Byron Pitts is replacing Dan Abrams as Nightline anchor; Abrams will remain ABC News chief legal analyst.
After 15 years at CBS News, Byron Pitts is joining ABC News as an anchor and chief national correspondent. ABC News President Ben Sherwood said in a staff memo that Pitts will be based in New York and will start in a few weeks.
This is the latest in a string of TV news personnel moves that have included Jake Tapper and Chris Cuomo to CNN.
