sawyer, two of the network’s correspondents and other defendants in a $1.2 billion defamation lawsuit against the company related to its […]
NEW YORK (AP) — ABC News has signed George Stephanopoulos to a contract extension, the last member of its “Good Morning America” team to agree to a new deal. ABC […]
NEW YORK (AP) — Mayor Bill de Blasio is proclaiming May 16 as “Barbara Walters Day” in New York City. Walters is retiring that day after a storied television reporting […]
Burke was named ABC News vice president in 1979, and later rose to executive vice president. During his tenure, he was instrumental in the creation of a number of recognizable shows, including World News Tonight, Nightline and 20/20. He was also head of CBS News from 1988 to 1990. He was 78.
ABC News President Ben Sherwood sent a four-page letter to WIlliam Buzenberg, executive director of The Center for Public Integrity, asking CPI to share credit for the Pulitzer Prize for investigative reporting awarded to CPI’s Chris Hamby this week.
World News With Diane Sawyer eked out a 12,000-viewer lead among viewers advertisers most value — the first such ratings victory since last July
The former SVP for content and development at ABC News is promoted to succeed Ben Sherwood who recently was upped to co-president, Disney/ABC Television Group.
Her final appearance on The View will be that day and later that night, ABC will air a two-hour primetime special on her career. Walters, who is 84, began in television in 1961 and became the medium’s best-known interviewer.
Stephanopoulos Upset With ‘GMA’ Direction
Good Morning America co-anchor George Stephanopoulos is frustrated with GMA staff changes as he begins to negotiate his contract with ABC. Multiple sources say Stephanopoulos, the last man standing at the morning show after Sam Champion and Josh Elliott departed in recent weeks, is concerned about the softer direction of GMA — and the addition of yet more entertainment personalities.
NBC Nightly News topped the network evening newscasts for the first quarter of 2014, bolstered in large part by the Sochi Winter Olympics in February, while ABC continued to close the gap in the coveted adults 25 to 54 news demographic.
News anchor Josh Elliott told the network on Sunday that he’s leaving for a job at NBC Sports. ABC News President Ben Sherwood moved quickly to replace him, appointing Amy Robach as the Good Morning America news anchor.
Beef Products Inc. has sued the network for defamation, seeking $1.2 billion in damages, after it claims ABC’s coverage led to the closure of three plants and roughly 700 layoffs by misleading consumers that the finely textured meat product is unsafe.
McFadden will serve as NBC News’ senior legal and investigative correspondent, joining the division’s investigative unit. She will be replaced on Nightline by Juju Chang.
Josh Elliott Wants $8M To Stay At ‘GMA’
It’s crunch time for ABC and Good Morning America anchor Josh Elliott as the clock ticks down on his contract expiration. Elliott, who’s now making about $1.2 million a year, is demanding $8 million a year to stay, sources say.
Rumors are swirling that ABC News boss Ben Sherwood could be in for some additional responsibilities as a reward for pulling off the once unthinkable — ABC’s Good Morning America toppling the Today show to jump into the No. 1 slot for mornings.
NEW YORK (AP) — ABC News reporter Elizabeth Vargas has publicly acknowledged that she’s an alcoholic, and said it took her years to admit it. In an interview aired Friday […]
In a cover story in the current issue of Ladies’ Home Journal, the ABC News anchor covers a range of topics in a Q&A with Lee Woodruff, including her future at the network.
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Robin Roberts thanked her longtime girlfriend, Amber Laign, in a year-end post published Sunday on the ABC News anchor’s Facebook page. The message, which follows Roberts’ […]
