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ABC News and CNN are both using Facebook to solicit feedback ahead of next weekend’s town-hall style presidential debate.

In a repeat of 2015, PBS was the single biggest winner Wednesday night, with CBS right behind in second place, to more than dwarf all other competitors at the 37th News and Documentary Emmy Awards. PBS took home 14 statuettes, while CBS received seven.

The deal will cover the three presidential debates and the vice-presidential debate, too. The streams build on earlier live streaming of the party conventions, and they won’t carry any advertising, as ABC News wants to see how many viewers engage with the content on the outside platform.

Sara Haines is the new co-host of The View, joining Whoopi Goldberg, Joy Behar, Candace Cameron Bure, Paula Faris and Raven-Symoné, who all are returning next season, marking one of the least dramatic season-to-season panelists sweep-outs of the past few season.

NBC Nightly News led the month with an average of 7.64 million total viewers, according to Nielsen. That just edged out Word News Tonight’s 7.54 million for the month.

ABC News is in the midst of delivering 24-hour Facebook Live coverage of the political conventions, as part of a partnership with Facebook. Mădălina Ciobanu spoke with Dan Linden, global head of social media for ABC News, about the key takeaways from the past week and a half. Among them: break up coverage into shorter blocks and show people what they won’t find on traditional TV news.

On the eve of this year’s political conventions, the five news networks that traditionally pool resources to provide video from the political events — ABC News, CBS News, CNN, Fox News and NBC News — have informed news outlets that aren’t members of the pool that they will need to begin paying significant new fees in return for access to live coverage, not just at the conventions but debates, presidential press conferences, and many other events. WSJ subscribers can read the full story here.

With the Republican and Democratic Conventions right around the corner, ABC News is doubling down on live video. Its website now support eight simultaneous live streams and its apps are pushing video consumption with autoplay, Joseph Lichterman reports. “We have a new [executive producer, Dan Silver] who is focusing heavily on producing more video for our audience,” said ABC’s vice president of product Doug Vance.

Sara Amos, ABC News’ EP of live products, oversees six live feeds for the network’s digital platforms, ranging from ABCNews.com’s live video hub to Good Morning America‘s daily Periscope. She talks about her daily routine and the many challenges of managing a multi-stream digital experience.

Michael Strahan‘s Good Morning America gig will force him to step away from lucrative endorsement deals. ABC News bans its employees from pitching products, and the former NFL player is no exception, meaning he’ll have to walk away from deals with Subway, Pizza Hut, Metamucil, Snickers, Dr Pepper and Right Guard when the current contracts expire.

People’s List, a new weekly primetime series from ABC News and People is set for a limited summer run starting Saturday, June 11. Actor Jerry O’Connell and SuChin Pak, former MTV news correspondent, will host, and will be joined by a team of “all-star insiders” from ABC News and People.

American broadcast and cable networks started covering this morning’s attacks in Brussels while most U.S. viewers were still asleep, using their morning shows to anchor the broadcasts as the day progressed. The Belgium capital was hit by coordinated explosions in its airport and a subway station that killed at least 30 and injured more than 230.

ABC newscaster George Stephanopoulos isn’t biased, according to his boss, Bob Iger. “I assure you, if we felt George was not presenting it fairly or were biased, he would not be on our air,” Iger said at the Disney annual meeting. “It’s something we take very, very seriously, and we monitor closely.”

ABC News President James Goldston’s announcement today made formal what has been the practice over the past few months on This Week With George Stephanopoulos. Stephanopoulos has cut back on his weekend schedule since he co-hosts Good Morning America during the week. Chief White House correspondent Jonathan Karl will be the substitute host on weeks that the other two aren’t available.

World News Tonight anchor David Muir and ABC’s chief global affairs correspondent Martha Raddatz will moderate two primary debates in the coming weeks, both from New Hampshire, site of the first-in-the-nation primary.

A conference call Monday among ABC, CBS, CNN ,Fox and NBC to discuss issues related to press coverage of the Trump campaign reportedly ended without any set plans, and may lead to no formal action of any kind.

Several broadcast networks are conferring on a possible response to recent actions by the Donald Trump campaign to insist that reporters covering its events remain confined to a holding pen, according to three television news sources — all of whom declined to comment on the record.

In the photo on Instragram Tuesday, Good Morning America co-anchor Lara Spencer has one arm around Trump’s shoulder and the other across his midsection. The photo triggered comments that ranged from support for Spencer and Trump to attacks on her professionalism.

The ABC-NBC news ratings war between David Muir and Lester Holt is about to get even more intense. ABC’s World News Tonight with David Muir, took its first-ever win for a full year in the all-important C3 Nielsen ad ratings, ABC revealed on Monday.

The O.J. Simpson deposition tapes that Good Morning America anchor George Stephanopoulos said were “never seen before” were aired in 1999 on NBC — which went to court to have them released.

The film follows reporter Alexander Marquardt in Damascus, documenting efforts to preserve and hide the Syrian capital’s ancient treasures from ISIS. It is the first project of its kind for any network news outlet.

ABC News President James Golston today announced the launch of a virtual reality project, making ABC the first major broadcast news network to venture into virtual reality storytelling.

ABC News remembered its legendary anchor Peter Jennings on Friday, ten years after his death in a video tribute.

ABC’s Nightline won the second quarter of 2015 in all three key measurements: total viewers, and the adults 25-54 and 18-49 demos. Nightline has now finished No. 1 in total viewers for the third straight quarter and in four of the last five.